THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$23,500,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Burkina Faso
- Fiscal year
- 2020-2021
- Agreement period
- March 23, 2021 – March 31, 2022
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-P010179002
Published purpose
January 2021 - The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations’ frontline agency in the fight against hunger. It responds to emergencies, saves lives by quickly getting food to the hungry, and helps prevent hunger in the future. As the global lead agency for logistics and emergency telecommunications, WFP plays a major role in providing common services for the humanitarian community. It transports passengers undertaking humanitarian work, carries light cargo for humanitarian agencies, and carries out emergency medical and security evacuations. This project operates in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria. With GAC’s support, in humanitarian emergencies, WFP focuses on providing targeted food assistance to reduce acute malnutrition and food insecurity, and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food; and (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women.
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This grant supports the World Food Programme's humanitarian food assistance and nutrition activities for vulnerable populations, including children under five and pregnant or lactating women, across several African countries.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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