Lao PDR

Eight-month-old Sithen clings to his mum Seng and two-year-old Joy holds on to her skirt as the family receives their ration of rice, oil and Plumpy’Doz in early September. Copyright: WFP/Cornelia Paetz

Laos: Bridging Food Gaps During Rainy Season

Lao villagers have a special name for the last months of the rainy season, from August to October:  Suang Khaad Khao Kin – the time when there is no more rice. While the new harvest is ripening in the fields, food stocks run low.  Also called the ‘lean season’, this time is coming to an end for this year, but for close to 40,000 people in Khammuane province, central Laos, it would have been a lot tougher without help from WFP.
 

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The Lao People’s Democratic Republic is one of the world’s least developed countries.  It is landlocked and mountainous, with significant parts of the country still inaccessible by road. Despite steady economic growth in the past decade, food insecurity remains widespread throughout the country and alarmingly high in rural areas. Nearly every second child under five years of age in Laos is chronically malnourished (stunted). Ethnic groups living in remote areas and rural children are particularly vulnerable.

 

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WFP Lao PDR Country Strategy 2011-2015

A country that is free from undernutrition and its debilitating impacts on human potential and national development - this is the vision and guiding principle for WFP's work in the Lao PDR. The country strategy document looks at the Lao development context, government policies and WFP's comparative advantages and defines strategic priorities for WFP in the years 2011 to 2015. Read more

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Country at a glance 2013
Planned Beneficiaries386,084
Beneficiary needs (mt)10,810
Beneficiary needs ($US)18,603,607
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