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Summary of WFP assistance
Since 1995, WFP has provided over 4.6 million metric tons of food assistance to vulnerable people in DPR Korea.
This assistance has played a significant role in moderating hunger and malnutrition. While the original objective was to broadly address undernutrition for a large portion of the population, in recent years, WFP has transitioned its assistance to focus more on addressing the nutrition gap for children, pregnant women and nursing mothers.
Consequently, WFP has curtailed the distribution of bulk cereals and now primarily distributes specialised foods fortified with micronutrients. Local production of fortified blended food and biscuits continues to be a central feature of the WFP operation, bringing significant cost savings.
The Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) “Nutrition Support for Children and Women” is a reflection of WFP’s re-focused approach. Due to persistent underfunding, the original plan to assist 2.4 million women and children over a two year period with a budget of USD 200 million was scaled down in 2014 to a target of 1.8 million vulnerable women and children. This downsizing meant excluding over half a million primary school children.
WFP also provides assistance through Food For Community Development (FFCD) schemes, aiming to support communities with building assets that are damaged or need rehabilitation. WFP supports training activities to develop local capacity, especially of women, creating both temporary employment and supplements household food stocks.
WFP’s operation contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 — Zero Hunger and to the outcomes of the UN Strategic Framework for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2011-2015).