WFP assists returnees, internally displaced people, refugees and people affected by conflict, disasters or severe seasonal food insecurity. In 2016, WFP provided over 1.2 million people with emergency food assistance.

To improve employment opportunities in urban areas, WFP provides food insecure people, and especially women and unemployed young men, with training to acquire new, marketable skills and improve literacy so they can earn a better living. Training areas include handicraft making, carpentry, plumbing and others.

Under its disaster risk reduction activities, WFP continues to help build resilience at the community level by supporting the construction or rehabilitation of key infrastructure, including roads, canals, flood protection walls and terracing. In 2016, more than 500,000 people received WFP food assistance through its assets creation activities.

WFP fights undernutrition in vulnerable children under 5, pregnant women and new mothers, helping to prevent the lifelong consequences of poor nutrition in the critical early years of life. In 2015, WFP reached over 814,000 vulnerable women and children with take-home food baskets, essential micronutrient tablets and specialized nutritious food.

WFP helps local farmers boost production and processing capacities, as well as access to markets. WFP also works with the Ministry of Health to establish food quality and safety standards and supports national flour fortification programmes, including by providing micronutrients for private millers and training to fortify flour for commercial sale.