West and Central Africa Emergency Food Assistance - WFP 2022-2023

March 2022 - The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies saves lives by quickly getting food assistance (cash or in-kind) to vulnerable food insecure populations and helps prevent hunger. As the global lead agency for logistics and emergency telecommunications WFP plays a major role in providing common services for the humanitarian community. It transports humanitarian workers carries light cargo for humanitarian agencies and carries out emergency medical and security evacuations. This project operates in Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Mali Niger and Nigeria. With GAC’s support WFP provides targeted food assistance to vulnerable populations to reduce acute malnutrition and food insecurity and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfers; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years as well as pregnant and lactating women; and (3) providing logistical support and enabling access to the most remote and challenging locations.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access to food assistance for crisis-affected populations; (2) increased access to supplementary feeding for vulnerable groups including children and pregnant and lactating women; and (3) increased logistics and increased access to remote and challenging areas for humanitarian workers. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises.