Highlights
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In collaboration with UN-Women and IFAD, WFP conducted a four-day workshop in Koinadugu district on women leadership and nutrition-sensitive agriculture for 42 P4P-supported farmer groups and representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security in 11 districts.
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WFP concluded the second round of take-home ration food distribution, reaching 118,000 primary school children in 960 schools across the country.
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WFP conducts a nationwide assessment of people living with HIV and TB clients in order to enhance service delivery and increase compliance to ART/TB national protocols.
WFP is implementing activities to support the Government’s National Ebola Recovery Strategy and reverse the negative impacts of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak on food security and nutrition among vulnerable populations.
Activities under the Country Programme (CP) include school feeding support to primary education of boys and girls. WFP's CP, which contributes to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2, 4 and 17 was designed to empower vulnerable households and individuals with the highest rates of food insecurity and illiteracy in meeting their food and nutrition needs in a sustainable way. The CP is also designed to support the government to realise its priorities set forth in the Agenda for Prosperity, particularly advancements in the education sector (SDG 4).