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In Numbers
US$ 68,989 cash-based transfers made
US$ 6.7 million six-month (July – December 2023) net funding requirements
22,404 people assisted in June 2023
Operational Updates
The new 2nd Generation Country Strategic Plan (2G CSP2023-2028) for Zambia was approved by the WFP Executive Board on 29 June. The plan targets five key strategic outcomes that include: crisis response; nutrition improvement support; enhancing smallholder farmer support for resilient food systems; strengthening government capacities and systems on social protection in Zambia and provide on-demand services for partners in the areas of logistics and supply chain.
In June, WFP assisted 22,404 people including 7,492 individuals through crisis response cash assistance, 394 people through nutrition improvement interventions, 14,441 individuals through smallholder support and resilience interventions, and 77 through social protection interventions.
Crisis response
WFP continued to provide cash assistance to the refugees and asylum seekers at the Mantapala Refugee Settlement.
In June, the total population of refugees in the settlement stood at 7,917 (3,918 female and 3,999 male). Of these, 452 (217 female and 235 male) were asylum seekers. A total of 7,492 (female 3,619 and male 3,873) beneficiaries from 2,028 households each received cash-based transfers of K170 (US$ 9.7) for their monthly food basket.
Nutrition improvement support
With the approved proposal to provide direct support to the government for the implementation of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN II) programme activities in 9 districts, WFP held engagement meetings with the District Nutrition Coordination Committee and representatives from International Development Enterprises (IDE), the Provincial Nutrition Coordination Committee and the Ward Nutrition Coordination Committees. A total of 9 districts (Solwezi,
Mwinilunga, Zambezi, Shangombo, Kalabo, Kaoma, Mongu,
Chongwe, and Chiengi) were visited by the teams comprising WFP staff. The teams held successful meetings, where the newly proposed implementation model was explained to the provincial, district, and ward-level teams.
During the meetings, it was agreed that materials that were in IDE’s custody should be handed over to the relevant government ministries for their use.