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In Numbers
USD 55,672 cash-based transfers made*
USD 2.7 m six months (November 2023 – April 2024) net funding requirements, representing 61 percent of total
2,885 people assisted* in OCTOBER 2023
*Preliminary figures
Operational Updates
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In WFP’s nutrition programming, HIV-affected individuals are a key focus due to their increased dietary requirements for immune system strengthening. In October, WFP collaborated with the Unified System of Beneficiaries, the National Council for HIV and AIDS, and the United Nations Development Programme to deliver aid through the Supérate social protection programme for 187 additional people with HIV and Tuberculosis.
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At the 2023 Latin American Congress on Nutrition in Ecuador, WFP, with the Ministry of Agriculture, the University of Massachusetts, and the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, presented the lessons learned and the impact of the strategy of nutritional counseling and urban gardens for Food and Nutrition Security of the population with HIV.
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In October, WFP delivered agricultural tools and vegetable seeds to 90 households in five communities in Montecristi as part of the Supérate social protection programme. The provincial directorate of Civil Defense has received technological equipment to improve data collection with drones to build digital flood models that contribute to decision-making. Additionally, WFP held a workshop on Disaster Risk Management with a focus on gender and protection.
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On 16 October, within the framework of the Early Warning Systems (EWS) Policy in the Dominican Republic, the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development and WFP held the first meeting of the Inter-Institutional EWS Team. The event involved relevant stakeholders from government institutions responsible for EWS and it allowed for the validation of the diagnosis and the best practices document.
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On 27 October, WFP participated in the “EU - Latin America and the Caribbean Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems” event organized by the European Union in Brussels to exchange ideas with other Latin American and Caribbean partners in support of the global transition to sustainable agrifood systems