Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance

The Multi-Country Emergency Food Assistance project is the result of a partnership between Global Affairs Canada, which finances the project, and the World Food Programme (WFP), which implements it. The intervention falls within the framework of the WFP objective of combating hunger and acute malnutrition. It provides emergency food aid to over 90 million people worldwide, including six Sahelian and West African countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria). Project activities include: 1) distributing food; 2) supplementary feeding for children under five years of age as well as pregnant and lactating women; 3) emergency school feeding programs; () vouchers and cash transfers for food; and 5) food for work.

Global objective

Save lives, alleviate suffering and protect human dignity in countries experiencing humanitarian crises

Expected results

Increased access to food assistance for crisis-affected populations
Increased access to supplementary feeding for vulnerable groups, including children, and pregnant and lactating women
Increased enrolment and school attendance
Increased resilience of severely food-insecure communities against further shocks
Increased access for the humanitarian community to safe, reliable and efficient passenger air transport services
Improved access to the transportation of light cargo for humanitarian agencies
Increased access to timely medical and security evacuation services

Duration

1 year : 29/03/2019 - 31/03/2020

Localisation

The project is conducted in several countries, including in six Sahelian and West African countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria).

Beneficiaries

90 million severely food insecure people around the world.

Budget

CAD 85.6 million

Implementation

World Food Programme (WFP)

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Country

Burkina Faso
Chad
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria

Topics

Aide d’urgence
Food security & zero hunger
Health
Local actors & livelihoods
Nutrition
Social affairs & social protection

Targets

Children aged under 5 years
Poor households
Poor workers in the informal economy
Pregnant and lactating women
Vulnerable small-scale farmers

Agir Pillars

Pillar 1: Improve social protection for the most vulnerable communities and households in order to secure their livelihoods
Pillar 2: Strengthen the nutrition of vulnerable households

Scales

Local
National