World Food Programme in Figures

2005 2006 KEY FIGURES
 MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-1 Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
      BENIFICIARIES
96.7 87.8 Million hunger people in 78 countries (82 in 2005)
23.6 24.3 Million in development projects (DEVs)
35.0
10.5
6.0
18.5
16.4
  7.7
  0.8
  7.9
Million in emergency operations (EMOPs):
Million in conflict situations
Million in economic failure
Million in natural disasters
38.1 47.0 Million in protracted relief and recovery operations (PRROs)
79.5 76.4 Million in women and child
2.1 1.9 Million refugees
8.3 7.2 Million internally displaced people (IDPs)
1.3 1.2 Million returnees
      QUANTITY OF FOOD AID
4.2 4.0 Million metric tons of food distributed
2.5 2.0 Million metric tons of food procured
      APPROVED PROJECTS IN 20061
3 9 Country programs (CPs), valued at US$417 million
7 1 DEVs, valued at YS$5 million
28 20 EMOPs/Immediate Response account (IRA), valued at US$1.5 billion
14 18 PRROs, valued at US$801 million
18 15 Special operations (SOs), valued at US$115 million
      INCOME AND EXPENDITURES
2.8 2.7 US$ billion in concentrations received
2.97 2.93 US$ billion in income
2.9 2.7 US$ billion in direct expenditures
3.1 2.9 US$ billion in total expenditures
      DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND WFP ASSISTANCE
89.0 90.6 Percent of development multilateral recourses meeting country concentration criteria
67.4 68.8 Percent of development resources reached in least developed countries (LDCs)
78.0 77.0 Percent of food procured (tonnage basis) in developing countries
75.0 73.9 Percent of WFPs development assistance invested in African countries
2005 2006 KEY FIGURES
  MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-2 Achieve universal Primary education
    BENIFICIARIES
21.7 20.2 Million school children received school meal/take –home rations
48.0
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47.9
6.0
Percent were girls
Percentage increase rate of change in absolute enrolment for children in schools with WFP school feeding program
94.0 90.0 Percentage of children attended school through out the year with school feeding programmes
  MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-3 promote gender equality and empower women
52.0 51.0 Percentage of beneficiaries were women or girls Million in women and child
333 375 Thousand women were in leadership positions food management committees
10.0 5.5 Million women received household food rations at distribution points in general food distributions
4.8 4.7 Million household food entitlements were issued in women’s names for general food distributions
  MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-4 Reduce child mortality
58.2 58.8 Million children were assisted in WFP operations
8.1 9.9 Million malnourished children received special nutritional special support
  MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-5 improve maternal health
2.5 1.5 Million vulnerable women received additional nutritional support
89 89 Percent of pregnant and lactating mothers surveyed received micronutrient-fortified food (ECWI.1) 2
  MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
21 21 Of the 25 highest HIV/AIDS prevalence countries received WFP assistance
9.0 8.4 Million people affected by HIV/AIDS received WFP food assistance
51 51 Countries received assistance for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS prevention activities
  MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-7 Ensure Environmental Sustainability
41.3 28.0 Million people received WFP food as an incentive to build assets, attend training, build resilience to climatic shocks and preserve livelihoods
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL-8 Develop a global partnership for development promote gender equality and empower women
14 14 Stand –by- partners
25 29 Joint emergency needs assessments conducted with FAO and UNHCR
72 84 Corporate and private entities provided support donating cash and in –kind gifts worth US$55.5 million
2,270 3,264 Non-governmental organizations worked with WFP in 2006
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