 WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP)
The World Food Programme (WFP) started operating in Sierra Leone in 1968 providing food aid to support economic and social development and promote food security.
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), WFP Sierra Leone country Strategic Plan (2020-2024) supports national efforts to end hunger and strengthens partnerships for sustainable development. WFP’s strategic plan is aligned to the Sierra Leone Medium Term National Development Plan and interventions are focused on: Maternal and Child Nutrition, Food for People living with HIV/AIDS, Smallholder and Agriculture Market Support, Resilience Building, and School Feeding.
Currently, WFP is supporting the Integrated School Feeding Programme, which provides fortified food to 40,000 school children in Pujehun and Kambia. In addition, the programme links local farmers to markets in order to increase household income of farmers and promote rural development.
MISSION
To provide food aid: to save lives in refugee and other emergency situations; to improve the nutrition and quality of life of the most vulnerable people at critical times in their lives; and to help build assets and promote the self-reliance of poor people.
MANDATE
Saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience.
VISION
WFP pursues a vision of the world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life.
SUPPORT AREA/SUPPORT
Humanitarian action and Agriculture
WFP in 2022 provided an estimated $3.70 million of core resources and $3.91 of tracked resources to support various projects implementation in Sierra Leone.
OVERVIEW OF AID AGENDA TO SIERRA LEONE (PORTFOLIO SIZE AS OF 2021)
WFP works with Sierra Leone Agricultural Research Institute to promote diet diversity and people's access to healthy local foods for their infants. Following successful acceptability trials, WFP and the institute have introduced four standardized and enriched local complementary foods.
CONTACT DETAILS |
Ms. Yvonne Forsen
Country Representative
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6a Renner Drive
off Wilkinson Road,
Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Email: yvonne.forsen@wfp.org
Website: www.wfp.org
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