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In Numbers
Net Funding Requirements: USD 3.6 m (May – October 2023)
People Assisted in April 2023:
Home-Grown School Feeding Programme: 11,730 school children
Integrated Community-based Food Systems Projects: 1,457 beneficiaries
Cash Based Transfers: Value Vouchers: 3,000 food-insecure households, equivalent to 17,812 beneficiaries.
Operational Updates
Nutritious School Meals at Mbora Primary School
WFP has worked with the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on a pilot project in the Kavango East Region.
The project involved setting up a one-hectare garden at the Mbora Primary School. OPM allocated funds while WFP provided additional funding for the irrigation system and technical support for the project's costing and design. The installation of the drip irrigation system was completed successfully in April 2023, and an official site handover by OPM and WFP is expected in the coming months. The project's primary objective is to encourage the learners at Mbora Primary School to consume healthy, nutritious, and diverse diets. WFP will continue to provide technical support and guidance to OPM and Mbora Primary School to ensure the project's success.
Cash-Based Transfers: Value Vouchers to Flood Affected Communities
In April 2023, the teams from WFP and OPM worked together to roll out a social protection programme to assist households affected by floods in the Oshana and Ohangwena regions. This programme will not only help these communities restore their livelihoods but also provide access to nutritious food through a voucher programme that uses an integrated digital social assistance platform developed in partnership with the Mobile Telecommunications Company.
Additionally, the teams visited temporary camps hosting the affected communities to analyze the situation and develop a suitable social protection programme for a May 2023 roll-out. During this visit, families expressed their need for livelihood support and initiatives that would generate income for their households.
Partnerships: Namibia Aspiring Farmers Association (NAMAFA)
Namibia’s unemployment rate is 34% and the youth unemployment rate is 48%. To reduce these staggering statistics, the country requires all industries and actors to play an active role. Through the Memorandum of Understanding with the Aspiring Farmers Association of Namibia (NAMAFA), WFP will provide youth and recent graduates an internship opportunity to gain experience and critical agricultural and project management competencies. This will improve their employability skills, support their entrepreneurial endeavours, or create an avenue to kickstart their agri-related careers. This collaboration strongly speaks to WFP Namibia’s focus on advancing the role of youth and women in the agricultural sector whilst, contributing to youth employment, rural economic transformation and national food and nutrition security. The NAMAFA and WFP teams have already started working in two sites: Berseba and Mbora.