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In Numbers
USD 0.5 million net funding requirements for the next six months (June ‘25 – November ‘25), representing 16 percent of funding requirements
12,038 school children reached through the HomeGrown School Feeding Programme (Tier 2)
20,640 people assisted through food vouchers
22,063 children served warm meals at soup kitchens
54,741 Total people assisted in May 2025
Operational Updates
Multi-regional Lifesaving Food Assistance
In May 2025, WFP's lifesaving Food Assistance provided commodity vouchers valued at N$550 per household to 3,440 households (equivalent to 20,640 people) in Kunene, Hardap, and Ohangwena regions. This effort marked the successful completion of five distribution cycles in Kunene and Ohangwena regions. The programme's market-based approach onboarded 35 local retailers, creating sustainable demand for essential commodities in benefitting communities. This retailer network, despite facing capacity constraints related to stock levels, has been instrumental in ensuring last-mile delivery.
WFP maintains close operational alignment with government initiatives, including the programmes under the Office of the Vice President and the Office of the Prime Minister's Drought Relief Programme. UNICEF and the Ministry of Health and Social Services provides critical technical support for outreach related services inclusive of nutritional assessments and referral systems
Strengthening Children Resilience Through Supplementary Wet feeding
WFP's supplementary wet feeding programme, which targets children aged 6 months to 11 years across five drought affected regions in Namibia, reached a total of 25,585 children with 6,500 children reached in Kavango East, 6,250 in Kavango West, 2,296 in Zambezi, 1,226 in Hardap and 9,313 in Omaheke
This Programme is effective at preventing malnutrition during critical developmental periods by serving meals three times a week at community-based soup kitchens and at early childhood centers and orphanages which are supported by the Ministry of Gender, Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare through a field level implementation agreement with Catholic Aids Action (CAA).
Implementation to date has recorded significant increase in the community needs for this intervention, demonstrating a 10% increase in the coverage compared to target (total registered 23,012, total redeemed 25,585). This demonstrates both the severity of food insecurity and the critical support that this intervention provides to vulnerable food insecure communities.