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WFP COVID-19 Weekly Situation Report #04, 29 March 2020

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$ 350 million required to provide WFP logistics and support services as part of the Global InterAgency COVID-19 Humanitarian Response Plan.

Accelerated funding of existing plans to preposition stocks worth $1.9 billion needed.

11 million children supported by WFP school meal programmes are affected by school closures.

Global COVID-19 Response

  • WFP is appealing to government partners to accelerate an estimated $1.9 billion of contributions to enable the urgent procurement and pre-positioning of buffer stocks so that at least three months of assistance can be provided in fragile places. These requirements are part of WFP’s existing plans, already captured in WFP’s Country Strategic Plans (CSP), reflected in updated country-based Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP) or other relevant country or regional appeal instruments. Donors with forecasted contributions are urged to accelerate the confirmation of contributions under negotiation and provide WFP with early and specific indication of future support that can be used for WFP to advance financing and for immediate planning.

  • The United Nations has launched a Global InterAgency COVID-19 Response Plan, appealing for $2 billion to help the most vulnerable communities, where the impact of COVID-19 will be particularly severe. As part of the plan, WFP is calling for $350 million in rapid funding to be able to sustain operations and adjust delivery mechanisms and programmes and to provide vital transport, storage, and engineering services, expanded realtime remote vulnerability monitoring, and the response of the Emergency Telecommunications, Food Security and Logistics Clusters. WFP will also focus on the expansion and addition of common services, including the establishment and management of international staging hubs, facilitation of weekly cargo airlifts, ocean transport services, and passenger services to facilitate critical movement of humanitarians. In addition, WFP will provide air ambulance services (medical evacuation) and establish medical treatment centres for humanitarian workers. The funding does not include resources for additional food assistance.