Attachments
In Numbers
156 mt of food dispatched
US$1.36 million six-month (April-September 2025) net funding requirements
66,392 people assisted in March
Operational Updates
• WFP signed a new initiative to implement large-scale rice fortification in Lao PDR, using fortified rice as a cost-effective vehicle to tackle malnutrition. The initiative is funded by the Government of India through the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation India-UN Development Partnership Fund and will be implemented jointly by WFP and the Ministry of Health. WFP Lao PDR Country Director Marc-Andre Prost co-authored an op-ed marking this collaboration.
• WFP and the Ministry of Planning and Investment organised an annual review meeting of WFP’s 2022- 2026 Country Strategic Plan in Laos. Implementing partners from line ministries presented the 2024 achievements, lessons learned and priorities for 2025. Subsequently, a high-level field mission, led by the Vice Minister of Planning and Investment, inspected the progress of WFP’s projects in Oudomxay province.
• WFP attended a workshop on social protection strategy and financing, organised by the National Assembly of Lao PDR, and presented the school meals programme, one of the largest protection programmes in the country.
• Kitchen construction in 74 schools and the distribution of seeds and agricultural tools to support smallholder farmers to supply produce to schools started in Attapeu, Sekong, and Salavan provinces.
• WFP and technical staff from the ministries of Education, Health, and Agriculture attended a workshop organized by the WFP Regional Bureau in Bangkok, to support the development of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework for the national school meals programme. The workshop focused on the framework’s Theory of Change.
• WFP, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, conducted a needs assessment for rice banks in 130 villages across six provinces under the Agriculture for Nutrition Project Phase 2. The assessment aimed to identify gaps in food security and improve local food storage systems. sMeanwhile, site assessments for the construction of farmer nutrition schools were completed in 168 villages. These evaluations determine community readiness, infrastructure needs, and the potential impact of nutrition education and agriculture on nutrition practices.
• WFP, in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, conducted a workshop on adaptive and shock-responsive social protection, attended by staff from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Lao Red Cross. It aimed to enhance capacity to ensure social protection during climate shocks through practical approaches, global lessons, and strengthened inter-ministerial coordination for preparedness, response, and resilience. A second workshop focused on an after-action review of the food distributions to respond to the 2024 lean season in Sekong province. It aimed at capturing lessons learned and best practices and recommending improvements for future emergency preparedness and response