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In Numbers
- 96,492 people benefited through resilience building, and livelihood support programmes
- 397,726 pregnant and breastfeeding women and children received health and nutrition services and supplementary nutritious foods through the Benazir Nashonuma Programme (BNP).
Operational Updates
Emergency preparedness, Resilience and Livelihoods
- WFP, FAO, and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) hosted Balochistan's inaugural consultative workshop on 24 February, gathering 35 officials from various sectors to establish the Provincial Multi-Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (MHVRA) Guidelines for the province.
- WFP, supported by NDMA, conducted a 3-day MHVRA training from February 25-27, for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Balochistan, to enhance risk assessment capacities to strengthen evidence-based planning and decision-making.
- Under WFP’s contribution to the UN system’s Living Indus Initiative, WFP continues to facilitate community-led construction of concrete water reservoirs to enhance water resource management in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Punjab. In February, fruit plants were planted around the completed water reservoirs to augment the diets and income of the targeted communities
- Under its climate resilience work in four flood affected districts in KP, Sindh, and Balochistan, WFP focused on infrastructure development activities including flood protection structures along with capacity strengthening activities equipping women with marketable skills (e.g. beautician skills and salon management, digital marketing for entrepreneurs).