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WFP Nepal
Country Brief
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The Country Programme (CP) supports the Government of Nepal in enhancing the food and nutrition security of vulnerable communities and increasing resilience to disasters. The CP covers four areas:Livelihood creation provides seasonal employment and livelihood training, rehabilitation of rural roads and trails, irrigation channels and other community assets.
Under the livelihood creation programme, WFP implements the Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (RWEE) project, a joint five-year initiative that promotes the empowerment of rural women through livelihood activities. Education support is provided to the Ministry of Education to achieve holistic approaches to student well-being by improving nutritional intake through school meals. In addition, support is provided to continue increasing knowledge related to nutrition.
Nutrition support is provided to the Ministry of Health to prevent chronic malnutrition among pregnant women, nursing mothers and children aged 6 to 23 months.
WFP’s response to the Karnali droughts, funded by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), has been completed, with the last food distributions conducted in the first week
of February.
#Food #nutrition# livelihood #education #schoolmeals #foodsecurity #policy
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Publisher:
WFP
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(2017
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Type / Script:
Bulletin or Poster
in English
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Keywords:
FOOD, FOOD POLICY, RIGHT TO FOOD, FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION, NUTRITION POLICY, SCHOOL MEALS, MALNUTRITION, BHUTANESE REFUGEES, EARTHQUAKES, NUTRITION PROGRAMMES, AGRICULTURAL STORAGE
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Thematic Group:
WFP
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Food and Emergency humanitarian logistict support
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Thesaurus:
10.01.00
- Food And Nutrition
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