Attachments
In Numbers
400,000* people assisted in October 2024
65 mt of food assistance distributed
US$ 2.8 m cash-based transfers made
US$ 10.6 m (November 2024 – April 2025) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
Crisis Response
• WFP continues its humanitarian response efforts supporting approximately 160,000 refugees and crisisaffected populations, including Sudanese newcomers, with monthly cash assistance in Cairo, Alexandria, Aswan and other cities. WFP is currently scaling up its cash assistance programme to support additional vulnerable Sudanese newcomers. WFP aims to reach 200,000 crisisaffected individuals before the end of 2024, covering 20 percent of the most vulnerable out of the expected total of 1 million refugees to be registered by the end of 2024, according to UNHCR.
Self-Reliance for Refugees and Host Communities
• WFP provided vocational trainings to nearly 720 refugees, crisis-affected populations and host community members, bringing the total to over 4,370 people since January 2024. WFP also launched an application process for a microgrants programme that provides mentorship and seed funding to promote the establishment and growth of small enterprises; a total of 332 beneficiaries are enrolled.
• WFP supports 8,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) refugees with children under two through cashbased transfers, conditional on attending monthly health check-ups.
School-Based Programme
• WFP resumed in-school snacks for approximately 35,400 community school students. Additionally, 37,000 families in five governorates received cash transfers. As this was the start of a new academic year with no prior attendance records, the cash assistance was unconditional to support families and encourage school enrolment.
Nutrition
• Under the ‘First 1,000 Days’ national nutrition programme, WFP and the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS) provided cash top-ups to about 45,000 PBW registered under the national social protection programme, ‘Takaful and Karama’ (‘Solidarity and Dignity’).
• WFP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Population, provided a package of nutrition services and counselling to 72 healthcare workers in Menoufeya governorate, on the first 1,000 days of life.