WFP - World Food Programme

$53,050,000.00 CAD

≈ $1.28 for every person in Canada ≈ 686 Canadians' average pay for a year
Department
Global Affairs Canada
Program
Grants - Multilateral Programming
Recipient country
Italy
Fiscal year
2023-2024
Agreement period
January 31, 2024 – March 31, 2025
Reference
dfatd-maecd:064-2024-2025-Q2-00727

Published purpose

[January, 2024] 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 assistance (cash or in-kind) to vulnerable food insecure populations and helps prevent hunger. 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 humanitarian workers, carries light cargo for humanitarian agencies and carries out emergency medical and security evacuations. This project operates in the Middle East, North Africa and Ukraine. With GAC’s support, WFP provides targeted food assistance to vulnerable populations to reduce acute malnutrition and food insecurity, and protect livelihoods. Project activities include: (1) distributing food and cash-based transfer; (2) providing supplementary feeding for children under the age of 5 years, as well as pregnant and lactating women; and (3) providing logistical support and enabling access to the most remote and challenging locations.

In plain English AI-generated

This grant supports the World Food Programme in providing emergency food assistance, nutrition support for children and pregnant or lactating women, and logistics services in the Middle East, North Africa, and Ukraine.

Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada

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