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Guatemala

WFP Guatemala Country Brief, June 2025

In Numbers

  • USD 1,980 in cash-based transfers and microinsurance premiums
  • USD 17.4 m net funding requirements for the next six months (July to December 2025), representing 46 percent of total needs
  • 8,345 people assisted in June 2025

Operational Updates

• As part of WFP’s broader emergency response in the departments of Izabal and Guatemala, 31 individuals received unconditional cash-based transfers (CBT) to address its immediate food security and nutrition needs.

• since January 2025, as part of a joint pilot program implemented with the Government and IOM, 160 vulnerable Guatemalan migrants who returned (40% women) from the United States received unconditional CBT to cover their immediate basic food and transport needs.

• In the framework of malnutrition prevention activities, 4,897 individuals participated in capacity-strengthening sessions in Huehuetenango, Quiché and Alta Verapaz departments. Of these, 88% were part of multiyear Integrated Resilience Programmes, while 12% were involved in School Feeding activities.

• Additionally, 2,531 individuals received nutritional monitoring and counselling through five WFP-supported Nutrition Brigades in Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz departments.
Across these nutrition-specific activities, 70% of beneficiaries were women and girls.

• As part of resilient livelihood activities, 3,444 individuals (97% women) attended capacity-strengthening sessions focused on sustainable agricultural production in Huehuetenango and Quiché departments.