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In Numbers
207 MT of food distributed
USD 186,577 cash-based transfers
USD 4.4M net funding requirements (August-January 2024)
53,207 people assisted in June
Operational Updates
• In June, WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to 53,207 beneficiaries, including refugees and asylum seekers in rural and urban areas.
Drought Response
• In June, WFP provided 339 MT of in-kind food to 12,250 drought affected people in the regions of Tadjourah,
Obock and Dikhil, to meet their food and nutrition needs.
• Working together with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity, WFP facilitated cash-based transfers to 6,000 beneficiaries in Djibouti City, using electronic vouchers. The total amount disbursed was USD 67,796, providing each household with USD 56 per month.
Assistance to refugees and asylum seekers
• In June, WFP provided 166 MT of food assistance to 24,567 refugees residing in Ali Addeh, Holl Holl, and Markazi refugee camps. Additionally, WFP provided cash-based transfers (CBT) amounting to 157,000 USD. Furthermore, WFP assisted 1,664 migrants by providing 1 MT of High Energy Biscuits through International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Social protection
• WFP and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarity successfully rolled out a pilot initiative on the “Integration of refugees in the National Safety Net”.
• Under this pilot, WFP disbursed USD 40,320 to 4,100 urban refugees in cash-based transfers.
• In parallel to the national safety net programme (PNSF), WFP provided cash-based transfers to 9,000 beneficiaries. Additionally, 1,620 people living with HIV received cashbased transfers, amounting to USD 56 per family, per month.
School Meals
• As part of the school feeding program, a training session was conducted for 50 school gardeners. The training aimed to equip them with essential skills in agricultural techniques, as well as knowledge on how to maintain and sustain school gardens effectively.
• Currently, there are 50 school gardens, and the school gardeners will receive cash-based transfers.