Attachments
In Numbers
1,274.3 mt of food was distributed
US$2,500 cash-based transfers made
US$2.32 million net-funding requirements (May - October 2025)
409,688 people were assisted
Operational Updates
- In a ceremony held in Dushanbe, the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Tajikistan and WFP handed over 200 mt of fortified wheat flour to the Government of Tajikistan to support the school feeding programme. This is part of the contributions that provides daily hot meals to more than half a million primary grade students across the country. The ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Tajikistan, Muzaffarzoda Badriddin Sangali, Chargé d'Affaires of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Tajikistan Vera Valeryevna Khutorskaya and WFP Representative and Country Director in Tajikistan Adham Musallam.
- The Joint SGD Fund confirmed its contribution for the joint “Transforming Food Systems for Better Nutrition” project to be implemented by WFP, the Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations, the United Nations Children’s Fund, and the World Health Organization. This initiative focuses on improving regulations and building institutional capacities to create a robust policy environment that will help revolutionize food systems in Tajikistan. By strengthening government capacities to develop the National Food-Based Dietary Guidelines and enhancing the community’s knowledge on healthy nutrition, the programme seeks to stimulate greater demand for locally sourced healthy food. At the community level, it promotes innovative solutions to boost the production and consumption of nutritious food. The Joint SDG Fund is an inter-agency mechanism that incentivizes transformative policy and financing to shift and stimulate strategic investments required to catalyze and accelerate progress against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the country level.
- On 13 April, a 5-8-magnitude earthquake hit several regions of Tajikistan. Its epicenter was located 160 kilometers northeast of Dushanbe, 21 kilometers east of the Rasht Valley (Rasht and Tojikobod districts). Nearly 500 households in Tojikobod District were affected by the earthquake, with 33 residential houses completely damaged, and 164 residential buildings partially damaged. In addition, two educational institutions, one recreational centre, two medical centres, and the district hospital were damaged. WFP provided 9 mt of food assistance (composed of fortified wheat flour, vegetable oil, and pulses) to 160 households affected by the earthquake. WFP plans to provide food assistance to affected households in Rasht District in May.
Humanitarian Operations Support for Afghanistan
- In April, WFP Tajikistan dispatched 548.3 mt of food commodities to Afghanistan. The UN Humanitarian Air Service, managed by WFP, undertook seven international passenger flights between Dushanbe and various airports in Afghanistan. Fifty passengers benefited from these flights.