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WFP’s Food Assistance to Population Affected by the Current Events in Syria
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Emergency Operation (EMOP) No. 200339 Resourced: US$ 32 million Shortfall: US$ 27 million
Background:
In response to the current events in Syria, EMOP 200339 was launched to provide food assistance to affected populations living in areas that have been negatively impacted, directly or indirectly.
The WFP EMOP originally targeted 50,000 beneficiaries in December 2011, but has progressively scaled up based on request from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), with 100,000 targeted beneficiaries per month from January to March 2012 cycles, 250,000 beneficiaries in April cycle and currently 500,000 beneficiaries per month starting May cycle. Following the launch of the Syrian Humanitarian Assistance Response Plan early June, WFP plans to further scale up to 850,000 per month starting July 2012.
The monthly food basket consists of a variety of basic food commodities (cereals, oil, sugar, canned meat, pulses) providing two-thirds of overall daily food requirements. Supplementary feeding will be added to the basket to prevent malnutrition in children.
Objectives:
Aligned with WFP’s Strategic Objective 1, saving lives and protecting livelihoods in emergencies, this emergency operation aims at providing food assistance to targeted households whose food situation has been adversely affected by the current events.
The project targets affected people that belong to any of the following four broad categories for targeting: i. people located in or near areas subject to armed activities; ii. affected population who moved to less affected areas; iii. host families and communities; and iv. poor people in urban and rural areas affected by the multiple effects of the current events, including the impact of economic sanctions.
Targeting is carried out jointly by WFP and SARC.