Germany 1.5m euros support for Lesotho vulnerable
This contribution will improve
access to food and ensure that vulnerable people, including women, have access
to an adequate and nutritious diet in times of need, particularly during the
lean season, more commonly referred to as the period between planting and
harvesting. The assistance to the identified people will be through monthly
cash transfers via mobile money and commodity voucher assistance.
“Germany hopes that this funding
will contribute to mitigating the suffering of vulnerable people at a time when
more of them are in need of humanitarian assistance,” said Andreas Pesche,
German Ambassador to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, based in Pretoria. “We
commend WFP for its continuous efforts to improve the lives of vulnerable
people in the southern Africa region.”
According to the 2021 Integrated
Food Security Phase Classification, about 312,000 people of the total rural
population in Lesotho are food insecure and the Lesotho vulnerability
Assessment report estimated that a total of 158,000 urban population in Lesotho
is food insecure. In total, about 470,00 people are food insecure and require
humanitarian assistance to reduce food gaps, protect and restore livelihoods
and prevent acute malnutrition.
“WFP welcomes this timely and
generous contribution from the people of Germany to enable us to respond to the
most urgent humanitarian needs across the country, especially during the
difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic which has impacted already vulnerable
groups in Lesotho, driving them into increased food insecurity,” said Lesotho
WFP Country Director and Representative, Aurora Rusiga. “This contribution from
Germany will go a long way in assisting vulnerable people who are finding it
increasingly difficult to put food on the table and in dire need of support.”
WFP aims to assist 122,000 food
insecure people through emergency response assistance until the end of the lean
season in March 2022 with monthly cash transfers via mobile money and commodity
vouchers. Beneficiaries receive USD 47 per month to help meet their basic food
needs. Presently, the available funding
will allow WFP to assist a total of 44,000 food insecure people.
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