THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

Published purpose

This project supports activities that respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. This project aims to pivot programming activities during school closures to minimize the impact of health and economic-related shocks resulting from limited mobility and loss of income felt by students and their families. This project modified its modality from on-site school meals to take-home rations for students and their families, preserving nutritional status and educational outcomes. Food baskets continue to support 41,000 children initially targeted by the project to maintain distance-learning and help create favourable conditions for their return once schools reopen. The proposed approach supports 28,700 households over three months with a minimum nutritional and caloric intake. Food baskets are used as a platform to increase communication around COVID-19 prevention measures, such as hygiene and social distancing. The project also reached the Cabo Delgado province, currently experiencing a humanitarian crisis resulting from an increasing number of internally displaced persons and rising COVID-19 rates.