VIENTIANE, Lao PDR ¨C?The SEADRIF Insurance Company and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have introduced an innovative, impact-based disaster risk insurance policy in Lao PDR. The policy provides pre-arranged financing of up to US$1.1 million to enable timely support to communities affected by extreme weather and other natural hazards. It complements the government's existing sovereign policy, which provides financial protection for national disaster response efforts.
VIENTIANE ¨C The Government of Switzerland announced its support towards climate-resilient and sustainable approaches to cooking healthy meals for students in 120 schools across Phongsaly and Oudomxay provinces in the north of Laos.
Vientiane ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the Embassy of Japan signed an agreement today, to deliver critical support to Lao PDR¡¯s disaster relief needs and bolster food security. Under this initiative, emergency food stocks will be provided to disaster-affected vulnerable people through the the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the national agency responsible for disaster relief and improving social welfare. Â鶹ÊÓƵ will coordinate the targeting and distribution of these supplies during emergencies.
WASHINGTON, DC ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) welcomes four awards totaling US $110 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support critical school meals programmes across Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Laos, and Rwanda. The funding will benefit nearly half a million children and their communities in more than 1,600 pre-primary and primary schools across the four countries.
LUANG NAMTHA ¨C After the devastating floods brought by Typhoon Yagi, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Lao PDR has initiated emergency food distributions to support the most affected communities in the country.
ROME ¨C As the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) responds to flood emergencies across the globe, the agency is calling for investment and concerted action to prepare vulnerable communities for more frequent extreme climate events that threaten to damage crops, displace communities and disrupt food systems.
BANGKOK ¨C In the wake of Typhoon Yagi¡¯s catastrophic impact on Southeast Asia, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is on the ground supporting countries most affected by the storm through food and cash assistance.
VIENTIANE ¨C In a significant milestone to improve the health and education of children in Lao PDR, the Government of Laos has proudly announced its membership in the School Meals Coalition - a global alliance co-chaired by Finland, France and Brazil, coordinated by the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and dedicated to enhancing child nutrition, education, and well-being through comprehensive school meal programmes.
Vientiane: The Embassies of France and Germany in Lao PDR will visit this week United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)-backed school meals and nutrition programmes in the southern Sekong and Salavanh provinces. These initiatives, funded by both governments, are essential in enabling women and young girls to access nutrition and education, especially as they continue facing disproportionate impacts from food insecurity and economic instability.
LUANG PRABANG ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in partnership with the Government of Japan today launched a project aimed at empowering coffee farmers in two districts of Lao PDR¡¯s Luang Prabang Province. This initiative will bolster their coffee production and marketing efforts, while also improving access to and understanding of essential nutrition.
VIENTIANE ¨C The Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare today announced an expansion of its activities to improve community and government capacities in disaster risk reduction in the north of the country. Nearly 16,000 people in four districts of Oudomxay and Phongsaly province will benefit from this cooperation implemented by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), under the leadership of the Ministry and with support from USAID¡¯s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance.
VIENTIANE - Demonstrated impact of the Agriculture for Nutrition project, led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in cooperation with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has today led to the launch of phase two of the project.
LAMAM ¨C Provincial authorities and line ministries together with the Embassy of France and the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today signed off on a project aimed at improving the food security of 10,600 people in the district of Thateng in Sekong Province. The donation from France, which amounts to US$ 545,852, will cover people¡¯s most urgent food needs and provide training in nutrition and resilience to climate-related and other shocks.
VIENTIANE ¨C Supported by the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and NGO partners, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, Lao PDR announced today that food distributions will be launched for families most at risk of acute food insecurity during the rainy season, approximately from June to September.
VIENTIANE ¨C The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Mr. Yung Soo Jung today handed over a rice donation to Lao PDR¡¯s Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Madame Baykham Khatthiya, at the Ministry¡¯s and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warehouse in Vientiane.
VIENTIANE, 30 November 2022 - H.E. Cindy McCain, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rome-based agencies today concluded her visit to Lao PDR, where the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are working together to improve food security, nutrition and resilience of Lao families and communities.
VIENTIANE ¨C Japanese Ambassador Kenichi Kobayashi today handed over a donation of canned fish to Minister of Education and Sports Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phout Simmalavong at the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warehouse in Vientiane.
VIENTIANE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in collaboration with the Government of Lao PDR and humanitarian partners, met today to discuss achievements and lessons learned from providing food assistance to returning migrant workers through the COVID-19 quarantine centres across the country.
BOUNNEUA, LAO PDR ¨C The Ministry of Health, provincial authorities, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and UNICEF have today launched a project supported by the Republic of France, focusing on improving the nutrition status of children under five in Lao PDR¡¯s northernmost province of Phongsaly.
VIENTIANE ¨CThe Ministry of Planning and Investment and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) today presented Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s new Country Strategic Plan 2022-2026 to Government and partners. With it, Â鶹ÊÓƵ recommits its support to the Government of Lao PDR in improving food security, reducing malnutrition and ensuring sustainable food systems for all, as the country prepares to graduate from Least Developed Country status.
VIENTIANE ¨C U.S. Ambassador Dr. Peter M. Haymond handed over 93 containers of fortified rice, lentils, canned fish and fortified cooking oil to Deputy Minister of Education and Sports Dr. Sisouk Vongvichith at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) warehouse in Vientiane today. The food will be used to prepare healthy school lunches for 63,000 school children around Lao PDR.
VIENTIANE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has completed the handover of its school feeding programme to the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) of the Lao PDR, after almost 20 years of support to schoolgirls and boys in the country. School feeding in the remaining 915 Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported schools across 8 provinces will now be incorporated into the National School Meals Programme.
VIENTIANE ¨C The Government of the Republic of Korea announced its support to the Ministry of Health and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) to continue providing food to returning migrants in mandatory COVID-19 quarantine.
WASHINGTON ¨C As classrooms around the developing world begin to re-open, the U.N. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is receiving US$119 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide school meals in five countries in Asia and Africa.
