Florent serves a customer in his shop (Copyright: WFP/Celestin Mulumba)

Florent Becomes A Model Farmer-pharmacist In DRC

P4P - an innovative scheme designed to promote the interests of small holders - has turned around the life of one famer in the Demcratic Republic of Congo. Now others want to follow his example.

Overview

   At the end of 2011, the Democratic Republic of Congo stood at the bottom of two major indices of well-being. It ranks last on both the Human Development Index and the Global Hunger Index. About 70% of its population lacks access to adequate food, while one child out of four is malnourished.
 

Highlight of the month

Meet baby Nsimire who survived thanks to WFP food

A story from the Deutsche Welle

"A baby hangs from a rudimentary medical scale, crying desperately for his mother". Read more 

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Country at a glance 2012
Planned Beneficiaries3,232,314
Beneficiary needs (mt)114,511
Beneficiary needs ($US)192,521,369