Project profile — Bangladesh – Response to Food Insecurity – WFP 2023

• Bangladesh (100.00%)

• Emergency Response: Emergency food aid (72040) (100.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)

June 2023 – The food security situation is worsening for the 920,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who rely on humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs. The World Food Programme (WFP), the leading food security actor in Cox’s Bazar and Bashan Char, reduced its food assistance for a second time due to severe funding constraints this year. The current monthly allocation is insufficient for Rohingya refugees to meet their basic food needs. With GAC’s support, WFP is working to save lives and help reduce the suffering of people affected by food insecurity in Bangladesh. Project activities include: (1) delivering in-kind food assistance to crisis-affected Rohingya refugees; and (2) making multi-purpose cash transfers to cover immediate food and nutrition needs.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) increased equitable access to food and nutrition assistance for crisis-affected Rohingya refugees; and (2) increased equitable access to multi-purpose cash assistance for crisis-affected Rohingya refugees. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated, and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

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