Attachments
In Numbers
75,654 people assisted. in September/October 2023
US$ 81,900 cash-based transfers made
US$1.3M six months (Nov 2023 – April 2024) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
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WFP continued to work with Farmers’ Cooperatives and retailers who supplied locally produced food commodities to 178 schools for 42,999 schoolchildren through an innovative digital approach using the SCOPE platform for managing the beneficiaries and transfer data. Additionally, 2,600 vulnerable families of targeted schoolchildren were reached with take-home ration cash assistance. A total of US$ 81,900 was transferred to these food insecure families to encourage them to continue to keep their children in school.
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The 750 participants (25 groups) in the asset creation initiative have cultivated 48.5 hectares of lowland in five counties (Grand Cape Mount, Grand Bassa, Bong, Lofa and Nimba). Three out of the 25 groups (2 in Bong County and 1 in Nimba County) have started harvesting their rice; 1.5 mt of paddy has already been harvested by the 3 groups.
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Two hundred hectares of lowland rice production, cassava, and vegetable gardens have been planted by 2,981 participants from Maryland and Montserrado counties. Through participation in asset creation activities, the participants have restored and rehabilitated degraded land by building water control structures such as flood dykes and water channels to support agricultural activities. They have also received two cycles of US$ 45 each to meet their immediate food needs.
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In September, the Health supply chain dispatched 76.46 cubic meters of commodities worth over US$ 660,000 to over 90 facilities. WFP is currently in the transition phase to take over the management of the Central Medical Store. WFP should be assuming full responsibility, following a joint inventory in October.