Core Funding - World Food Programme 2008

CIDA's core funding to the World Food Programme (WFP) contributes to meeting the food assistance needs of vulnerable populations thereby contributing assistance to greater global food security. Specifically this core funding helps WFP reach its strategic objectives which are to: i) save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies with a focus on internally displaced populations refugees and other vulnerable populations; ii) prevent acute hunger and invest in disaster preparedness and mitigation measures; iii) restore and rebuild lives and livelihoods in post-conflict post-disaster or transition situations; iv) reduce chronic hunger and undernutrition; and v) strengthen the capacities of countries to reduce hunger through handover strategies and local purchase. CIDA's support provides WFP with the flexibility to determine where food assistance needs are the greatest. The grant supports WFP's food aid programming only and thus excludes WFP logistical programming.