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In Numbers
1,589 mt of food assistance distributed*
USD 68.4 m six months (July - December 2023) net funding requirements, representing 80 percent of total needs
467,000 people assisted*
*Preliminary figures
Operational Updates
• In June, WFP continued distributing food assistance to 467,000 people through its school meals programme. Of these, 46 percent are pre-primary school children, 43 percent are household members, three percent are students with disabilities attending special education schools and 11 percent are school personnel.
• WFP continued implementing its hot meals programme in 100 pre-primary schools in Falcón benefiting 17,000 school children and staff.
• To ensure the transition from school feeding takehome rations to hot meals served at schools, WFP continued refurbishing and equipping school kitchens. As of June, WFP has refurbished more than 80 kitchens and food storage in Falcón and Barinas.
• In the Memorandum of Understanding framework with the National Institute for Nutrition, WFP delivered 97 technical training on nutritional education to 48,600 school cooks across the eight states where the school-based programme is implemented. The sessions included topics such as food preparation, food hygiene and nutritious menus for hot meals served at schools.
• WFP signed Field-Level Agreements with three nongovernment organizations to start implementing food distributions and conditional training in Sucre and Amazonas from July.
• The Logistic Cluster conducted technical interviews with 13 partners to update the Country Logistics Gaps and Needs Analysis for 2023. The Cluster plans to publish the final report in the upcoming months.
• The Food Security Cluster (FSC) continued training on emergency food baskets and food security outcome indicators to partners in Amazonas, Delta Amacuro and Lara. In addition, to ensure a standardized approach towards Indigenous populations, the FSC conducted workshops to 50 organizations from different sectors.