Rapports

By John Paul Sesonga — 23 November 2015 In places where markets are functioning, WFP is increasingly providing cash transfers to vulnerable people. In Rwanda, cash transfers to refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo have increased…

By David Orr — 4 November 2015 Southern Africa is suffering a food crisis, with over 27 million people facing hunger over the next six months.* In Zimbabwe 1.5 million people are not able to access the food…

Authorities in Yirol East and West Counties of South Sudan’s Lakes state have hailed the Norwegian Peoples Aid (NPA) for piloting cash-for-food project for internally displaced people (IDPs) and vulnerable local residents, in the two counties. Hundreds…

In Summary They lamented the ministry had given them scanty details on how the money was distributed among the 600,000 IDPs, resolving to investigate the matter to find out if there was financial mismanagement. The lawmakers said payments…

WFP has introduced electronic cash transfers in the Kakuma refugee camps. The cash transfer – dubbed bamba chakula, or “get your food” in Sheng, a Swahili-based slang – replaces part of the monthly food ration that…

KHARTOUM – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed today cash and in-kind donations from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) worth US$86 million to support more than 2.5 million people in Sudan’s…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WFP plans to replace a percentage of the cereal ration of the in-kind General Food Distribtuion (GFD) provided to refugees in northern Kenya with a voucher that would enable them to buy other food commodities.…

13/08/2015 FAO’s cash-for-work programme in Somalia has helped local communities meet their short-term food needs and increase their household income. The programme has additionally improved access to water, particularly in dry areas, for consumption by beneficiaries and…

1. Introduction There is now substantial evidence that periodic cash transfers to poor households as a form of social protection, particularly when conditional on complementary investments in child schooling and health, can lead to substantial and sustained…

DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Tanzania will invest 800 billion shillings ($380 million) over the next eight years in a new state-run agriculture bank to boost growth in the sector, which has long been…