Attachments
In Numbers
85 mt of food assistance distributed
USD 5.3 m six months (January 2023 - June 2023) net funding requirements, representing 30 percent of total
332,099 people assisted* in December 2022
*Preliminary figures
Operational Updates
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WFP provided food kits to 29,000 beneficiaries affected by Hurricane Julia in the North Autonomous Region of the Caribbean Coast. The beneficiaries assisted included households with children under 3, elders and families with children not receiving school meals being out of the public school system.
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WFP provided training on disaster risk reduction and administration of seed banks to 30 Indigenous community leaders (47 percent women). The training has been delivered by a local university and aims to build the capacities of communities to directly manage the seed banks and increase the resilience of disaster-prone communities to climate shocks, enabling the recovery of their livelihoods.
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In December, WFP provided the Ministry of Family with 300 vegetable-based recipe books and 300 brochures on healthy diets. The materials feature nutritious recipe ideas that encourage the use of locally produced fruits and vegetables for a diversified diet. This aims to promote nutritional education in child development centres and maternity homes.
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WFP supported the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Response (SINAPRED, for its Spanish acronym) to implement the fourth national multi-hazard simulation, a disaster preparedness exercise that aims to rehearse emergency response protocols for hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, among others. Six hundred thousand people throughout the country participated at the national, municipal and community levels.
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WFP is designing its annual operational plans with the Ministry of Women and with 30 smallholder farmer organizations. This process is the foundation for the resilience-building and capacity-strengthening work for 2023. It is based on an evaluation of the 2022 achievements and challenges, as well as priorities established for the upcoming year.