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Page 1: WFP-EU Partnership...In 2011 and 2012, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the European Union (EU) re-invigorated an already strong partnership, turning hunger into hope

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The EU (European Commission and Member States) provided over a quarter of WFP’s overall contributions in both 2011 and 2012

Facts and figures

2011 2012

WFP’s overall contributions 2011/2012

The European Commission was the #1 donor of cash contributions to WFP in 2011

The European Commission was the #1 donor of cash contributions to WFP in 2012

30 Countries of collaboration 32 Countries of collaboration

2011 | In BriefThe European Commission also provided funding for global projects for Logistics Enhancement, Cash and Voucher Capacity Building, and Visibility

2012 | In BriefIn the world’s newest country, South Sudan, WFP (with EU support) supplied supplementary nutrition products to nearly half a million children and pregnant/breastfeeding women at risk of malnutrition

EU Member States total contribution

€806.7 million €829.2 million

EU Member States total contribution

Funding to protracted crises€58.7 million

Funding to protracted crises

€87.8 million

European Commission contributions

European Commission contributions

€185.4 million €301.2 million

219%

increase

over 2011

Funding for development projects€5 million

Funding for development projects€16 million

Portion of funding to respond to emergencies

€96.3 million

Portion of funding to respond to emergencies

€144.2 million50%

increase

over 2011

HIGHEST EVER

61% increase

over 2011

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In 2011 and 2012, the United Nations World FoodProgramme (WFP) and the European Union (EU)re-invigorated an already strong partnership,turning hunger into hope for tens of millions ofpeople in more than 30 countries. In 2012, theEuropean Commission made its highest level ofcontributions to WFP - more than €300 million.

Decades of successful cooperation, particularlywith the European Commission’s DirectorateGeneral for Humanitarian Aid and CivilProtection (ECHO), are behind WFP’s innovativesolutions to help the world’s most vulnerable,including specialised food aid, cash distributionswhen appropriate, and social safety nets.

WFP translates the European citizen’s generosityinto action– helping before, during and after acrisis hits, as well as making sure that thoseaffected by chronic hunger find long-termsolutions to feed their families.

Although we are making progress in solvinghunger, more remains to be done for the 870million undernourished people in the world today.We have a moral imperative to act, as disasters,either natural or human-related, impact oncommunities who are least able to cope.

Better integration of humanitarian anddevelopment efforts is crucial to building theresilience of the most vulnerable, helping thembreak out of the cycle of hunger.

WFP’s global presence supports the Commission’sfocus on resilience: an objective that linkshumanitarian imperatives to preparedness,reduced risk of disasters and preventive measuresfor sustainable development. The strongpartnership between WFP and the EU isguaranteeing continuing assistance to those whoneed it most - in 2013 and beyond.

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From top: unloading­wheat­flour­in­Pakistan;­

bags­of­corn-soya­blend­+,­a­fortified­food,­awaiting

distribution­in­Chad;­children­in­Mali­with

supplementary­foods­that­stave­off­severe

malnutrition.

Foreword

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

WFP/Liz­Loh­Taylor

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Disasters are prime causes of hunger, affectingpeople’s economic and physical access to food, aswell as their nutritional status.

While we cannot prevent all disasters, we canprepare for them. Sharing this view, WFP and theEuropean Commission help communities copeand mitigate the effects of shocks.

An estimated eight out of ten WFP beneficiarieslive in degraded, fragile and disaster-proneenvironments. Holding alarmingly few assets,

their exposure to shocks is high; levels ofvulnerability and food insecurity are increasinglycomplex.

Building resilience means placing people at thecentre of planning and decision-making: a type ofempowerment that offers access to newopportunities for growth and development.

WFP’s­Disaster­Risk­Reduction­(DRR)­policy

follows­the­United­Nations­Office­for­Disaster

Risk­Reduction­(UNISDR)­definition­of

resilience­as­“the ability of a system,

community or society exposed to

hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate

to, and recover from, the effects of a

hazard in a timely and efficient manner,

including through the preservation and

restoration of its essential basic

structures and functions.”

The­European­Commission’s­2012

Communication­on­Resilience:

“Resilience is the ability of an individual,

a household, a community, a country or

a region to withstand, to adapt, and to

quickly recover from stresses and

shocks.”

Introduction

Below Planting­for­resilience­in­Chad

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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Building resilience to food crises meansstrengthening the capacities, livelihoods andopportunities of the most vulnerable and food-insecure people. This is central to successfulhumanitarian and development policies.

In disaster-prone areas, a drought can turnchronic undernutrition into an acute crisis.Structural factors such as low levels of education,lack of access to basic health services and lack ofsupport for small-scale agriculture, needattention. While a resilient community is notimmune to disasters, it is better able to respondand reduce the impact, with increasing self-reliance.

To achieve these goals, WFP focuses on improvingfood security analyses, supporting communityparticipatory planning and engaging with localpartners to improve the quality of the assetssupported by food assistance.

For WFP, resilience is founded upon:

• reducing childhood malnutrition• investing in social protection and safety nets• reducing the impact of high food prices• improving access to markets through

infrastructure and local procurement fromsmallholder farmers

• focusing on disaster risk reduction• strengthening links between humanitarian and

development programmes

The European Commission and WFP are tacklingthe root causes of recurrent crises, rather thansimply responding to their consequences.

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Resilience: Defining the Challenge

Above Ramissa­enrolled­in­an­EU-funded­project

enabling­her­to­build­a­successful­business­selling­snacks.

She­and­her­husband­now­lease­land­to­produce­rice.

“I­am­so­grateful­to­the­12­stars­(the­EU­flag)­for­helping

me­ensure­my­family­is­always­well-fed.”

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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Wherever food insecurity, malnutrition, povertyand disaster risk intersect, WFP is an importantpartner for governments, NGOs and UN partners.Over time, WFP’s relationships strengthen localcapacities and build systems to support resilienceefforts of scale.

WFP welcomes the European Commission’sOctober 2012 Communication, The EU Approachto Resilience: Learning from Food SecurityCrises, and acknowledges the EU as the drivingforce behind two important regional initiatives:SHARE (Supporting Horn of Africa Resilience)and AGIR (Global Alliance for Resilience Initiative– Sahel). These initiatives aim to link short andlong-term responses to emergencies, break thecycle of humanitarian crises and help peoplesurvive and regain their livelihoods.

With the backing of the European Commission,WFP is also actively engaged with the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations

(FAO) and the International Fund for AgriculturalDevelopment (IFAD) in a systematic andcomprehensive approach to integrate responsesfor better resilience outcomes. In Somalia, FAO,UNICEF and WFP are implementing a JointResilience Strategy that has identified the corebuilding blocks needed to improve communities’resilience and their overall ability to withstandshocks.

The Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and CivilProtection directorate, ECHO, and itsdevelopment and cooperation directorate,EuropeAid, are in agreement with WFP thatresilience aims to help individuals, communitiesand regions avoid hunger. This involves helpingpopulations develop the tools not only for rapidrecovery, but also to withstand shocks. In future,communities should be able to focus on dealingwith chronic issues rather than having themescalate into acute disasters.

4 WFP-EU­Partnership­2011­&­2012

Focus on Partnerships

In 2005, through the

Hyogo Framework for

Action (HFA), the

international­community

made­disaster­risk

reduction­a­priority.­

WFP’s­current­Strategic

Plan­aligns­WFP’s­activities

with­this­framework.­

Left A­food­distribution­point­in

Zabon­Mouchi,­Niger.

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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WFP’s Mission Statement says WFP will “assist inthe continuum from emergency relief todevelopment by giving priority to supportingdisaster prevention, preparedness andmitigation”.

The European Commission’s 2012Communication, Social Protection in EUDevelopment Cooperation aims for greater socialprotection and safety net programmes throughsustainable financing, in ways that promoteequality and a strengthening of nationally-ownedprogrammes. This coincides with WFP’s supportfor food security and nutrition-related socialprotection mechanisms, which, if correctlydesigned, can protect and significantly boost thelivelihoods of the poor.

Also in 2012, the Commission’s Communication,The EU Approach to Resilience: Learning fromFood Security Crises underscores many WFPpolicies including:

• focus on risk and vulnerability

assessments

• prevention and preparedness

activities

• addressing undernutrition in

children

• scaling up successful programmes.

Other WFP activities, such as purchasing locallyand from smallholder farmers, also contributetowards resilience.

Timely responses to looming crises save lives andimprove preparedness. WFP’s presence on theground, focus on vulnerable contexts, ability toidentify gaps in coverage and missing links inpartnerships enables us to place field staff, toolsand resources at the centre of partnership efforts.

Building Resilience on PolicyFoundations

Above Local­production­of­a­maize­drink­for­the

Sustainable­School­Meals­Programme­-­in­Potosi,­Bolivia.­

The­project,­supported­by­WFP­and­ECHO,­encourages

local­production­and­keeps­the­local­authorities­as­main

providers­of­school­meals.

WFP/Boris­Heger

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Nutrition cuts across all programmes in whichWFP and the EU collaborate. Even before birth,providing proper nutrition to pregnant women isessential to ensure that children are properlynourished throughout their first 1000 days.Undernutrition at birth has a long-term impact onphysical and mental development. Malnourishedchildren cannot fight off common diseases such asrespiratory infections; their weakened bodies areunable to resist and recover.

WFP addresses acute malnutrition at the peak of acrisis but also increasingly focuses on chronicmalnutrition. This means providing parents withthe food their children need to gain weight andavoid malnutrition, and hence underdevelopment- both physical and intellectual.

Prioritising children under the age of two andpregnant women is central to supporting and

preserving gains made in resilience buildingefforts, in particular human and social capital.This was put into practice during the Sahel crisisof 2012: with €30 million from ECHO, WFPimplemented blanket feeding programmes for onemillion infants and 500,000 pregnant andbreastfeeding mothers.

Purchasing food for these programmes from localsmallholder farmers adds value for vulnerablecommunities and economies. For example, in theSahel in 2012 one of the specialized nutritionproducts which help infants gain weight andreverse stunting, was Plumpy’Nut, a peanut pastehigh in protein and energy. Designed by aEuropean company, Plumpy’Nut was producedlocally in Niger. In Pakistan, EU funds helpedWFP source ready-to-use foods made fromprotein-rich chickpea paste, using local produce.

6 WFP-EU­Partnership­2011­&­2012

Resilience and Malnutrition

Somali­refugees­­in­the­Dolo­Ado

camp­in­Ethiopia;­WFP­has­provided

emergency­food­assistance­to

drought-affected­Ethiopians­as­well.­

WFP/Jiro­Ose

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Countries such as Bangladesh that are highly exposedto floods and cyclones underline the importance ofbuilding resilience for survival. Other countries, likeEthiopia, Kenya and Niger, which face recurrentdroughts, have placed resilience and disaster riskmanagement high on their strategic agendas for foodsecurity and economic growth.

Haiti, the Philippines, and some countries in CentralAmerica are typically affected by tropical storms andcyclones that compound risks to already fragile anddegraded ecosystems. These countries have developedrobust early warning and rapid emergency responsemechanisms but need investments in buildingcommunity resilience.

Where Resilience Building is aCommon Priority for WFP and the EU

During a 20-year period in

Kenya, every €1 spent on

disaster resilience resulted in

€2.90 saved in the form of

reduced humanitarian

spending, losses avoided, and

humanitarian gains.

-­UK­Department­for­International

Development­(DfID)­

Below left In­Kakuma­refugee­camp­in­Kenya,­WFP­introduced

fresh­food­vouchers­to­households­with­pregnant­and­nursing

women­and/or­children­under­the­age­of­two­in­order­to­help­meet

nutritional­requirements.­As­households­access­a­wider­variety­of

foods­including­meat,­dairy,­and­fresh­vegetables,­their

nutritional­status­and­health­can­improve.­Cash­and

voucher­programmes,­run­by­WFP­with­EU­support,

provide­a­more­diverse­diet,­where­markets­function.

A­child’s­weight­and­nutritional­status­are

assessed­in­a­government­maternal­and­child

healthcare­centre­in­Niamey,­Niger.

WFP/Diego­Fernandez

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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Twinning

Disaster Prevention/Early recovery

Logistics and Telecommunications/Clusters

UNHAS/Aviation

Cash/Voucher Programmes

Vulnerability, Market Assessments and Mapping

Nutrition

Food Security

Project Categories

Philippines

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Lao People’sDem. Rep.

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10 WFP-EU­Partnership­2011­&­2012

The Horn of Africa

A vicious cycle of drought, followed by emergencyresponse, has persisted for decades acrossSomalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti. While thefamine declared in 2011 in Somalia is over, thesituation remains precarious. WFP and theEuropean Commission are focusing on buildingresilience to potential “shocks” such as drought orhigh food prices.

Having reached millions with life-saving foodassistance across the Horn during the crisis, WFPis continuing to support refugees and other peoplewho remain food-insecure, alongside UNICEF andFAO.

The European Commission’s €250 million SHAREinitiative in 2012, together with otherprogrammes, are a roadmap to avoid famine whenthe next drought hits the Horn of Africa.

Through a long-standing partnership with theMinistry of Agriculture in Ethiopia, WFP supportsa community-based land rehabilitationprogramme, MERET - ‘Managing EnvironmentalResources to Enable Transitions to MoreSustainable Livelihoods’.

Various tools and lessons learned from MEREThave helped develop the wider government-ledProductive Safety Net Programme (PSNP). With other donors, the European Commission hasprovided €240 million to the PSNP since 2005.Up to 11 million people at risk of hunger receive apredictable income in return for their labour onrural infrastructure (road maintenance, anti-erosion work etc).

The PSNP is also a cushion against major shocks,and expands in a crisis. For example, theGovernment’s Livelihoods Early Assessment andProtection (LEAP) project receives technicalassistance from WFP with support from the EU,World Bank and other donors.

It has developed a drought early warning systemthat can trigger the release of funding from a RiskFinancing Mechanism that enables a rapid andtargeted scale up of the PSNP in time to protectpeople’s livelihoods. During the 2011 food crisis,this significantly helped reduce the impact of thedrought on the most vulnerable.

Where Resilience Building is a Joint Goal

Left Food­for­work­in­Songot,­Kenya:­WFP­and­

EU-supported­programmes­increase­the­community’s

ability­to­cope­with­drought.

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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The Sahel

As in the Horn of Africa, drought has become afrequent visitor across the Sahel region – 2012brought the third drought in seven years. Witheach successive dry spell, the poorest householdsare less able to recover, leaving many with nothingto face the latest crisis. On top of this, instabilityin northern Mali prompted hundreds ofthousands to flee their homes for neighbouringcountries, which were also suffering from a lack offood.

One important lesson from the Horn of Africacrisis was that early warnings must be followed byearly action. The European Commission was thefirst donor to respond to WFP’s alert about theSahel’s food and nutrition crisis and provided

€30 million in February 2012. This fundinghelped WFP set up feeding programmes, in whichall children from 6–23 months of age, pregnantwomen, and breastfeeding mothers receivedspecialized nutrition products to boost their diet.This early commitment, together with WFP’srapid response, helped prevent the situation frombecoming a full-blown famine.

To stop the cycle of crises, the EuropeanCommission has led efforts to forge AGIR-Sahel,the Global Alliance for Resilience Initiative in theSahel, linking West-African governments andregional organizations, the donor community,development and humanitarian stakeholders, andcivil society around a goal of achieving ‘ZeroHunger’ in the Sahel in the next 20 years.

Above Tolkobey,­Niger:­Some­3,500­mothers­with

young­children­received­WFP­Super­Cereal,­a­special

nutritional­porridge,­in­a­Blanket­Supplementary

Feeding­project.­

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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12 WFP-EU­Partnership­2011­&­2012

The Sahel, continued

In line with the long-term goals of AGIR-Sahel,EU-funded WFP programmes in 2012 rangedfrom food distributions to cash-for-work schemes.The drought-prone Sahel is a difficult place to live,but with the stability of social safety nets, localprocurement and efforts to connect smallholderfarmers to markets, drought need not be life-threatening.

WFP aims to use additional risk analyses relatedto resilience: the recurrence of shocks over time,aspects of land degradation, roads and access tomarkets, livelihood zones, and exposure to specificrisks. There are new programming tools to selectand design interventions and identify sharedobjectives among all partners.

Working in the Sahel with both ECHO

and EuropeAid, WFP has distributed cash

transfers or vouchers to 1.7 million

people. Food-for-work irrigation

schemes and innovative agriculture,

help combat future droughts.

Below Niger:­Building­“half-moons”­to­contain

water­and­improve­the­soil.­Trees­and­grass­planted

inside­the­semi-circles­stop­erosion.­Farmers­get

seeds­from­the­Government­or­FAO;­WFP­provides

cash­and­food­while­they­work.­

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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Moving from food aid to various food assistancemechanisms, including cash and vouchers, hasproved successful in fighting hunger - if marketsfunction and food is available.

Cash and vouchers offer new opportunities forbeneficiaries, WFP and the EuropeanCommission, making a significant and diverseimpact on recipients’ lives. They boost the localeconomy when people shop in local stores andpurchase locally-grown foods. More varied diets,including fresh food, make people healthier.

Cash and vouchers cut the cost of transportingand storing food, as well as helping to avoidpeople migrating in times of hardship; the poorcan remain in their homes, keep children inschool, and have a safety net during lean times.

The choice and variety offered through cash andvouchers is popular and technology has allowedWFP to deliver assistance through scratch cardsand e-vouchers, sent to beneficiaries’ mobilephones via text message.

Together with the European Commission, WFP’sbiggest donor in cash and vouchers, newstandards are being set at field and policy levelacross the globe.

Niger

WFP broke new ground in Tillaberi, Niger, with itsfirst cash programme in an urban area, and itsfirst distribution of money using mobile bankingtechnology. Each beneficiary family received theequivalent of €50 per month on a mobile phone,with the assistance of partners Orange and Oxfam.

Though there is food in the markets in Tillaberi,many people struggle to afford it. With thesupplement to their monthly income, families canbuy more food and vary their diet.

Cash and Vouchers

“If it weren’t for this assistance, we

would be begging on the streets. It’s

more than food, it gives us dignity. I

used to run my own store, now I only

have money when I get work, otherwise

I’m broke. But now I know I can put

food on the table for my kids.”

A­Syrian­refugee­in­Lebanon­

(pictured­above).

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

WFP/Maria­Anguera­de­Sojo

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Cash & Vouchers: Bangladesh

From 2009-2012, WFP ran a four-year project inBangladesh: “Food Security for the Ultra Poor”(FSUP), funded by the European Commission’sDirectorate General for Development, EuropeAid.The aim was to improve the food security andnutritional well-being of 30,000 ultra-poorwomen and their families in disaster-prone areas,through building sustainable livelihoods.

WFP provided ultra-poor women enrolled in theproject with a cash grant of 14,000 taka (€140) toinvest – along with basic business and skillstraining, support through regular follow-up visits,and a 500 taka (€5) per month subsistenceallowance. This enabled them to buy livestock,lease land or set up a small business. As theseassets grew, they could be sold off and the profitsreinvested.

Surveys have shown that participants increasedthe diversity of their diet and the quantity of foodeaten in their households. After the first two years,

monthly incomes doubled, and ownership ofassets such as agricultural land and livestock isnow possible for some participants who oncerented and mortgaged. In 2010, only 39 percentof the participants had any savings, whereas by2011, they all did.

The FSUP programme provided the participantswith more knowledge, skills, and opportunities.They are now more resilient and will hopefully nolonger have to resort to selling assets and beggingin order to cope in a natural disaster.

Perhaps most significantly, engagement in theproject has brought women out of the home andinto the community, where they discuss disasterpreparedness, the importance of birth andmarriage registration, and stopping childmarriages. Their husbands and neighboursrespect them as equals, even leaders: severalwomen were elected into local government duringthe project.

Participants in the FSUP project had:

350% average increase in productive assets

59% increase in monthly average per capita

income in one year

32%growth in monthly per capita

expenditures on food

Above Rita­sends­her­child­to­school­and­has

purchased­a­rickshaw­for­business,­thanks­to­FSUP.­

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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The most vulnerable and food insecure people onearth—the bottom 100 million - urgently needimproved access to food and their ability towithstand and recover from shocks reinforced.

The solution is concerted action focusing on:

• Strong community participation

• Quality interventions

• Greater collaboration among

agencies working to reduce hunger

and increase food security

At the same time, the nutritional needs of themost vulnerable, especially children and pregnantand breastfeeding women, must be met. WFP’sfocus on the first 1,000 days of life and thedevelopment of new ready-to-use therapeuticfoods is helping to address those needs.

The European Commission is increasinglydirecting funding to fill remaining gaps by helpingWFP scale-up good initiatives, especially throughstrengthening government and local institutionalcapacity.

Building resilience is an opportunity to build backbetter - not only vulnerable communities andhouseholds but also the relationship betweenvarious UN agencies and key partners engaged intackling vulnerability and food insecurity. Forexample, the three Rome-based Agencies (FAO,WFP and IFAD), with UNICEF and others, inpartnership with the European Commission, aremaking efforts to plan and work together,enabling WFP – alongside partners andgovernment institutions – to offer assistance topeople living on the edge of crisis.

Huge Potential for Engaging inResilience Building

Facing­the­monsoon­in

Tongaradha­village,­northern

Bangladesh.­These­women

rebuilt­a­12­km­embankment

and­a­5­km­road,­saving

2,000­ha­of­land­and­500

households­from­flooding.­

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

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16 WFP-EU­Partnership­2011­&­2012

Politicians across the European Union recognisethat rapid emergency assistance not only saveslives, but also helps to protect resilienceinvestments and reduce any reversal ofdevelopment gains. This partially explains why2012 was a record year for contributions to WFPfrom the European Commission. In 2011 and2012, the EU supported many WFP operations,among them: droughts in the Sahel and Horn ofAfrica; flooding in Pakistan and Benin; conflict inMali, Yemen and Syria; emergency food aid in theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea; high foodprices.

The European Union helped initiate the FoodSecurity Cluster, a coordination and partnershipmechanism for emergencies. As WFP Aviation’snumber one donor in 2011, support from theEuropean Commission (ECHO) enabled the UNHumanitarian Air Service to ferry humanitariancargo and aid workers quickly to isolatedcommunities in the most inaccessible places.ECHO funding for two helicopters in Uganda

provided strategic responses to emergencies allacross Africa, and even as far away as Pakistan.These helicopters also facilitated WFP’s life-savingassistance in border regions of South Sudan, afterrenewed fighting there in 2012.

Since one of ECHO’s priorities is to buildemergency response capacity, it strongly backsWFP as the sector’s lead agency in logistics andtelecommunications. This led to the creation ofthe UN Humanitarian Response Depots (HRD) inAccra, Dubai, Panama City and Sebang.

The European Commission has also

funded WFP assistance to people

trapped in ‘forgotten crises’, including

the Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, the

most food insecure and malnourished in

Yemen, and households living in extreme

poverty in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of

Bangladesh.

Emergency Response

Somali­refugees­received­emergency­food

assistance­in­Dolo­Ado­camp,­Ethiopia.­WFP­also

helped­drought-affected­Ethiopians.­

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Jordan.

In­Burkina­Faso,­supplies­are­transported­by­boat.

WFP/Jiro­Ose

WFP/Rein­Skullerud

WFP/Abeer­Etefa

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April­2013

“We are at a tipping point in the fight

against hunger and malnutrition. We can

move from a world where every shock

increases hunger and malnutrition to one

where the world’s most vulnerable can

feed their families – even during times

of uncertainty.”

WFP Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin

”Humanitarian assistance is like a dressing

on a deep wound – it can offer relief, but it

cannot cure the disease. To prevent future

famines we need to combine the short-term

humanitarian response with long-term

support for resilience to future droughts.”

European Commissioner, Kristalina Georgieva