In Numbers
USD 3.9 m six months (June - November 2023) net funding requirements, representing 36 percent of total
298,000 people assisted* in May 2023
Operational Updates
• In May, WFP completed the rehabilitation of 23 school kitchens in the Dry Corridor, including installing eco-stoves. This contributes to the safe preparation of school meals for children while protecting parents’ and teachers’ health by reducing the amount of smoke they are exposed to while cooking.
• As a part of WFP’s ongoing internal training, field staff from Siuna, Ocotal, Bilwi and Jinotega were trained on gender analysis and the economic value of unpaid domestic work. This aims to improve WFP’s programming by strengthening its gender lens and ensuring activities are designed and implemented considering the time requirements of women, whose traditionally assigned roles include unpaid domestic work.
• In May, WFP and the Ministry of Family, Community, Cooperative and Associative Economy supported 370 families affected by Hurricane Julia to restore their livelihoods. As part of WFP’s emergency response, the Ministry worked with these families to develop investment plans to help them recover while dynamizing the local economy.
• WFP started hosting FAO and UNOPS staff in its new field office in Bluefields, in the South Autonomous Region of the Caribbean Coast. It has been set up to support the emergency response to Hurricane Julia, allowing WFP and United Nations agencies to increase their field presence and coordination in this area vulnerable to disasters.