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In Numbers
239,350 people assisted
567 mt of food assistance distributed
US$ 2.9 million six-month net funding requirements (October 2024 – March 2025)
Operational Updates
- Seventy-eight women groups (1,950 smallholder farmers) assisted by WFP, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (MAFS) and the Sierra Leone Agriculture Research Institute (SLARI) commenced their first Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) harvest in Karene and Bonthe districts. OFSP will be delivered directly to primary schools assisted through Home- Grown School Feeding (HGSF) to diversify the cereal element for enhanced nutrition.
- At the end of September, over 95 percent of 138 supported Inland Valley Swamp (IVS) sites had successfully completed the transplanting of rice seedings and application of fertilizer in eight districts including Pujehun, Kenema, Bonthe, Moyamba, Tonkolili, Kambia, Karene and Koinadugu districts.
- As co-chair of the Assessment and Registration pillar of the Inter-Pillar Disaster Response coordination system, WFP is providing technical support to the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) to conduct a post-disaster assessment of flooding that has submerged agricultural crops.
- By 30 September 2024, 99 percent of food dispatches to WFP-assisted primary schools were completed, ensuring the timely start of school feeding for the 2024/25 academic year.
- To promote diet diversity among women and children aged 6-23 months, WFP supported sub-national Ministry of Health partners to enhance the cooking skills of 50 communities in Kambia district through food demonstrations.