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In Numbers
- 16,727 people assisted in August 2024.
- 50.5 mt of food distributed.
- USD 78,203 in cash-based transfers distributed.
- USD 20.8 m six-month funding requirement from September 2024 to February 2025
Operational Updates
- In August, WFP provided cash-based transfers (CBTs) totalling USD 78,203 to 6,292 food-insecure Libyans in Tirpoli, Azzawya, and Tawergha in the west of Libya.
Emergency Sudanese Refugee Response
- As the conflict in Sudan persists, Libya is experiencing a significant influx of refugees, prompting an urgent need for a scaled up humanitarian response.
- On 22 August, the United Nations in Libya appealed for an urgent scale-up of the humanitarian response. UNHCR estimates that 97,000 Sudanese refugees have arrived in Libya since the conflict started in April 2023. A daily influx of 300 – 400 arrivals in Al Kufra continues. The majority of refugees arrivals come from the Darfur area.
- In August, WFP provided a total of 50.5 mt of emergency food assistance to 10,445 people (8,535 Sudanese refugees and 1,910 vulnerable host communities) across nine locations, including Ajdabiya (four distribution points), Awjlah, Ejkhra, Jalu, Tripoli and first WFP distribution for Sudanese refugees in Al Kufra. Due to operational supply chain delays, WFP was unable to fully meet its beneficiaries target for the month. However, WFP is intensifying its collaboration with local authorities to accelerate the dispatch of food.
- Under the Country Office’s emergency Concept of Operations in Libya, WFP aims to assist up to 110,000 vulnerable Sudanese refugees and host communities.
- So far WFP has secured 55 percent of the USD 8.6 million required for this response thanks to dedicated donor contributions. Despite this progress, as the needs of food-insecure refugees and host communities grow, securing funding is essential to continue providing aid to the most vulnerable.
- In August, WFP successfully piloted its SCOPE beneficiary registration tool in Tripoli, WFP’s beneficiary information and transfers management platform, to become the main registration tool for the emergency Sudanese refugee response in Libya.
- During 24-26 August, WFP conducted an assessment of the Sudanese refugee’s situation in Al Kufra mapping critical needs and locations to understand the potential feasibility of CBT and access to existing bakeries. The mission team held several meetings with stakeholders and active non-governmental organisations.