Highlights
In August, WFP assisted 700,713 people: 648,822 Syrian refugees, 19,575 Palestinian refugees from Syria and 32,316 vulnerable Lebanese were assisted through the Government of Lebanon’s National Poverty Targeting Programme (NPTP).
Assessment and monitoring reports from early 2016 show food security improvements among households receiving food assistance.
Operational Updates
WFP’s school meals programme paused for summer holidays and will resume in October.
Since 2012, WFP has directly injected USD 712 million into the Lebanese economy through the ecard programme.
The first round of the shop selection process ended with 273 shops selected to date. The second round will conclude in September. The process is part of a wider retail strategy which aims to maximise purchasing power of Syrian refugees.
Preliminary results following data analysis for the 2016 “Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees” (VASyR) indicate that only 7 percent are food secure. The final results of the 2016 VASyR will be shared by October, 2016.
