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Syria Operation

Dispatch: Food for more than 4 million people dispatched in February and March 2015 – 95 percent of the plan

Hard-to-reach areas: 1.8 million family food rations delivered since UNSCR 2139

Cross-border: Continued scale up of cross-border operations, reaching 580,000 people in March 2015; plans to reach 600,000 people from April onwards

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WFP Cross-border Operations

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar

From Bab Al Hawa 25,000 49,000 24,000 169,375 112,500 203,500 439,300

From Bab As Salama 7,000 52,500 25,000 - - 65,185 10,000 35,000 19,000

From Ar Ramtha 10,000 25,000 22,000 - 80,500 50,000 75,000 125,000

Total 7,000 62,500 75,000 71,000 24,000 315,060 172,500 313,500 583,300

Bab Al Hawa

Bab As Salama

Ar Ramtha

Total

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

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WFP Syria Response - February 2015(Not reflecting response by other food security sector actors)

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2015 Food Basket Assistance

Despite continued donor generosity, WFP has been forced to reduce the monthly food basket by an average of 21 percent since January 2015

Food basket for May is forecast at 20 percent below planned value

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WFP Refugee Operation

• In March, WFP reached 1.8 million people with food assistance (97 percent through vouchers) - 45 percent of all registered refugees

Average of 30 percent reduction in voucher values during the first quarter of 2015

Effect on refugees: Exploitation and protection concerns Withdrawing children from school to work Early marriage Increased burden on host communities Security

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ID

222

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Money injected into local economies

Injected over US$1 billion into local economies of the five neighbouringcountries

Created employment

Created additional investment in physical infrastructure

WFP’s voucher programmes:

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May – July 2015: WFP requires US$ 298 million for the next three months -

US$ 177 million in the Region and US$121 million inside Syria.

May – December 2015: WFP requires US$ 855 million until the end of the year

US$ 437 million in the Region and US$ 418 million inside Syria.

Current Funding Shortfall

Syria, 121

Lebanon, 102

Jordan, 48

Turkey, 17 Iraq, 3 Egypt, 7

3 MONTHS FUNDING REQUIREMENTS (MAY – JUL)US$ IN MILL.

Syria, 418

Lebanon, 227

Jordan, 123

Turkey, 60 Iraq, 11 Egypt, 16

9 MONTHS FUNDING REQUIRMENTS (MAY - DEC)US$ IN MILL.

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Syri

a

2015Requirements

(US$ million)

% coverage(based on

confirmed

contributions)

May 58 66%

Jun 58 36%

Jul 57 4%

Aug 57 0%

- Shortfalls excluding the outstanding advance amounting to $9.6 M

Requirements and coverage: May - August 2015

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Leb

ano

n

2015Requirements

US$ mill

% coverage

(based on

confirmed

contributions)

May 28 10%

Jun 28 0%

Jul 27 0%

Jord

an

2015Requirements

US$ mill

% coverage

(based on

confirmed

contributions)

May 15 34%

Jun 15 6%

Jul 14 0%

- Shortfalls excluding the outstanding advance amounting to $21.7 M for Lebanon and $9.2 M for Jordan

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Requirements and coverage: May – July 2015

Turk

ey

2015

Requirement

s

US$ mill

% coverage

(based on

confirmed

contributions)

May 7 54%

Jun 7 38%

Jul 9 11%

Iraq

2015Requirements

US$ mill

% coverage

(based on

confirmed

contributions)

May 3 100%

Jun 3 64%

Jul 2 14%

- Shortfalls excluding the outstanding advance amounting to $1.6 M for Turkey and $0.9 M for Iraq.

Egyp

t

2015

Requirement

s

US$ mill

% coverage

(based on

confirmed

contributions)

May 3 77%

Jun 2 0%

Jul 2 0%

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Requirements and coverage: May – July 2015

Plans: Syria & Region

Syria

• Maintainance of life-saving assistance

• Expansion of resilience building and nutritional activities

Region

• Targeting/Verification processes continue

• Appeals systems established

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