Attachments
In Numbers
351.4 mt of food assistance distributed.
US$ 612,413 cash-based transfers made.
US$ 7 million net funding requirements for the next six months (December 2024 – May 2025), representing 32 percent of total needs.
144,369 people assisted in November 2024.
Operational Updates
Refugee Response:
• WFP assisted 18,271 refugees from the Central African Republic and 8,947 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, settled in the Likouala, Plateaux, and Pool Departments. A total of US$ 554,432 was distributed through cash-based transfers.
• WFP and UNHCR repatriated 46 voluntary Central African refugees on 19 November 2024, marking the resumption of UNHAS flights in the Republic of Congo. This initiative will reposition WFP as a key player for humanitarian access to remote areas.
Support to Local Value Chains
• Resilience-Building: A field mission was conducted in the Bouenza Department by a delegation including China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA), the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences (CATAS), and WFP Center of Excellence in Beijing. The delegation met with the MARA project’s beneficiaries, local authorities, and potential partners working to develop cassava and banana value chains. The mission also included a workshop, chaired by the Minister of Agriculture on 20 November in Brazzaville, focusing on lessons learned from the MARA project.
• School Feeding: As part of the India, Brazil, South Africa (IBSA) component of the school feeding project, WFP organized consultation workshops with 10 schools and 10 smallholder farmer groups from the Pool, Bouenza, and Plateaux. Discussions focused on locally procured school menus, product pricing, and the project’s implementation.
• IBSA Ceremony: On 26 November, WFP handed over IBSA-funded equipment to the Ministries of Agriculture and Education. The equipment, including tricycles, motorbike pumps, water tanks, utensils, and other items, will support beneficiary farmers and schools.