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WFP Iran | Brief Reporting period: 01 January – 31 March 2015

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COUNTRY STRATEGY:

WFP’s protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO 200310) supporting the food needs of refugees in Iran, which began in mid-2013, pursues two key objectives: (1)
Improved food consumption of vulnerable refugee households; and (2) Increased access to education and human capital development for refugee girls and youths.
WFP targets Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in settlements with general food distribution on a monthly basis and based on their vulnerability.

Take-home rations of fortified vegetable oil act as an incentive for girls attending primary and secondary school, encouraging families to enrol girls in school and complete their education. Youths attending training activities organised by UNHCR and specialised organizations in skills development that will contribute to their future reintegration also receive a