Source: World Food Programme
Country: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey
In Numbers
- 4.8 million Refugees in the Region
- 1.7 million Assisted in August
- 1.6 million Assisted in September
Highlights
- ECHO and WFP signed an unprecedented agreement valued at EUR 348 million to roll-out an Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey. WFP’s Executive Director and Turkish officials attended the official ESSN opening ceremony in Ankara on 26 September.
- In early August, for the first time in WFP history, two 70-metre cranes were used to shift life-saving food assistance to over 78,000 people stranded at the Jordanian-Syrian border (the berm).