Tanzania, October 2012

WFP and Vodacom have teamed up to change nutritional practices in Tanzania. Through a Cash Pilot intervention, targeted women with children under the age of two and pregnant and lactating mothers in Mtwara region will receive a monthly M-Pesa cash transfer, along with nutritional and health education with particular focus on the importance of breastfeeding. The project was officially launched in Mtwara with music, dancing, and a visit from the Vodacom Roadshow truck.

Photographs: WFP/Jen Kunz

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Pakistan, Bufu Jamali village, 26 February 2012

Food-for-work is the provision of general rations in exchange for a work effort that benefits individual households as well as the community at large. The purpose of this activity is to meet the consumption needs of participants and/or their households during recovery situations while they rebuild their damaged or lost assets.

Food for Work Programme in Makhan Wala region, Muzaffargarh.

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Pakistan, Layyah District, 29 February 2012

WFP is taking practical steps to stabilise and improve the nutritional and food security levels of the most affected and vulnerable population in the country. Locally produced products called ‘Wawa Mum’ and ‘Acha Mum’ are being used in the community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme, in key districts across the country. WFP has currently helped treat nearly half a million malnourished children under this programme, which has seen high recovery rates.

CMAM House visits in Layyah District, Punjab Province.

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Pakistan, Bufu Jamali village, 28 February 2012

WFP is taking practical steps to stabilise and improve the nutritional and food security levels of the most affected and vulnerable population in the country. Locally produced products called ‘Wawa Mum’ and ‘Acha Mum’ are being used in the community based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programme, in key districts across the country. WFP has currently helped treat nearly half a million malnourished children under this programme, which has seen high recovery rates.

CMAM Project in Aliwala region, Muzaffargarh.

All photographs: WFP/Liz Loh-Taylor

South Sudan, Maban county, Upper Nile State, February 2012

The humanitarian situation in South Sudan has deteriorated severely in recent months. The already fragile situation that existed at the time of independence from Sudan in July 2011 has been exacerbated by a range of factors including conflict and internal population displacement, the ongoing influx of refugees from Sudan, soaring food prices and poor harvests.
It is estimated that nearly 5 million out of a population of some 9 million South Sudanese will struggle to provide food for themselves this year – of these, more than a million are estimated to be severely food insecure. WFP is planning to provide food assistance to some 2.7 million people in 2012 and is preparing to scale up operations should the situation require.
In November 2011, when fighting broke out in Blue Nile State, Maban County become home to refugees from the Republic of Sudan. The fighting in Sudan’s Blue Nile State continues to force people to flee into South Sudan. Two settlements have been established by UNHCR in Upper Nile state – Doro and Jamam. Humanitarian assistance continues to the total estimated 80,000 refugees in Maban County. WFP is providing life-saving food assistance to all refugees in South Sudan.

Photos: WFP/Ahnna Gudmunds