Annual Country Report 2019: Islamic Republic of Iran. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2020

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2019.

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In 2019, available resources allowed WFP to continue to provide unconditional resource transfers to almost 30,300 refugees and conditional resource transfers to almost 3,000 female students residing in 20 settlements, without interruption. In 2019, WFP also forged ahead with the implementation of initial livelihood activities and managed to establish livelihood opportunities for men and women in three of the largest refugee settlements which WFP assists. WFP quickly stepped in to assist the Government and the people of Iran with emergency food assistance following devastating floods in March and April 2019, which affected 25 out of 31 provinces. Upon request of the Government of Iran, WFP procured more than 440 metric tons of mixed food commodities in-country and delivered the same in the form of family emergency assistance packages to 61,500 persons most heavily affected in the two provinces of Lorestan and Khuzestan. Emergency assistance was delivered to Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) warehouses in both provinces and distributed by IRCS volunteers under the supervision of WFP. WFP continued to promote gender equality and education support by providing monthly cash transfers to girls for full school attendance at primary and junior high schools. Further efforts were made to empower women by prioritizing them for livelihood opportunities and providing cash incentive for those male-headed households who introduced their women as bank cardholders for cash distribution.

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