Highlights
The 2017-2020 Country Programme is under approval for a planned budget of USD 69 million.
Additional resource of USD 1.7 million is needed to continue providing school meals to 75,000 school children in the most vulnerable regions of Côte d’Ivoire from January to June 2017.
Operational Updates
In August 2016, WFP reached a total of 44,963 vulnerable people, with food and cash interventions.
A limited life-saving assistance was provided to 10,000 extremely food insecure displaced people of the natural reserve of Mount Peko through general food distributions.
A three-months return food package was distributed to 724 Ivorian refugees repatriated from Liberia through HCR-organized convoys.
Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition was provided to 6 children aged 6 to 59 months and 724 ART clients received food by prescription assistance.
Food assistance for assets interventions reached 32,785 repatriated Ivorian refugees and vulnerable host households as part of the reintegration process and the social cohesion promotion between the two communities.
On hold since July 2016 due to summer holidays, the school meals programme will resume in October 2016.
A country programme will replace the current development school meals programme by January 2017 for a four-year period. It will contribute to supporting the Government to end hunger through nutrition, resilience and school meals interventions with a budget of USD 69 million.
Further to a joint UN appeal of USD 2.5 million submitted to CERF to provide emergency food assistance along with mother and child health and water and sanitation services to the persons evacuated from the natural reserve of Mont Peko, funds have been granted and the country office immediately started the food procurement.
Distributions will start shortly.
Challenges
WFP planned to provide school meals to a reduced 200,000 students in the most vulnerable regions during the coming 2016-2017 school year. However, WFP will not be in a position to provide assistance to 75,000 school children. Additional resources of USD 1.7 million are urgently needed for schools meals from January to June 2017.
Reclamation of the natural reserve of Mount Peko by the Government and the subsequent displacements in 28 surrounding villages is a concern due to the still fragile social cohesion. Mobilizing adequate resources will be critical to complement the approved CERF assistance and provide livelihood food assistance to the people in need (displaced and host communities) by January 2017.