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Sierra Leone: How cash assistance is helping to secure peace

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World Food Programme and UNDP Peacebuilding Fund Project work together to assist communities hit by the pandemic Cash allows people to select the foods they need. In Sierra Leone, the relationship between Socfin Agricultural Company, in Sierra Leone, and landowners in Sahn Malen chiefdom hasn’t always been a cosy one.

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Philippines: From fighters to forest rangers and farmers

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The agreement was forged between WFP, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Energy (MENRE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR), the Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG), and the Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA).

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Boosting the livelihoods of women in rural communities

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Women take the lead in boosting livelihoods in rural Sierra Leone How cash transfers are powering women’s efforts to improve food security and livelihoods in Sierra Leone Women harvesting their crop at a rice field in Helebu, Pujehun district of Sierra Leone. especially women? “We

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Empowering Women in Rural Rwanda

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WFP and partners work together to reduce gender-based violence and improve gender equality Jackeline has been trained and empowered by RWEE to transform gender norms in her community. The rise is fuelled by household economic challenges, food insecurity and confined living conditions due to lockdown and social isolation measures.

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‘HIV is no longer a death sentence for us’

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We’ve got food and investments to face it,” he adds, referring to the nutrition support and village savings and loans scheme they have via assistance from the World Food Programme. The scheme equips people with resilience tools to avoid relapsing. 80 percent of them are women. Mariamou sells grounded cassava to neighbors.

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How WFP is saving lives and livestock in Ethiopia by turning to satellites

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Photo: WFP/Edward Johnson The combination of a brutal climate, limited employment opportunities and a volatile security context means that the residents of Shambal depend on food assistance from the World Food Progrmame (WFP) for survival. My family is lucky,” explained father-of-seven, Ibrahim. “We So far, SIIPE has delivered ETB 12.6

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5 women and 5 ways WFP is helping to empower them

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Voices from Cambodia, Egypt, El Salvador, Kenya and Madagascar on how the World Food Programme is changing lives Yemen is another country where the World Food Programme is empowering women. Globally, women are more likely than men to suffer from hunger and food insecurity. The initiative provides small-scale farmers?—?nearly