Founded in 1961, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency saving and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working to improve nutrition and build resilience. The convergence of multiple crises – conflict, extreme climate patterns and economic shocks – is driving hunger, eroding livelihoods and entrenching vulnerabilities especially in the hardest hit food crisis countries.

In Yemen, the volatile security situation and shrinking humanitarian space, high food prices, depreciation of local currency and disrupted livelihoods remain the major factors of acute food insecurity. 18.2 million people require humanitarian assistance, and 17 million people are food insecure in Yemen in 2024. WFP’s ability to deliver a principled response was further hampered by limited funding and an increase in attempts at interference and bureaucratic hurdles.

WFP’s mission is a world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life.

The vision for 2030 underlying WFP’s strategic plan for 2022-2025 is that the world has eradicated food insecurity and malnutrition (SDG 2 - Zero Hunger) and national and global actors have achieved the SDGs (SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals).

The overall goal of WFP is providing immediate food assistance in life-threatening situations while supporting countries in ensuring no one is left behind.

In the case of Yemen, the Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP) 2023-2025 seeks to respond to humanitarian needs as a result of the conflict, while addressing systemic causes.

• women, men, girls and boys across Yemen
• school-aged girls and boys
• nutritionally vulnerable and at-risk groups
• food-insecure households and communities

1. Crisis-affected women, men, girls and boys across Yemen are able to meet their immediate food and nutrition needs all year.
2. Targeted population groups across Yemen, including school-aged girls and boys and nutritionally vulnerable and at-risk groups, have access to basic services throughout the year.
3. Food-insecure households and communities in targeted areas across Yemen, including those affected by climate shocks, benefit from more resilient livelihoods and food systems throughout the year.
4. Humanitarian and development partners collaborate effectively to assist people in Yemen and to preserve critical services all year.

Principaux résultats attendus:   In Yemen, WFP aims to reach more than 19 million people in 2023. 15 million people from food-insecure households will receive lifesaving food assistance while 1.9 million acutely malnourished people receive life-saving nutrition assistance. WFP will provide more than 2.2 million people among vulnerable groups with assistance in order to prevent malnutrition and improve dietary intake. Approximately 3.1 million girls and boys will be provided with school meals while 2 million people will benefit from early recovery and more resilient livelihoods at household and community levels.

Principaux résultats antérieurs:  

• WFP assisted 15.3 million people across all 22 governorates of Yemen in 2023 through general food distribution and cash-based transfers, making Yemen WFP’s second largest operation worldwide.
• WFP leads or co-leads humanitarian response and provides services such as the UN Air Service (UNHAS), UN Humanitarian Response Depots network (UNHRD) as well as the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Clusters (Logistics, Emergency Telecommunications and on-demand services such as fuel, transportation and warehousing).
• In 2023, Switzerland has contributed to a total of CHF 4.5 million to WFP operations in Yemen allowing Yemen to allocate this funding where it’s most needed. The contribution included CHF 1.5 million H-Cash (Top up).

Phase 5 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024   (Completed)