Attachments
In Numbers
USD 995,784 cash-based transfers made
USD 4.7 m six months (June - November 2023) net funding requirements, representing 73 percent of total
25,835 people assisted in May 2023
Operational Updates
• WFP continued assisting 4,600 households not covered by social protection programmes and affected by the global food crisis aggravated by shocks like Hurricane Fiona in September 2022 in nine provinces of the eastern and northeast regions. In May, these households (25,835 people) received a second distribution cycle to cover food and other essential needs. WFP is leveraging the strong community bonds of its implementing partners to achieve safe and dignified operations: Asociación Scalabriniana al Servicio de la Movilidad Humana – ASCALA, Centro Educativo y de Solidaridad con América Latina – CESAL, Fundación Etnica Integral – FEI, Plan International and World Vision.
• WFP continued advocating and discussing collaborative strategies for shock-responsive social protection, food fortification, climate resilience and disaster preparedness and management mechanisms with the United Nations Resident Coordinator, the Minister of Economy, Planning and Development and the President.
• In May, leveraging the visit of WFP Deputy Executive Director Ramiro Lopes da Silva, WFP held high-level meetings to highlight WFP’s unique position and contribution to achieving the country’s objectives toward food sovereignty and climate resilience by supporting Government and United Nations agencies’ operations and carrying out direct interventions for both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
• To improve the Government’s capacity in nutrition, WFP and the Ministry of Public Health developed the Food and Nutrition with Public Health Perspectives diploma. 52 participants of the second cohort of this course graduated in May. Participants were selected from national institutions of the health sector and the social protection system, including the National Institute for Student Welfare, the National Institute for Early Childhood Care, the National Health Service, and the social protection programme Superate.