Annual Country Report 2021: Egypt. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2023

Annual Country Report 2021: Egypt. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2023

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2021.

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58 p.

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WFP in Egypt complemented Egypt’s Vision 2030 through a humanitarian-development nexus, addressing causes of food insecurity, poverty and malnutrition through social protection, nutrition, smallholders’ resilience building and capacity-strengthening support. Overall, WFP reached over 400,000 people. To accelerate sustainable development, WFP focused on capacity strengthening interventions in partnership with the Government. WFP reached over 125,000 refugees and asylum seekers with cash assistance to secure their basic food needs. Moreover, WFP was able to re-launch unconditional nutrition cash assistance for about 3,500 pregnant and lactating refugee women in the last quarter of 2021, following a one-year halt due to funding shortages. Contributing to Egypt’s nutrition priorities, WFP supported the ‘First 1,000 Days’ programme with unconditional cash top-ups to 26,000 vulnerable Egyptian mothers and their infants. WFP ensured monthly cash assistance for 130,000 vulnerable family members of community school students to secure their basic food needs. Recognizing the importance of developing youth's knowledge, skills, and talents to further food security, poverty reduction, employment generation, and peace and political stability, WFP established an innovative public-private partnership to bridge the gap between youth qualifications and employment market needs. WFP continued implementing the successful rural development programme, enhancing over 60,000 smallholder farmers’ capacity to improve their productivity and livelihoods through resilience-building and climate-smart agricultural interventions. Moreover, WFP supported 26,600 rural community members with agri-business and financial literacy workshops, facilitating their transition into Egypt’s formal economy. As an advocate for women’s economic empowerment, WFP empowered over 250,000 men and women (65% women) with knowledge in finance and entrepreneurship. Moreover, about 9,000 women received cash or in-kind microloans for income-generating activities, helping improve their livelihoods and, consequently food security.

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