Attachments
In Numbers
USD56, 794 in cash-based transfers made
USD2.5 million six-month net funding requirements (July 2025 - December 2025) representing 25 percent of total needs.
196,082 people assisted in June 2025
Operational Updates
In June, WFP assisted 196,082 people, including 128,530 drought-affected individuals and refugees through crisis response (cash-based transfers and food distributions), 5,485 people through nutrition improvement interventions, and 62,017 individuals through smallholder farmer support and resilience interventions and 50 people participated in capacity strengthening training.
Crisis response/refugees
Food assistance for refugees: WFP continues to provide cashbased transfers to refugees and asylum seekers at the Mantapala refugee settlement. In June, WFP assisted 9,480 refugees.
Strengthened Livelihoods and Building Self-Reliance (SLABS) of Refugees in Mantapala Community seed bank deposits: In June, monitoring of the Mantapala community seed bank confirmed increased refugee engagement, surpassing participation levels observed in prior seasons. Households demonstrated strong engagement with the seed banking system, recognising its potential to strengthen future food security and promote self-reliance. As of 30 June, the seed bank had received 3,271.09 kg of maize, 1,761 kg of beans and 24.5 kg of groundnuts.
Financial Literacy Training for Savings Group Leaders: WFP, through its cooperating partner Action Against Hunger (AAH), facilitated financial literacy training for 33 savings group leaders (8 women, 25 men) in Mantapala Refugee Settlement. The training aimed to strengthen the financial management capacity of saving group leaders and, by extension, savings group members, with a focus on budgeting, record-keeping, and informed financial decision-making. Key topics included basic financial concepts such as savings, lending, budgeting, and record-keeping. The leaders are expected to roll out the training to members of their respective savings groups to enhance community-level financial resilience.
Crisis response/drought
Drought response close-out: WFP provided critical droughtresponse assistance to approximately 1,216,000 people across Zambia between August 2024 and June 2025. In June, the final month of the emergency operation, WFP reached 119,050 people through commodity vouchers. Distributions during this final phase covered previously targeted hard-to-reach districts across three provinces: Nalolo and Lukulu in Western Province; Namwala in Southern Province; and Nyimba and Lusangazi in Eastern Province. With the drought-response operation officially concluded at the end of June, WFP remains committed to supporting long-term recovery efforts and strengthening the resilience of communities most affected by the crisis as well as disaster preparedness activities.