World Food Programme Fighting Hunger Worldwide

Beneficiaries waiting for their monthly food ration. Many are pregnant or lactating women. Malnutrition is prevalent in CAR, with global acute malnutrition reaching 7.8 percent nationally.

A beneficiary receives rations for her family of seven.

A widow receiving split peas for her family.

Families fled to the bush when the rebels attacked their villages. WFP will provide emergency school meals when schools reopen in October. This will help prevent malnultrition and reduce the risk of the children being recruited by militias.

Beneficiaries received a monthly ration of 12 kg maize meal, 1.8 kg pulses, 6 kg vegetable oil and salt. WFP assists 17,800 vulnerable people in this area.

WFP chose a distribution site close to their villages to ensure the beneficiaries would not be attacked on their way home.