THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$12,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Jordan
- Fiscal year
- 2013-2014
- Agreement period
- March 18, 2014 – December 31, 2014
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-D000633001
Published purpose
February 2014 - The humanitarian situation in Syria continues to deteriorate as a result of the civil war in the country. The United Nations estimates that more than 130,000 people have been killed, with hundreds of thousands more wounded, due to the violence. Within Syria, some 9.3 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, 6.5 million of whom are internally displaced. In addition, over 2.4 million Syrian refugees are registered and living in host countries in the region. Women and children are particularly vulnerable to the impact of the conflict and host countries are increasingly overstretched by the influx of affected people needing assistance. With the support of DFATD and other donors, the United Nations World Food Programme is providing food assistance (food or cash or vouchers to purchase food when appropriate) to 837,500 conflict-affected people in Jordan and 1.69 million conflict-affected people in Lebanon. This includes Syrian refugees, Palestinian refugees from Syria, Lebanese returnees and host communities.
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This contribution funds the UN World Food Programme to provide food assistance to conflict-affected people in Jordan and Lebanon, including Syrian refugees and host communities.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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