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In Numbers
USD 9,132 cash-based transfers made*
USD 12.3 m six months (July-December 2023) net funding requirements, representing 27 percent of total
14,450 people assisted* in June 2023
*Preliminary figures
Operational Updates
• In June, due to field activity delays caused by the national elections held at the end of the month, WFP could deliver emergency food assistance to 276 beneficiaries (56 percent of women) affected by the ongoing lean season through unconditional cash-based transfers. However, WFP was able to prioritize internal capacity-strengthening initiatives such as an integrated resilience nutrition workshop for WFP staff (13 to 16 June) and a budget & programming workshop (19 to 22 June).
• WFP distributed 124 mt drought-resistant bean and corn seeds to 10,916 beneficiaries (64 percent women and girls) in its service provision activities to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food.
• WFP assisted 6,990 people (74 percent women) in departments of Alta Verapaz, El Progreso and Zacapa. Of those, 4,220 (46 percent of the households participating in resilience interventions) were assisted by WFP's eight Integral Brigades and 2,770 (79 percent of the households participating in resilience interventions) received capacity-building sessions on nutrition.
• In the framework of WFP’s school feeding activities, 1,724 beneficiaries (54 percent women), benefitted from capacity-building sessions on the school feeding programme, nutrition and family agriculture in Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Chiquimula, El Progreso, Escuintla, Guatemala, Quetzaltenango and San Marcos.
• As part of WFP-integrated resilience activities in the departments of Chiquimula, El Progreso, Zacapa, Quiché and Alta Verapaz, 5,460 people received assistance through capacity building sessions on asset rehabilitation, market linkages, women’s empowerment, as well as Anticipatory Actions and climate services.