In Numbers
733,682 people assisted in March 2019
US$ 24 m cash-based transfers made
US$ 68.2 m six months (April–September 2019) net funding requirements
Operational Updates
• Alongside representatives from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) and the Canadian Embassy, WFP distributed its five millionth school snack in March. Through the programme, WFP provides vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian students with a locally-produced nutritious daily snack.
• Confirmation was received from MEHE for WFP to establish school kitchens in six schools participating in the school snack programme. This will allow the preparation of healthy sandwiches each day for both Lebanese and Syrian children on site.
• Validations began for recipients of WFP’s multipurpose cash assistance across Lebanon. The exercise is designed to ensure that the right families have the right e-cards and allows WFP to ensure that its finite cash assistance is being channelled to the most economically vulnerable families.s Preparations are ongoing for a self-validation exercise throughout Lebanon using biometric technology in 170 branches of Liban Post and Cash United.
• WFP’s smartphone app, Dalili, which allows users to view their closest WFP-contracted shops and compare food item prices across WFP-contracted stores, was downloaded 22,000 times since the launch of the app.