REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
In Turkey, the food security sector continues to provide support to Syrians in 11 camps, with monthly transfers to beneficiaries reaching approximately USD 3 million.
As of November, 3RP partners reached 500,000 direct beneficiaries, equalling 87 per cent of the target for this year. Throughout 2015, positive progress has been made to put in place an off-camp assistance programme. Earlier this year a pilot programme was launched in coordination with the central and local authorities to assist the most vulnerable Syrian families in Gaziantep and Hatay. The registration process is now ongoing and as of the end of November, 3,800 families comprising over 34,000 individuals received assistance. Beneficiaries are assisted through the same E-Food Card modality as in camps and receive a TL 50 entitlement. Over 50,000 of the most vulnerable populations in Hatay, Gaziantep, Sanliurfa and Kilis are expected to be reached by the end of 2015.
In Jordan this month, partners coordinated a food parcel distribution reaching 2,280 households in cities and towns across Jordan. This is part of several one-off distributions conducted throughout the year. WFP has also announced that it has sufficient funding to continue with current levels of assistance through the end of May 2016.
In Iraq, over 48,700 beneficiaries received assistance through WFP food vouchers.
The voucher transfer values in November were maintained at IQD 22,300 per person for extremely food insecure families, while moderately food insecure families received IQD 11,700 per person. A new food security vulnerability assessment for Syrian refugees living in host communities was completed, and preliminary findings are being consolidated.
In Egypt, an estimated USD 867,000 were injected into the local economy through vouchers and E-cards. November distributions and e-voucher uploads reached 99 per cent of the targeted 58,557 beneficiaries. An ongoing socio-economic assessment focusing mainly on the shift from geographic to vulnerability targeting has resulted in 41,450 exclusions. An appeals review process has already led to more than 5,000 reinclusions, and the final list targeting vulnerable refuges in now close to 60,000 beneficiaries.