Highlights
The Lebanon Country Strategic Plan (2018-2020) was approved at the June WFP Executive Board session.
In June, WFP reached 674,279 Syrian refugees; 49,668 vulnerable Lebanese were reached under the National Poverty Targeting Programme, 16,350 Palestinian refugees from Syria; 46,940 recipients were reached through cash for education.
Operational Updates
WFP is preparing for the introduction of unrestricted cash assistance which will be introduced in September 2017. Building on the BCG cash pilot conducted in 2016, WFP will transition a select number of Syrian refugee households from the evoucher to unrestricted cash assistance. Targeted households will be able to redeem their USD 27/per person at any ATM to purchase food items.
Livelihoods projects have started throughout the country and aim to reach an intial 31,500 individuals in the month of July. The activity allows both Syrians and Lebanese to participate in a range of asset creation projects and trainings. Participants will receive a top up of USD 105/per household.
Building on both 2016 targeting and Vulnerability assessment of Syrian Refugee (VASyR) results,
UNHCR and WFP have requested the American University of Beirut to update the household vunerability targeting formula in order to proceed with a joint targeting approach. This is to ensure that the severely vulnerable households receive a harmonized package of assistance to meet their survival needs.Analysis of the data for the VASyR 2017 is currently underway with the planned release of the preliminary results of selected variables by 14 July. The completed VASyR will be available starting from October 2017.