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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
The nutritional assistance programme for vulnerable groups is currently facing critical funding gaps. In Honduras, around 220,000 children are stunted, WFP is currently reaching only 3 percent of these children and is facing critical funding gaps that limit the expansion of its Nutrition Programme. Additional resources are urgently needed to prevent malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five. WFP currently needs USD 2.5 million to implement its nutritional assistance for vulnerable groups programme.
SITUATION OVERVIEW
- Honduras, a lower-middle-income country of approximately 10.7 million people, faces chronic food insecurity driven by poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability. Recurrent droughts, erratic rainfall, and tropical storms limit agricultural productivity, while high market dependence leaves poor households highly exposed to economic and climate shocks.
- According to the National Observatory of Food Security and Nutrition (OBSAN), projections for March 2026 estimate that around 1.4 million people are food insecure, particularly in rural and climate-affected areas.
- Malnutrition remains a concern, particularly among children under five and pregnant and breastfeeding women, driven by poor dietary diversity, limited access to services, and recurrent shocks. Approximately 19 percent of children under five are stunted, reflecting chronic nutritional deficiencies. Rural, Indigenous, and Afro-descendant communities are disproportionately affected.
- WFP, present in Honduras since 1970, supports the Government of Honduras to meet immediate food needs while strengthening resilience and national systems. Through the CSP 2023-2027, WFP promotes food security, nutrition, and sustainable livelihoods by linking humanitarian assistance with climate-resilient agriculture, school feeding, and shock-responsive social protection.