Highlights
WFP assisted 640,507 displaced Syrians in April 2018. 21 percent of households were female-headed, 66 percent had children under the age of five, 11 percent had a disabled member and 35 percent of households had a member with a medical condition.
In April, all WFP assisted households showed improved food security, had higher food consumption scores, better food diversity, and adopted fewer negative coping strategies.
The main reason for debts among the cash for food households is rent.
Food is the biggest expenditure for households, followed by rent and medical expenses.
Food security outcomes for non-assisted households improved in April as compared to previous cycles. Households relied less on negative coping strategies to meet their food needs.
The overall satisfaction among assisted households remained stable (approximately 8 out of 10).
Introduction
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. WFP Lebanon is providing life-saving food and basic needs assistance to vulnerable UNHCR-registered displaced Syrians through an electronic card system. In October 2017, two new cash modalities were introduced in addition to the food e-card, the cash for food e-card and the multipurpose cash for essential needs e-card.
WFP continues to incorporate resilience into its interventions to ensure sustainability and strengthen its programme portfolio. As such, WFP shifted from the regional Protracted Relief and Recovery Plan (PRRO) 200987 to the Country Strategic Plan (CSP) in January 2018. This CSP introduces capacity-strengthening support to enhance Lebanon’s ability to manage the Syrian crisis and future shocks.
