Attachments
In Numbers
450,000* people assisted in March 2025
81 mt of food assistance distributed
US$ 4 m cash-based transfers made
US$ 18.4 m (April – September 2025) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
Crisis Response
• WFP continued to provide food assistance to more than 235,000 refugees, crisis-affected people and asylum seekers through monthly cash assistance.
• WFP also supported 8,500 pregnant and breastfeeding refugee women with children aged 0-24 months through conditional cash assistance upon attending health checkups at one of the WFP-contracted hospitals.
Self-Reliance for Refugees, Crisis-Affected Populations and
Host Communities
• WFP provided vocational training to over 570 refugees, crisis-affected populations and host community members in March, bringing the total to over 6,320 people since the programme’s launch in January 2024. o Click here to watch Mohamed’s story of launching his own successful business after attending WFP’s training.
• WFP's micro-grants programme, launched in September 2024, has trained nearly 1,300 people and awarded grants to almost 620 individuals by March 2025. The programme aims to develop entrepreneurship skills by offering individual coaching and tailored business consultations and micro-grants to establish and grow micro-, small- and medium-enterprises.
School-Based Programme
• WFP provided cash assistance to nearly 34,000 families of community school students, conditional upon their children’s school attendance, to encourage school attendance and protect their livelihoods against economic shocks.
Nutrition
• Under the ‘First 1,000 Days’ national nutrition programme,
WFP and the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MoSS) provided cash top-ups to about 43,800 pregnant and breastfeeding women registered under the national social protection programme, ‘Takaful and Karama (‘Solidarity and Dignity’).
• WFP, in collaboration with the National Nutrition Institute (NNI) and the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS), held a two-day workshop on the "first 1,000 days" for 438 new community workers in Beni Suef and Assiut. The training equipped workers with digital skills to educate and advise pregnant and breastfeeding women and mothers.
• The "National Flour Fortification Programme of Subsidized Baladi Bread" was launched on 10 March, under the auspices of the Prime Minister. This programme fortifies subsidized wheat flour with iron and folic acid to address iron deficiency anemia among Egyptians. This initiative represents a major milestone in strengthening food security and nutrition efforts.
Climate Resilience and Support to Smallholder Farmers
• In March, WFP and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation raised awareness among 614 individuals across various regions on climate impacts on agriculture and livelihoods, and strategies to mitigate and adapt to these risks.
• During the 2024-2025 winter season, WFP consolidated the use of approximately 4,757 feddans (1,998 hectares) for 8,119 smallholder farmers.
Women and Youth Empowerment
• WFP, in partnership with the Ministry of Social Solidarity and local NGOs, trained 200 rural women in small business management, gender awareness, and marketing. The programme has now trained nearly 8,900 women in entrepreneurship, with over 1,800 launching their own businesses through microloans. Beneficiaries are mostly women under the 'Takaful and Karama' safety net, household breadwinners, and mothers of community school students.