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In Numbers
1.9 million people* assisted 702,400 through crisis response 1.2 million through resilience-building
6,122 mt of food assistance distributed*
US$ 2.1 million cash-based transfers made
US$ 76.4 million six-month (June-November 2023) net funding requirement
Operational Updates
• WFP participated in the government-led consultative workshop to develop the national strategy on durable solutions. The strategy is to be approved by the Government in July. Government entities will lead the implementation of the strategy’s activities with other actors as necessary and based on their comparative advantage.
• WFP Niger participated in a joint resilience workshop with UNICEF, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) aimed to reinforce a harmonised approach for multisectoral resilience building in the Sahel.
• The European Union (EU) delegation in Niger and WFP visited an EU’s Foreign Policy Instrument-funded project in Ouallam aiming to strengthen social cohesion between host communities, internally displaced persons and refugees. Under this project, WFP partners with the High Authority for Peace Consolidation (HACPT), UNHCR and other strategic partners to ensure that more than 86,500 communities transition from WFP’s protracted humanitarian assistance to WFP’s resilience assistance package.
• A joint mission was organised by the Government of Niger, the International Fund for Agricultural Development and WFP to assess the Sahel Programme in response to the challenges of COVID-19 challenges, Conflicts and Climate Change (SD3C- Niger) overall performance and its impact on target groups, and to guide the coordination teams in achieving their objectives.
• Crisis Response: 702,400 beneficiaries were assisted with emergency interventions. This included 33,000 through the rapid response mechanism (RRM), 69,100 with post-RRM assistance, 437,000 with protracted assistance, and 163,300 with pastoral lean season support.
• Nutrition: WFP assisted 85,700 children aged 6-59 months for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition activities in collaboration with the Ministry of Health.
• School feeding: 299,444 children were provided with school meals in 1,589 schools including 257 emergency schools, 3 grouping centres and 2 boarding schools.
• Support to livelihoods: Over 869,800 people benefited from food assistance for assets activities, including 116,000 people with shock-responsive social safety nets.
• The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) transported 2,172 passengers and 2.7 Mt of light cargo and facilitated 2 medical evacuations. Due to funding shortfalls, the steering group committee decided to increase by 50 percent the price of flight tickets from 1 July onwards.