CERF-funded Project
Somalia
Provision of preventive nutrition services to children under 5 and Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLWs) living in locations with emergency Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) prevalence. (20-RR-WFP-036)
| Grant | $500,000 |
|---|---|
| Recipient UN Agency | WFP |
| Emergency type | Drought |
| Window | Rapid Response |
| Sector | Nutrition |
| Group(s) of people targeted | Host communities, Internally displaced persons |
| People reached | 16,288 |
| Implementation dates | | |
Project overview
Effectively providing supplementary nutrient rich and micro-nutrient tablets can circumvent increased cases of acute malnutrition and excess morality. In complementarity with UNICEF, WFP will use the $500,000 to provide 62.4 MT of Plumpy Doz for 7,089 girls and 6,811 boys aged under 2 years and 102.8 MT of super-cereal plus for 5,700 pregnant and lactating women for the prevention of chronic and acute malnutrition.