Annual Country Report 2023: Somalia. Country Strategic Plan 2022-2025

Annual Country Report 2023: Somalia. Country Strategic Plan 2022-2025

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2023.

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101 p.

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WFP implemented a range of activities in 2023, reaching 10.6 million people (52 percent women) through USD 453.7 million of cash-based transfers (CBT), 76,966 mt of in-kind food assistance and capacity strengthening initiatives. WFP prioritizes cash assistance in Somalia because it improves operational efficiency and stimulates local economies, Somalia operation has the largest of volume of cash delivery among all WFP operations globally. To address substantial humanitarian needs and save lives, WFP delivered lifesaving humanitarian food assistance by optimizing resources to reach the most in need. Insufficient funding during the year necessitated a reduction in relief interventions. General food assistance delivered in the form of CBT and in-kind support reached 7.4 million people. Using a lifecycle approach to tackle malnutrition and improve nutrition status of vulnerable people, WFP reached 3 million children under five, pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBWG) and TB/HIV patients across all nutrition activities. WFP further contributed to longer-term development gains by channeling investments towards its changing lives agenda to help achieve community-level resilience, self-sustainability, enhanced human capital and reduced dependency on humanitarian aid.

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