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In Numbers
137.5 MT of food assistance distributed.
USD 751,281 cash-based transfers made.
USD 5 million net funding requirements for the next six months (November - April 2025), representing 32 percent of total needs.
104,530 people assisted in October 2024
Operational Updates
Updated Country Strategic Plan (CSP)
• The WFP’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for the Republic of Congo for the 2019-2024 period has been extended until 2026 to better address the growing needs in the country. The CSP remains aligned with national priorities. Originally budgeted at USD 218.6 million, the revised budget has now been increased to USD 311 million.
School feeding
• As part of the phased transfer of school canteen management to the government, WFP officially handed over 25 school canteens to the Government. The Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony, held on 10 October, was attended by the U.S. Ambassador and other stakeholders. Over the coming years, WFP will continue to support the government as it gradually assumes responsibility for the remaining 530 school canteens.
• WFP implements a hybrid school feeding programme, combining in-kind assistance funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture McGovern-Dole programme, and homegrown school meals supported by Mastercard. The WFP targets some 126,000 pupils for the new academic year.
• As part of the McGovern-Dole programme WFP distributed about 745 mt of food to 85,000 schoolchildren across seven departments. In preparation for the new school year, WFP also conducted capacity building sessions for local school feeding stakeholders, including school directors, inspectors, teachers, cooks, and canteen management committees.
• Through the Home-Grown School Feeding approach, supported by Mastercard, some 5,600 schoolchildren across the Bouenza Department received meals. This model enables schools to source foods from local production, supported by cash-based transfers.
Nutrition support
• As part of the treatment and prevention of moderate acute malnutrition, WFP, in collaboration with the National Directorate of Hygiene and Health Promotion, supported 9,400 children aged 6 to 59 months, as well as 5,600 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, in the cities of Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, and the departments of Likouala, Plateaux, Pool, and Lékoumou.
Support to local value chain
• As part of the World Bank-funded ProClimat project on climate-smart agriculture and natural capital management, WFP started the beneficiary identification process in the areas of operation (Likouala, Plateaux, Cuvette-Ouest and Pool and Lékoumou Departments)