ISLAMABAD:- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) welcomes the generous donation from the Government of Japan for three emergency relief projects to stabilize food insecure people due to floods in Pakistan’s Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab provinces. and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
WFP held a Project Completion Ceremony to recognize the significant contribution from the Government of Japan of US$7.2 million ($3.7 million, $2.5 million and $1 million) to meet the critical. US $ 2.5 million has enabled WFP to provide emergency relief assistance to communities affected by floods in 2022, ensuring food security and immediate nutritional needs, US $ 3.7 million contribution and $ 1 million to WFP every Month to help provide nutritious, balanced food for meals active, participating in community recovery, recreation and resilience-building initiatives and identified through district-level consultations in 2023. 3.7 million USD provides conditional cash assistance during the initial recovery period. In addition, special capacity building activities have been implemented to improve local skills in disaster risk reduction, climate-efficient agriculture, food production and storage, and other marketable skills.
At the WFP country office, WFP Country Director in Pakistan H.E. Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Wada Mitsuhiro and senior officials of the Japanese Embassy and Disaster Management Agency.
H.E. Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan, Mr. Wada, appreciated the work of WFP in Pakistan and said that food security and nutrition is one of the priorities of Japan’s official development assistance, which we believe is a key requirement to achieve sustainable development.
“We appreciate the tireless support from the Japanese Government that has enabled us to address food insecurity and rebuild livelihoods in flood-affected areas,” said Mrs. Koko Ushiyama, Country Director of WFP Pakistan.
In 2023, Pakistan continues to struggle with the severe effects of the 2022 floods, which affected more than a third of the country. WFP has played a key role in supporting nearly 4.4 million people post-flood through a variety of complementary interventions to address critical and urgent humanitarian needs through unconditional cash support to an estimated 1.7 million people in 2023, and building long-term resilience, strengthening. necessary nutritional opportunities and address deficiencies.
In total, with the generous and timely support of donors and partners, including US$7.2 million from Japan, WFP has raised more than US$150 million to respond to emergencies by December 2023.
