KNOWLEDGE4POLICY - As the impacts of climate and COVID-19 intensify, WFP helps the Government to assist flood-affected people

LUSAKA – While ramping up its efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun delivering relief food assistance to more than a quarter of a million vulnerable people heavily impacted by recent flash flooding.

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Global Food and Nutrition Security

date: 20/05/2020

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Unpredictable weather patterns are having a profound impact on the lives of the most vulnerable in Zambia. On top of last year’s drought that plunged 2.3 million people into food insecurity, recent flash floods have left an estimated 1.1 million in need of food assistance.

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