NOVEMBER UPDATE
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WFP’s new two-year relief and recovery operation in Lebanon
The World Food Programme (WFP) embarked this month on a new two-year relief and recovery operation to continue its emergency operation across the region. The operation, set to begin on 1 January 2017, will intensify efforts throughout the region, including in Lebanon, to achieve sustainable solutions through supporting the self-reliance of vulnerable Syrian refugees and poor Lebanese, whilst continuing to provide life-saving food assistance when needed. WFP aims to address the underlying causes of vulnerability while reducing the need for international assistance in the future.
Activities will focus on e-card food assistance for both Syrian refugees and Palestinian refugees from Syria; e-card top ups and school snacks for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Lebanese pupils and their families; and both food-fortraining and food-for-assets activities for Syrian refugees and Lebanese host communities. Such food-for-assets and food-for-training programmes are conditional activities, whereby beneficiaries receive cash for food after completing a training or after producing an asset, such as a communal well, or an irrigation channel. These programmes help meet the immediate food needs of vulnerable people by having them build or boost assets that will benefit the whole community. This helps to make individuals and communities more resilient.
WFP intends to reach some 950,000 individuals over the next two years through these programmes. Further updates are available on: http://wfp.org/countries/Lebanon.