Attachments
In Numbers
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423 mt of food distributed in May 2021
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US$ 275,503 cash distributed in May 2021
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US$ 19.78 m six months (Jun–Nov 2021) net funding requirements
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140,554 people assisted in May 2021
Operational Updates
• WFP continues to provide cash-based transfers to adolescent female students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) tribal districts, to incentivize their enrolment and continued attendance in schools. In the month of May, WFP supported 13,024 female students across 208 schools in KP through cash transfers.
• WFP also provides support to internally displaced people (IDPs) residing in camps in KP’s ex-FATA region. In the month of May, WFP provided 15,418 IDPs with in-kind food support.
• With the help of additional funding, WFP is carrying on its recovery food assistance for assets (FFA) programme in Balochistan and the tribal districts of KP. Through the FFA programme, WFP assists vulnerable groups including returnee families and drought affected people through cash transfers. The transfers are conditional upon participation in community rehabilitation activities and trainings aimed at improving long-term food security and resilience. In the coming months, WFP aims to transfer USD 2.23 million among returnee families in KP and drought affected households in Balochistan.
• To support the early recovery of vulnerable communities affected by COVID-19 and other recent shocks, WFP is carrying out a needs assessment in two districts of Sindh (Mirpur Khas and Sanghar) and one district of Balochistan (Chaghai). These assessments will identify geographical priority areas and determine vulnerability profile for beneficiary targeting.
• Together with the Food and Agriculture Organization and International Fund For Agricultural Development, WFP supports the Government of Pakistan’s preparations for the UN Food Systems Summit (FSS) which will take place in New York in September 2021. Given the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating impact on development, the FSS is meant to catalyse Sustainable Development Goals attainment by 2030. Specifically, the FSS aspires to (1) ensure access to safe and nutritious food for all; (2) shift to sustainable consumption patterns; (3) boost nature-positive production; (4) advance equitable livelihoods; and (5) build resilience to vulnerabilities, shocks and stress. The UN provides support to the Government of Pakistan in the FSS preparatory process. A national FSS consultation took place on 25 May, where priority actions and game changing solutions were discussed to address Pakistan’s food system challenges. WFP championed four game changing actions; (1) expand social protection and make it adaptive to shocks, as well as nutrition sensitive, (2) help smallholder farmers improve their resilience to shocks, (3) reform grain storage and management, by increasing capacity by 7 million metric tons, (4) realize the right to adequate food for all.
• WFP in partnership with the Alliance of Biodiversity and CIAT (CGIAR) is examining the impact of future climatic hazards on Pakistan’s food security. The purpose is to support the Government’s understanding of the effects of climatic hazards, and to adjust programmes accordingly. In addition to national-level analysis, the study focuses on five areas in Balochistan, KP and Sindh susceptible to food insecurity and natural hazards.