The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working with the Government of Colombia and partners to support long-term integration of Venezuelan migrants and internally displaced people. Focusing on Bogot¨¢, Medell¨ªn and border areas, the project will expand access to social protection, vocational training and support for microbusinesses and new enterprises. It aims to reach over 4,000 families by 2026 and seeks additional funding beyond the US$2 million already secured.
This brief outlines Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Food Assistance for Training approach, pairing cash or food with market driven vocational, business and digital skills, finance and job links to boost refugee and host community self reliance and nutrition. In 2024 Â鶹ÊÓƵ assisted 11.6 million refugees, and FFT helped about 52 percent of participants earn new income, with examples from Egypt and Colombia.
Latin America and the Caribbean face the world's highest cost of a healthy diet while grappling with the double burden of malnutrition, which contributes to an annual GDP loss of up to 16%.
Annual Country Reports (ACR) are a key accountability document produced by country offices on a yearly basis which inform donors how their funds were used during the reporting year. Their purpose is to tell Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s performance story in an accurate, transparent and evidence-based manner by assessing the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of our operations in our pursuit towards zero hunger.
This evaluation, commissioned by Â鶹ÊÓƵ offices in Colombia and Ecuador, covered all activities of the Building Adaptive Capacity through Food and Nutrition Security and Peacebuilding Actions in Vulnerable Afro and Indigenous Communities in the Colombia-Ecuador Border Area project, which was financed by the Adaptation Fund.
This thematic evaluation, commissioned by the Regional Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean (RBP), examines the work carried out by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) in the region from 2015 to 2022.
The evaluation of the country strategic plan for Colombia for 2021¨C2024 was conducted between January and November 2023. It served both accountability and learning purposes and informed the design of a new country strategic plan for Colombia.
En 2022, el PMA evalu¨® Piloto Arauca, ejecutado entre abril de 2020 hasta febrero de 2021, con el objetivo de complementar la acci¨®n del Estado y mitigar la ca¨ªda en el ingreso de los hogares m¨¢s vulnerables a trav¨¦s de las modalidades de transferencias monetarias (TM) y de alimentos, adem¨¢s de avanzar en el prop¨®sito de contribuir a un Sistema de Protecci¨®n Social reactivo a emergencias.
The subject of this evaluation is the collective preparedness and response of the IASC member agencies at the global, regional, and country level in meeting the humanitarian needs of people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The objective of this evaluation was to analyse the current food security situation of the Colombian population. Between June and November 2022, the Â鶹ÊÓƵ completed the assessment and conducted a total of 8,232 household surveys, ensuring representative samples at the departmental level and at the urban and rural levels for the national total. These surveys were carried out in 29 departments, including the capital district and 118 municipalities.
An entire generation of school-aged children and youth risk facing the ripple effects of the COVID crisis over their entire lifetime. Family income losses in combination with lack of access to education and health, and increased food insecurity have contributed to the rise in the number of school- aged children and youth facing acute hardship.
The impacts of climate variability and change are already visible in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Â鶹ÊÓƵ is building the capacities of communities and governments to strengthen people¡¯s climate resilience and end hunger.
