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1,352 mt of food assistance delivered*
USD 43 m six months (April - September) net funding requirements, representing 63 percent of total needs.
324,574 people assisted* 52% are women and girls *Preliminary figures
Operational Updates
• Global funding constraints continue to affect humanitarian and development efforts in Venezuela. WFP is making adjustments to its operations to stretch resources and ensure food assistance lasts until the school year ends in July. This includes reducing the number of school meal days, which has raised concerns among families and school communities who depend on these meals. WFP has also suspended school kitchen maintenance. A communication plan is being implemented to keep all beneficiaries informed about these changes.
School-based programme
• In April, WFP provided food assistance to 310,000 people in 2,400 schools. Most of them, early education students, students with disabilities (children and adults), school personnel and their families.
• 20,133 children under the age of three received fortified nutritious food (Super Cereal Plus) to complement and improve their diets.
• WFP, together with the Ministry of Education and the National Institute of Nutrition (INN), carried out nutrition education training for 10,260 school cooks and caregivers. Topics included safe water practices, food storage, menus, and food preservation techniques.
• WFP provided food assistance to students with disabilities, their school communities and households in 238 special education schools in Anzoátegui, Barinas, Falcón, Monagas, Sucre, Trujillo, Yaracuy. The assistance covered the food needs of 91,376 people. In addition, more than 3,000 caregivers of people with disabilities participated in sensitization activities on healthy eating habits for people with disabilities.
Community-based food assistance and livelihoods
• WFP provided food assistance to more than 3,500 households (14,240 people) living in vulnerable and hard-to-reach communities in Apure and Amazonas. Additionally, more than 800 people (46% women) from indigenous communities participated in information sessions on nutrition based on their own traditions and diets.