WFP Angola Country Brief, September 2021

In Numbers

1.58 million people in acute food insecurity in Southwestern Angola

114,000 children under 5 in urgent need of acute malnutrition treatment in Southwestern Angola

US$ 7.6 million six-month (November 2021 – April 2022) funding shortfall

Operational Updates

Refugee Response

• WFP plans to conduct a food distribution in October to reach around 7,000 refugees.

• The funding requirements for refugee response activities are covered only until December 2021.

• A Joint WFP-UNHCR Food Security and Nutrition Assessment is planned for October 2021.

• The livelihood support activities in line with the WFP-UNHCR Livelihoods Strategy have been postponed due to lack of funds.

Source: World Food Programme