Nepal
The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is one of the world’s poorest countries, with alarmingly high malnutrition rates. Conflict ended in 2006, but its effects are still being felt through political turbulence and poverty. Twenty-five percent of Nepal’s population lives below the national poverty line on less than US$ 0.50 per day.
Frequent natural disasters exacerbate food insecurity, taking their toll on livelihoods. Food prices are high, particularly in remote mountain areas. Challenging geography, civil unrest and lack of infrastructure complicate efforts to improve livelihoods, establish functioning markets and transport food.
What the World Food Programme is doing in Nepal
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Resilience building
WFP’s Country Programme supports the Government of Nepal in building livelihoods for the country’s most vulnerable people, including providing seasonal employment and training to enable rehabilitation of rural roads, irrigation channels and other community assets.
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Nutrition
WFP also works to prevent chronic malnutrition and provides school meals to 190,000 children. To support education, WFP also supplies non-food items such as school furniture and toilets.
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Risk reduction and capacity development
WFP produces regular reports on household food security, food prices and agriculture in Nepal, providing early warning of emergency situations. WFP also works in close partnership with the Government on the nationwide Nepal Food Security Monitoring System.
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Earthquake recovery activities
Following the devastating 2015 earthquakes, WFP is working on a three-year programme to help the Nepalese people to rebuild their livelihoods and food security. WFP is also working with the Government on the country’s long-term recovery, repairing infrastructure and building resilience to future disasters. WFP delivered emergency food assistance in the immediate aftermath, reaching two million earthquake-affected people.
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Food assistance to refugees in Nepal
WFP has been providing humanitarian assistance to refugees from Bhutan living in camps in Nepal for the past 23 years. They are all entirely dependent on external assistance to meet their daily needs, and in 2016 WFP provided food assistance to 15,000 refugees across two camps.
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