Annual Country Report 2022: Iran (Islamic Republic of). Country Strategic Plan 2018-2023
2022
ELR 1528
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العنوان
Annual Country Report 2022: Iran (Islamic Republic of). Country Strategic Plan 2018-2023
الناشر
Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2022.
اللغة(لغات)
English
الوصف
43 p.
الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب
ELR1528
ملخص
Iran was one of the most affected countries by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic gradually abated and restrictions were lifted by mid-2022, the country continued to struggle with its severe negative socio-economic impacts. Against this backdrop and despite the tightening of trade restrictions and external barriers, WFP Iran continued to assist those who needed it most without interruption. It succeeded in meeting its plan of supporting over 32,000 refugees living inside 20 settlements with unconditional food assistance through a combination of locally procured in-kind food and cash-based transfers. Also, WFP expanded its donor base to cover the funding requirements of its operation in 2022. Based on the findings of the post-distribution monitoring (PDM) and the joint assessment mission (JAM) conducted jointly by WFP with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) over the course of 2022, beneficiaries were highly satisfied with receiving hybrid food assistance. Food assistance sustained their access to bread and vegetable oil as the main staples of their food basket. Cash gave them the flexibility to buy other food items. Through WFP's school snacks programme, all 8,800 refugee boys and girls (49 percent girls) at primary and junior high schools and 625 Iranian teachers (30 percent women) received school snacks for every day of school attendance to support their education and nutrition. During the first half of the year, WFP distributed an alternative take-home ration when classes were conducted online. On-site distribution resumed in September, with the improved COVID-19 situation and reinstatement of in-person attendance. All 2,800 girls at primary and junior high schools also received cash incentives to support their education throughout the school year. Under the livelihood activities, WFP enhanced the capacities of around 490 vulnerable refugee women and men to resist, adapt and recover from the negative repercussions of the pandemic and economic downturn through income-generation opportunities. In the summer (August- October) of 2022, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and WFP joined hands to boost the capacity of a bakery in the Bardsir settlement, one of the highly populated settlements in Kerman. NRC rehabilitated the bakery building which was then equipped with a heavy-duty bakery machine by WFP. This helped improve the efficiency of the baking process and the quality of the bread for more than 4,000 inhabitants of the settlement. It also generated additional livelihood opportunities. In response to the flash floods that hit the country, WFP provided 5,000 emergency family food packs procured locally to 20,000 affected Iranians in the four southern provinces of Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman and Sistan & Baluchistan. WFP delivered the packs to its cooperating partner, the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), in March 2022 for distribution to the communities.
ملاحظة
Electronic ed.
رقم الاستدعاء
ELR 1528
اللغة(لغات)
eng
System Control No.
MON-127117
الواصفات الثانوية
الشروط الجغرافية
WFP Taxonomy
Annual Country Report (ACR)