Attachments
In Numbers
290 mt of food distributed
US$1.45 million of cash-based transfers distributed
US$7.8 million net funding requirements (April – September 2025)
134,782 people assisted
Operational Updates
- In Sudurpaschim province, 104,000 students (54,500 girls and 49,600 boys) from 1,039 schools received nutritious school meals through WFP’s school feeding programme. Students received fortified rice, vegetable oil, iodized salt and locally sourced beans and fresh vegetables through the Home-Grown School Feeding approach. The Homegrown school feeding modality has created a reliable market for farmers and promoted better nutrition. WFP distributed 264 mt of rice, 34 mt of vegetable oil and 7 mt of salt to 30 local governments to prepare the school meals.
- In Lumbini Province, WFP, in collaboration with the Food Management and Trading Company Limited (FMTCL), organized a province-level workshop on rice fortification, with representatives from provincial and local governments and other stakeholders to raise awareness and promote the rice fortification programme. To enhance the Government's capacity to undertake quality assurance of the fortified rice produced, WFP provided laboratory reagents, equipment and glassware to the Department of Food Technology and Quality Control and the FMTCL.
- In Madhesh province, nearly 250 cooking demonstrations were conducted involving health mothers’ groups, led by WFP-trained female community health volunteers. These sessions reached over 7,300 households, teaching families how to prepare healthy and nutritious meals for children aged 6-23 months using locally available foods. Additionally, 160 government health workers were trained on collecting quality data and verification, strengthening overall capacity to monitor the mother and child health and nutrition programme.
- WFP transported and facilitated the storage of around 91 mt of government relief items, including tents, mattresses and pillows, from the Kathmandu Humanitarian Staging Area to the Provincial Humanitarian Staging Areas in Biratnagar, Bardibas, Pokhara and Bhairahawa for prepositioning for emergency response.
- As part of the Local Infrastructure Support Programme (LISP), survey design and cost estimates for 268 public schemes, co-financed by the local governments in Karnali and Lumbini provinces, have been completed. Five local governments in Karnali Province and 15 in Lumbini Province have endorsed the policy frameworkrelated guidelines for local infrastructure construction and rehabilitation through their executive committees.
- The Recovery of Earthquake Damaged Infrastructure (REDI) project in Karnali Province, financed by the UK Government, was completed, with 100 percent of all planned schemes constructed or rehabilitated. These included ten irrigation schemes providing access to year-round irrigation for 335 hectares of land, 19 drinking water systems providing clean water to 1,350 households, three-foot trails covering 14 km, six micro-hydro projects generating 225 kw of electricity and 15 rural roads, covering 127 km, which have improved access to basic social services and increased mobility and energy access for local communities. The project engaged 6,085 people, half of whom were women, and transferred NPR 197 million (US$1.4 million) to participating households through food / cash assistance for assets activities, supporting their livelihoods and food security.
- Under the Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment, a Joint Programme implemented by WFP, FAO, IFAD and UN Women, WFP supported a series of climate-resilient agriculture initiatives in Siraha and Saptari districts, of Madhesh Province, aimed at strengthening the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers. WFP trained 150 farmers on climate-smart agriculture, enhancing their ability to respond to the effects of climate change. In Siraha, 25 women received training and input support to establish mushroom cultivation enterprises, which were successfully linked to local markets. Additionally, 780 women farmers were trained in developing market-based crop calendars, focusing on adjusted planting seasons, nursery management and improved cultivation practices, along with support in accessing appropriate agricultural technologies.
- WFP supported the development of a Farmers Nutrition School (FNS) manual to enable the rollout of nutrition-focused training for 400 farmers across five provinces. This was done as part of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme which aims to improve food and nutrition security and livelihood improvement for vulnerable communities in Nepal. The manual, along with the training of facilitators curriculum, has been officially endorsed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development.