Source: World Food Programme
Country: Congo
Highlights
- The School Feeding Programme is facing critical funding gaps. The Country Office urgently requires contributions in order to begin preparations for the next school term, which begins in October 2016.
Operational Updates
Through the school feeding programme, WFP provides 95,000 children with hot meal and plans to reach 132,000 children through 2018. The school feeding programme has been suspended from July to September due to the school holiday. The new school year will start in October and WFP is facing a serious funding shortfalls.
In November 2015, under the safety net component, WFP started electronic food transfers to vulnerable groups in the newly-selected areas of Sibiti and Owando using a small contribution from the Government. The programme, however, is still suspended in Brazzaville and Pointe Noire due to insufficient resources.