Attachments
In Numbers
91 mt of food dispatched to schools
63,900 people assisted in January
Operational Updates
• WFP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports, conducted a workshop to review the McGovern Dole 2020-supported school meals programme implemented in Bokeo, Luang Prabang, and Xieng Khouang provinces. The workshop identified areas for improvement in strengthening the capacity of administration committee members to mobilize community engagement and contributions to the school meals programme.
• WFP Washington office organized a McGovern-Dole 2024 award management workshop for the regional countries in Vientiane. The workshop covered the legal agreement, grants management, financial reporting and administrative provision for new project recipients. Best practices and lessons learnt were shared among regional offices.
• WFP completed the assessment and identifed targeted schools for constructing or rehabilitating water systems and kitchens in six districts in Oudomxay province. This initiative is supported by the Government of Switzerland.
• WFP, in collaboration with the Division of Food Processing and Nutrition Promotion under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, organized master trainings on food processing in Phongsaly and Xieng Khouang provinces. Through the trainings, participants from provincial and district government offices, and district Lao Women’s Union learned processing techniques. Based on a prior survey, 12 products were identified for processing, both for household consumption and supply to local markets. The trained participants will further train village nutrition facilitators, who will then pass on their knowledge to 375 villages. This activity is a key component of the Agriculture for Nutrition Project 2, which aims to improve household nutritional status, particularly among vulnerable groups, while also creating diverse income sources.
• WFP, in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, organized a workshop on shockresponsive social protection in Sekong province. The goal was to design a programme to strengthen national systems for addressing seasonal food insecurity and climate risks. The workshop gathered 34 participants from national, provincial, and district governments. Topics covered included social protection targeting mechanisms, disaster risk