Lesotho

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Project n. Project title
200369 Country Programme - Lesotho (2013–2017)
200499 Assistance in Response to Crop Failure in Lesotho
200367 Emergency Assistance in Response to Crop Failure in Lesotho
200199 Lesotho Development School Meals Programme
200169 DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS— LESOTHO 200169
Country Programme - Lesotho (2013–2017)

The Government’s development targets in its Vision 2020 policy are to be realized through the National Strategic Development Plan 2012–2017. There is general optimism, but Lesotho struggles with persistent development challenges such as chronic poverty, widespread food insecurity, high rates of malnutrition and HIV prevalence of 23 percent – the third highest in the world.

Operation documents
Budget revisions
Resourcing updates
WFP Offices
Country at a glance 2013
Planned Beneficiaries280,667
Beneficiary needs (mt)12,632
Beneficiary needs ($US)15,286,322
Donors - 2013 ($US)
Donors - Directed contributions
Multilateral contributions-
Japan2,318,487
United Kingdom1,605,136
Canada503,525
Threats to food security
  • Extreme poverty
  • Unemployment
  • Inflation
  • Periodic droughts
  • Erratic rainfalls
  • Poor harvests due to soil erosion and exhaustion
  • HIV/AIDS