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In Numbers
2,440 mt of food assistance distributed (covering food requirements for the school feeding programme from September to November 2022)
USD 21 m six months (November 2022 - April 2023) net funding requirements, representing 68 percent of total
330,180 people assisted* in October 2022
*Preliminary figures
Operational Updates
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Hurricane Julia impacted Nicaragua on 9 October, causing USD 368 million in damages and affecting 4,000,000 people in the country. Within 24 hours, WFP in coordination with the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation, and Response (SINAPRED, for its Spanish acronym) provided immediate food assistance to 25,600 people in 104 communities in the municipality of El Rama, one of the most affected municipalities, as well as in the departments of Jinotega and Matagalpa. In El Rama, WFP provided electric generators and water pumps to restore 160 community wells enabling access to clean drinking water to 40 percent of the population in the municipality.
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Also, in coordination with SINAPRED, the World Health Organization and the International Organization for Migration, WFP completed the first phase of data collection on food security and nutrition consisting of 2,009 surveys in the North and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions. This data is essential to better understand the food security situation in vulnerable areas to continue advancing towards the fulfillment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and the construction of resilient food systems. It is also valuable to design an effective post- disaster response.
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To commemorate International Rural Women’s Day, WFP promoted exchanges on the role of smallholder farmers’ organizations on the sustainable empowerment of women farmers.
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In October, 144 public servants from 12 institutions received diplomas for the completion of a WFP- supported course on the linkages between women, food security and climate change. Delivered by the Ministry of Women and certified by the National Technology Institute, the course aims to provide public servants with a gender lens that integrates these crucial topics in each participating institutions.
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On 19 and 20 October, WFP conducted an Information Technology (IT) Boot Camp targeting members of eleven smallholder farmer organizations in Jinotega, Matagalpa and Estelí. It was aimed at strengthening the IT capacities of farmer organizations, promoting the use of virtual platforms for information management and marketing. Cybersecurity and good maintenance practices for computer equipment were also addressed.