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In Numbers
410,000 people assisted in June
USD 8.6 m cash-based transfers
USD 105.0 m (July - December 2024) net funding requirements
WFP’s Humanitarian Response in Jordan
- In June, WFP continued to provide monthly food assistance to nearly 410,000 vulnerable refugees in camps and host communities with a reduced transfer value of JOD 15 (USD 21) per person per month (reduced from JOD 23 (USD 32) since July 2023).
- Starting July 2024, due to severe funding shortfalls WFP is forced to suspend its food assistance for 100,000 Syrian refugees (16,650 families) residing in communities.
- With the limited funds available, WFP is prioritising assistance for 310,000 Syrian refugees in camps and communities, at the reduced assistance levels.
- In June 2024, WFP informed the 16,650 families through text messages about the suspension of their monthly food assistance. Following the announcement, the WFP call centre received over 500 calls; and during the first week, over 100 beneficiaries visited the help desks daily to voice their concerns about their dire conditions. They expressed frustration as they rely on WFP assistance, especially since they cannot find jobs. They asserted that they will be forced to resort to harmful coping strategies, such as begging, withdrawing children from school, and finding illegal jobs, as their only options to survive.
- Within the framework of the National School Feeding Programme, WFP distributed date bars to around 25,000 students in the camps in June. The School Feeding activities will be paused during the summer break, from July to August.
- As part of the technical support provided to the National Aid Fund (NAF), Jordan's primary social assistance provider, WFP completed 80 percent of the planned household visits for 2024. This represents 25,000 visits as part of the NAF’s annual beneficiary data validation exercise to determine their eligibility for assistance.
- WFP hosted the Climate Adaptation Innovation Accelerator Programme (CAIAP) inception mission in June to launch the programme in Jordan. The mission identified the national climate priorities and solutions, in consultation with national stakeholders, which will be used as the basis for the innovation accelerator call for applications in July.