BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. WFP (World Food Programme) addressed the food and nutrition needs in Tajikistan through close collaboration with Tajik government, United Nations (UN) partners and other cooperating partners, Trend reports citing WFP Annual Country Report for Tajikistan.
“School feeding programme continues to be WFP’s largest operational component in Tajikistan, supporting 550,730 primary schoolchildren in more than 1,900 schools with hot meals. WFP reinforced its efforts to facilitate a gradual transition to a nationally-owned school feeding programme through constant technical support in the development of the legislative and regulatory framework, with functional mechanisms to increase ownership and institutionalize the programme,” the report says.
Last year, WFP supported 6,752 children aged from 6 to 59 months in 264 primary healthcare centres through the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition.
Furthermore, WFP and Tajik government continued to support diversified, climate-resilient livelihoods among rural communities of the country. At the same time, WFP provided technical support to the government to digitalize its weather and climate forecasting system.
In total, 580,342 persons in Tajikistan have become WFP’s beneficiaries in 2022, which is exceeded the estimated plan by 8 percent.
Tajikistan’s Country Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2026 was approved by the WFP Executive Board in November 2022.
According to the report, WFP will continue to collaborate with Tajik government, private sector, academia, and civil society to prioritize food security, increase local food production and strengthen the resilience of the most vulnerable households.
The World Food Programme, founded in 1961, is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization.