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WFP in Namibia

Since 1999, WFP has been providing food assistance to Angolan and other refugees and asylum seekers in Namibia. WFP still provides monthly food rations to some 6,500 refugees and asylum seekers from other countries, most of them from the Great Lakes region.

Overview

Namibia is an upper-middle-income country with perennial food deficits, recurring droughts and floods, high rates of chronic malnutrition - and one of the highest levels of HIV/AIDS in the world.

Threats to Food Security
  • Structural Poverty
  • Recurrent natural disasters
  • Pest Infestations
  • HIV/AIDS

 

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Country at a glance 2011
Planned Beneficiaries6,000
Beneficiary needs (mt)1,445
Beneficiary needs ($US)1,402,114