Annual Country Report 2020: Sao Tome and Principe. Country Strategic Plan 2019-2024

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2019.

English

34 p.

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The Country Strategic Plan (CSP) was approved in June 2019 and revised in 2020 following Government requests for WFP to support the national COVID-19 response plans. The revision facilitated the addition of a new strategic outcome focusing on meeting the food and nutrition needs of crisis-affected populations, contributing to SDG target 2.1. WFP together with the Government and partners provided food assistance for 19,287 children from 127 schools located in four national districts (Cantagalo, Lobata, Lemba and Caue) and the autonomous region of Principe (RAP). In 2020, WFP’s priority was to reinforce national and international partnerships. WFP strengthened its partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE); the National School Feeding and Health programme (PNASE); the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development (MAFRD); the National Support Center for Rural Development (CADR); and the National Council for Food Security and Nutrition (CONSAN). WFP supported PNASE to finalise the revision of the School Feeding Law, which is expected to strengthen the Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSFP) programme by strengthening community ownership, sustainable financing, and integration of nutrition and food security. Gender was mainstreamed in all WFP interventions, particularly during the COVID-19 outbreak. WFP supported the Government in ensuring food security of vulnerable households, with focus on female-headed households who were most affected by the socio-economic impact of the pandemic.

Electronic ed.

ELR 2067

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