Attachments
In Numbers
- 179 mt of food dispatched
- US$ 628,782 cash distributed
- US$ 2.34 million six-month (June-November 2025) net funding requirements
- 82,931 people assisted in May
Operational Updates
• Organized by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, WFP, the International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations attended the inception meeting of the HomeGrown School Meals initiative in Vientiane. This event showcased the Government’s strong commitment to continue expanding school meals.
• WFP distributed US$99,800 to 701 households who have completed the farmer nutrition school modules, in Thateng district, Sekong province. Each household received a one-off assistance, amounting to US$142. The support targeted women and farmer groups, particularly households with pregnant and breastfeeding women and caregivers of children under 2 years of age. Families can use the grants to grow vegetables or raise small animals for both household consumption and sale to schools for preparing lunches. The integration of nutrition and school meals programmes has contributed to improving the health of mothers, young children, and schoolchildren.
• WFP, in collaboration with IFAD and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, visited three villages in Attapeu and Oudomxay provinces, where the Agriculture for Nutrition 2 project is being implemented. The team engaged with farmer nutrition schools, agriculture producer groups, nutrition facilitators, and village authorities. They assessed the progress of the implementation and confirmed that malnutrition remains a critical issue in the visited areas.
• WFP, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, distributed US$528,982 to 3,261 smallholder farmers across 71 villages in four provinces. Each farmer received a grant of US$162 to purchase farming inputs such as seeds, tools, fertilizers, and machinery. This cash support aims at increasing the production of high-value wet season crops as a key component of the Asian Development Bank’s Sustainable Rural Infrastructure and Watershed Management Sector Project.
• WFP, in partnership with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, delivered logistics and supply chain trainings to 66 government officials from various line ministries across eight provinces. The trainings covered the disaster management cycle, humanitarian actors, supply chain and procurement during emergencies, relief item management, emergency coordination, and the legal framework in Lao PDR • WFP, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, completed an assessment on the use of national social registry for early recovery food security targeting. This was piloted during the flood response in Luang Namtha province. The findings confirmed that, with targeted adaptations, community engagement, and stronger coordination with government systems, the national social registry can serve as an effective platform for shock-responsive assistance. Key recommendations included improving the accuracy of social registry data, refining targeting criteria with additional food security indicators, strengthening grievance mechanisms, and leveraging upcoming research to better align assistance to the social registry data with food security data.
• WFP celebrated the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia, and Transphobia with the theme “The Power of Communities.” The event featured a panel discussion with representatives from four local civil society organizations. It focused on raising staff awareness, reaffirming WFP’s and the UN’s commitment to equality and dignity for all, and promoting a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace free from discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.