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In Numbers
62,480 people assisted in May
256.3 MT of in-kind food distributed
USD 461,355 cash-based transfers
USD 8.4 million net funding requirements (July - December 2024)
Operational Updates
• WFP maintained its lifesaving and resilience building interventions in Djibouti, focusing on those most vulnerable to food and nutrition insecurity throughout the country. In total, WFP assisted 62,480 persons in Arta, Ali-Sabieh, Dhikil, Obock, Tadjourah as well as Djibouti city.
• WFP in Djibouti urgently requires USD 8.4 million to provide critical food and nutrition assistance to the people in need until December 2024.
Lifesaving food and nutrition assistance (Crisis response)
• WFP provided critical food assistance to over 21,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in the refugee settlements of Ali-Addeh, HollHoll, and Markazi through both in-kind food distributions and cash-based transfers. In collaboration with the Ministry of Interior and UNHCR, WFP distributed 167 mt of rice, yellow split peas, and fortified oil. In addition, WFP provided more than USD 150,300 in cash-based transfers, ensuring refugees could meet their immediate food needs.
• WFP reached 1,800 children under the age of five as well as 2,740 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls (PBWGs) in the refugee settlements as part of its malnutrition prevention programme. The necessity to maintain prevention interventions is backed up by results of food and nutrition assessment (IPC) that revealed that refugees are the most impacted by malnutrition.
• In collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarities (MASS in French), WFP provided food assistance to 1,925 displaced persons. In total, WFP distributed 30 mt of cereals, pulses, fortified oil, and fortified biscuits.
Life-changing interventions (Resilience building)
• In partnership with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Solidarities (MASS in French), WFP enhanced food security, nutrition, and living conditions for vulnerable communities through social protection interventions.
• More specifically, WFP reached over 900 households with pregnant or breastfeeding women and girls (PBWGs) as well as children under the age of five by providing a DJF 5,000 top-up (equivalent to USD 28) to their food assistance. Complementary to the transfer value of Programme National de Solidarité Famille (PNSF) amounting USD 56, the top-up was provided as part of the Fresh Food Vouchers pilot project funded by France to promote food and diet diversity among women and children. The restrictive cash amount enabled beneficiary households to purchase exclusively fresh meat, veggies, and fruits from local markets.
• Additionally, 670 refugee households enrolled in the PNSF and living in Djibouti city received e-vouchers valued at DJF 30,000 (equivalent to USD 170). This support was part of the five-year resilience project funded by the European Union (EU) and which came to an end in June 2024.
• WFP also reinforced the technical and financial capacities of six women’s cooperatives specializing in tailoring created in May in Djibouti city. In addition to the comprehensive training, 50 women members from those cooperatives received an EU-funded grant worth USD 10,000 to start their business.