Attachments
In Numbers
2.6 million people assisted
USD 0.4 million cash-based transfers provided
24,200 mt of food distributed
USD 364 million six months (Nov 2024 – Apr 2025) net funding requirements
Operational Updates Relief Support
• In October, WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to over one million food-insecure people in Afar, Amhara, Tigray, and Somali regions – distributing 12,170 metric tons (mt) of in-kind food and USD 34,300 in cash assistance.
• WFP has started responding to vulnerable returnees with food assistance in the contested woredas at the Amhara and Tigray borders, where internally displaced people have started returning to their places of origin from both regions.
Support to Refugees
• WFP assisted 764,000 refugees in 29 camps and sites distributing 8,900 mt of in-kind food and USD 246,100 cash assistance. This includes cash assistance under hybrid basket for Sudanese refugees. In October, distributions to refugees in Amhara were delayed due to insecurity.
• WFP distributed 156 mt of school meals to 50,700 school children in the refugee camps. In addition, 118,800 children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women received 55 mt of specialized nutritious food to treat moderate acute malnutrition (MAM).
Livelihood Support and Climate Risk Management
• WFP has supported 97,680 households with agricultural inputs and financial resources across the five targeted regions (Afar, Amhara, Gambella, Somali and Tigray) since January 2024. More than 247,000 smallholder farmers have been insured through the Area Yield Index Insurance to protect their agro-inputs investment valued at USD 44 million. In addition, WFP enrolled some 4,300 pastoralists in the Index-Based Livestock Insurance in the Somali region.
• WFP’s support for meso-insurance in the Amhara region, along with the proof of concept from the Area Yield Index, has paved the way for the private sector to expand risk insurance nationwide. This includes the Tigray and Oromia regions, with 547,000 people currently insured and many more being registered in the Oromia region.
School Meals
• The School Feeding Programme contributes to education outcomes and supports local farmers through the Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF). In October, WFP provided school meals to 30,449 school children through the onsite school feeding programme and an additional 30,900 through the HomeGrown School Feeding programme (HGSF). In total, 33 mt of food commodities across 27 schools in the Afar and Tigray regions while USD 86,000 was disbursed through the HGSF.