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In Numbers
USD 2.1 m cash-based transfers made
USD 4.9 m six months (June-November 2023) net funding requirements, representing 48 percent of total
28,302 people assisted in May 2023
Operational Updates
• In May, WFP assisted 27,560 migrants residing in the country and in-transit migrants as well as 177 Peruvians through cash-based transfers (CBT) as part of its emergency operation in close coordination with cooperating partners. WFP provides a monthly transfer for three-month adapted to family size (transfer value from USD 100 to USD 350) in six inland regions on the migration route. WFP also assists in-transit migrants in the northern and southern borders and one inland area with a one-off value voucher to improve access to prepared food and basic hygiene items.
• WFP continued with the emergency operation to assist households through CBT in Piura, Tumbes, La Libertad and Lambayeque, severely affected by heavy rains. Since March, this operation benefited 8,127 people (565 people in May).
• WFP provided humanitarian logistics services nationwide to transport 665 mt of food and non-food items on behalf of 10 partners, including the Government and the National Institute of Civil Defence, benefiting 94,000 people. The services were delivered to attend to emergency response due to landslides caused by heavy rains in Ancash, Cajamarca, Ica, Lambayeque, Lima, La Libertad, Piura and Tumbes.
• WFP provides technical and logistical assistance to address the food emergency in Lima declared on 31 January. WFP transported 118 mt of food for the Lima Foundation to assist in Lima’s peri-urban areas, 12,000 households in 665 ollas comunes. In addition, WFP transported 386 mt of food and non-food items for other humanitarian partners from the agroindustry to assist 85,000 households.