Informes

The failed rains in 2016 led to the current unprecedented high malnutrition rates among vulnerable pregnant and lactating women, and children under five years. In response to the high global acute malnutrition rate of 20% in Samburu…

Objective The objective of this good practice fact sheet is to provide guidance on using remote sensing technology in a developing country environment, in particular to verify infrastructure rehabilitation. The document explores how the technology can be…

“I feel so happy that I was able to deliver my baby safely. I received good care and attention from the health workers here; my baby and I were in good hands,” says Alice Nalubwama from…

Apiyeiw Akwor is the sole bread winner in her household. Her husband died some nine years ago, and now Apiyeiw raises her two children on her own. Apiyeiw’s life is hard. And continued hurdles from climate…

Background •Robust shelter construction and relocation started in Wau, South Sudan in January 2017 to reduce congestion of the country's most crowded Protection of Civilian (PoC) site, thus improving living conditions for internally displaced persons (IDPs). •A cash-voucher…

Major Highlights Average selling price of maize grain went up slightly from $0.42/kg to $0.43/kg. Notable price increases were recorded in Shurugwi and Mberengwa districts. The average selling price of mealie meal increased slightly from $0.61/kg in end-January…

What is SCOPE? Since February 2015, WFP Somalia has been using SCOPE, a digital beneficiary and transfer management platform that supports programme intervention cycles from beginning to end. It is a cloud-based solution used for biometric registration…

1. BACKGROUND Humanitarian agencies in Somalia have been implementing Cash Transfer Programs (CTP) since at least 2003 and routinely consider cash interventions, as an option for meeting beneficiaries needs with varied programmatic and operational approaches. Somalia’s Food Security…

After three years of civil conflict and with rampant inflation, now a third of the population needs food aid South Sudan plunged into civil conflict in December 2013 Once privileged military families now going hungry Inflation wipes out value…

STORY HIGHLIGHTS For the past three years, the south of Madagascar has hardly seen a drop of rain. 95% of harvests was lost and 1 million people are living in precarious food insecure situations. A system of cash transfers…