WFP EMERGENCY REPORT
Issued weekly by the United Nations World Food Programme
Report No. 16 / 2001 - Date 20 April 2001

This report includes:
(A) West and Central Asia (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, (3) Tajikistan,
    (4) Georgia
(B) Horn of Africa: (1) Kenya, (2) Ethiopia, (3) Eritrea
(C) West Africa Coastal: (1) Guinea, 2) Guinea-Bissau
(D) Angola
(E) FYR of Macedonia
(F) East Timor
(G) DPR Korea
(H) Tanzania
(I) Northern Caucasus (1) Ingushetia, (2) Chechnya


>From Francesco Strippoli, Senior Humanitarian Adviser; available on the
Internet on the WFP Home Page (www.wfp.org), or by e-mail from
Zlatan.Milisic@wfp.org. For information on resources, donors are requested
to contact Valerie.Sequeira@wfp.org at WFP Rome, telephone 39 06 6513
2009. Media queries should be directed to Trevor.Rowe@wfp.org, telephone
39 06 6513 2602. The address of WFP is Via Cesare Giulio Viola 68, Parco
dei Medici, 00148 Rome, Italy.


(A)  West and Central Asia (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, (3) Tajikistan,
     (4) Georgia

(1)  Afghanistan

a)  WFP is screening the cases of 14,000 widows and children, who used to
receive food aid from ICRC in Kabul City. Those found to fall within the
criteria for WFP assistance will be included in the WFP Women's Bakery
Project.

b)  WFP and FAO started collecting data for the Crop Assessment Survey in
10 districts in Badakhshan and Takhar provinces. It has been recognised
that it is too early to make an accurate estimate of the harvest output,
so further assessments will be carried out just before or during the
harvest, in the late summer.

c)  WFP is preparing for a nutritional survey to be carried out this month
in the north-eastern City of Faizabad by FOCUS and MSF nutritionists. The
results of this survey will help update the information from the survey
carried out by ACF last September and will help WFP in revising its
programme in the region.

d)  About 27,000 school children in 50 schools throughout Badakhshan
province are expected to benefit from the second phase of the Food For
Education project, in the 2001 school year. The project has taken off in
all of the five districts.  Some 3,171 tons of wheat and 381 tons of
vegetable oil will be distributed to the school children who would
maintain a minimum of 22 school days a month.


(2)  Pakistan

a)  WFP is currently feeding over 65,700 Afghan refugees in New Shamshatoo
and Akhora Khatok camps near Peshawar. The April cycle of food
distribution in the camps is expected to be completed next week. Regular
food distributions have helped maintain stable nutritional status of
refugees in these camps.

b)  A more pressing issue remains the over 70,000 refugees who recently
arrived from Afghanistan and are accommodated in Jaluzai make-shift camp
near Peshawar. The Government of Pakistan is yet to recognise them as
refugees before UNHCR can register them. A UN team met senior Government
officials on 10 April and reiterated the request that UNHCR be allowed to
undertake the registration in the Jaluzai camp.

c)  The refugees in Jaluzai camp have been receiving limited assistance
and are in very bad conditions. UNHCR had provided them with 3,000 plastic
sheets and MSF is planning to distribute another 10,000 pieces. Unusually
heavy rains have contributed to the worsening of the already critical
sanitary situation. A significant number of children are suffering from
malnutrition and diarrhoea and dysentery cases are on a rise, according to
MSF.

d)  MSF has started a supplementary feeding programme for 120 malnourished
children in Jaluzai camp. Porridge of mixed wheat-soya blend, oil and
sugar, supplied by WFP, is being served to the malnourished children.


(3)  Tajikistan

a)  WFP has observed that household food stocks are being depleted fast,
forcing people to sell their assets - such as rooftops or livestock - and
to leave their villages. WFP will closely monitor these alarming
developments especially in the coming lean season period ? May to July.

b)  WFP started a pilot project this week in Gharm region to encourage
school attendance by teachers and children, with particular emphasis on
girls education. Gharm schools suffer from a very low rate of attendance.
Girls, boys and teachers who attend school regularly will be given a
monthly ration of cooking oil.

c)  WFP is likely to face a pipeline break due to a delayed arrival of
3,780 tons of wheat flour. Some 60 trucks carrying the wheat have been
stranded in Turkmenistan, due to a dispute between forwarding agent and
the railway authorities at the boarder.

d)  Around 61 percent of the EMOP food needs have been resourced. The
total requirement is for 127,821 tons of food.


(4)  Georgia

a)  A total of 348,699 beneficiaries have been assisted with 4,645 tons of
food commodities, since February. This represents 65 percent of the
revised beneficiary figure of 540,300 (the original beneficiary figure was
696,000). The second round of distribution is expected to start early next
month.

b)  Due to the political and socio-economic background of the country,
there is a need to constantly discuss and inform population on the
targeting criteria. WFP plans to continue intensive information campaign
on the criteria for food assistance through the distribution of pamphlets
to beneficiaries and announcement in the newspapers and local television
stations.

c)  To date, total contributions of 28,009 tons of food have been
confirmed by the donors for the WFP drought-response EMOP in Georgia. This
represents 43 percent of the original total commitment (65,772 tons) and
77 percent of the revised food requirement (36,281 tons), with half ration
having been distributed during the first round. Shortfalls of wheat flour
and pulses are expected in June and July respectively.



(B)  Horn of Africa: (1) Kenya, (2) Ethiopia, (3) Eritrea

(1)  Kenya

a)  With the phasing out of general food distribution in six of the
districts in the Eastern Province covered by the EMOP, the number of
beneficiaries targeted by WFP has been reduced a month ago. It remains at
2.4 million beneficiaries for general distribution and 1.1 million for
Expanded School Feeding Programme. The Expanded School Feeding Programme
is still ongoing in the six districts of Kitui, Machakos, Makueni, Mwingi,
Mbeere and Tharaka where general distribution has been discontinued.

b)  A meeting was held to review the action plans prepared for the six
districts for the implementation of FFW projects. Four of the six
districts presented tangible progress reports. Each district has
identified an average of 20 projects. FFW projects are expected to benefit
the most needy and vulnerable people, while facilitating rural development
of wider communities. Distribution of FFW rations will use a similar
community-based infrastructure as applied during the period of general
distributions.

c)  Food distribution is in progress in 16 districts of Kenya. The delay
in completion of March distribution is partly due to pipeline problems and
the prevailing wet weather that is hampering transportation. The main
concern, however, is the lack of vegetable oil in the food basket for most
districts. A break in the food pipeline for WFP EMOP is likely if new
contributions are not received soon.

d)  Highway banditry and rainfall have constrained food aid
transportation, exposing relief convoys to risk. In Samburu district, four
aid workers employed by a local NGO (SAIDIA) were ambushed by bandits and
killed. They were travelling in a UN registered vehicle. The access road
through the assault area has been banned for UN staff temporarily. Tribal
conflict or tensions are reported in some other districts as well. In Tana
River, they resulted in the suspension of food distribution.

e)  Some 42 humanitarian and development agencies in Kenya issued a joint
statement in Nairobi on 11 April, appealing to donors to provide food aid.
The agencies said that more than 4.4 million vulnerable people are faced
with starvation due to the drought, while the international community is
not responding adequately to appeals for food aid.

f)  The long-rains season has set in at last, with widespread rainfall
being reported from most of the country. However, due to the
uncharacteristic extension of the short rains in Eastern and Central
Provinces, planting has been delayed significantly and the future food
security of farm households in the marginal agricultural districts of
Eastern Province is uncertain.

g)  Food security of the pastoralists remains precarious. The Arid Lands
Resource Management Project (ALRMP) has indicated that the cumulative
impact of poor rain seasons has undermined livestock production by
reducing birth rates, lowering milk production and depressing animal
prices. Subsequently, rates of child malnutrition increased in most
pastoral districts during March. Livestock production has also been
hampered by continual livestock banditry and clan conflict due to
increased competition for scarce resources. Recovery will be dependent on
favourable rainfall during the current long rains and subsequent seasons.
An outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease was reported in Isiolo and likely to
affect livestock in the neighbourhood EMOP districts.


(2)  Ethiopia

a)  Belg (short season) rains, which had improved significantly in amount
and area covered in the second half of March, seem to be ceasing in some
areas. National Meteorological Services Agency (NMSA) reported that during
the first half of April most parts of SNNPR, western Amhara and some
pocket areas of western Oromiya received normal to above normal rainfall
while the rest of the country received below normal rainfall. Reduced
rainfall over most belg producing areas could result in negative impact on
the development of crops, as well as availability of pasture and drinking
water. Two missions, one in late March and one in early April visited the
belg producing areas of South Tigray, North/South Wello and
North/Northwest Shoa reported that the belg rains were late by two weeks
to two months.

b)  Further discussions have been held among donors about the local market
situation of cereals. The significant decrease in the cereal price has
become a major concern to all stakeholders. However, food aid imports and
distributions are not considered to be contributing to depressed market
prices because the population receiving food aid are different from that
producing and marketing maize. The two are also geographically separate
and many markets are not integrated.

c)  The UN Country Team in Ethiopia, in a special alert message, called on
the donor community to provide 3.7 million doses of vaccines to combat the
spread of the meningitis epidemic. The team warned that Ethiopia will face
a major meningitis epidemic unless international donors meet the current
shortfall of vaccines.


(3)  Eritrea

a)  During the first 16 days of April, the Government partner in food
distributions (ERREC) reported distribution of 4,525 tons of WFP-supplied
food to 303,448 beneficiaries in Eritrea. WFP staff monitored directly
over half of the distributions, in Debub, Anseba and Northern Red Sea
Regions. WFP continues to liaise with ERREC to improve communication and
coordination regarding the distribution schedule. Distributions were
delayed in some regions due to fragmented deliveries and remoteness of IDP
villages.

b)  WFP conducted Post Distribution Monitoring in Dighe sub-zones of the
Gash Barka region, where a total of 456 tons of food were distributed to
26,950 beneficiaries.

c)  A rapid assessment was carried out by UNDP, UNICEF, OCHA and the
Government in the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ). The team indicated that
water would be the most critical resource required. Food needs of the IDPs
who are expected to return to the TSZ have already been included in the
WFP EMOP for war affected population. WFP has supplied ICRC with 900 tons
of cereals to be distributed to residents and returning IDPs in the TSZ.
With the return of the population to the area, WFP will jointly with ERREC
plan and carry out distributions to the returning IDPs.

d)  WFP and UNHCR met on 5 April to brief agencies operating in the Gash
Barka region on the planned repatriation of Eritrean refugees from Sudan.
According to UNHCR, 62,000 refugees are expected to be repatriated in May.
Pre-repatriation campaigns have started, including registration of
refugees. The refugees who are mostly from the Gash Barka region will
receive food rations from WFP and a resettlement package from UNHCR before
returning to their areas of origin.

e)  WFP's in-country food stocks and expected arrivals for the
drought-response EMOP amount to 39,870 tons and should be adequate to
cover the requirements for three months. For the EMOP assisting the
war-affected population, a total of 2,255 tons available would cover the
needs for one month only.


(C)  West Africa Coastal: (1) Guinea, 2) Guinea-Bissau

(1)  Guinea

a)  WFP completed a delivery of food to 25,000 refugees stranded by
fighting, in the Kolomba camp in the so-called Parrot's Beak area. Despite
recent improvements, the security situation in the area remains fragile,
with limited access for UN humanitarian workers. An estimated 50,000
refugees are in the Parrot's Beak, but UN agencies are trying to relocate
them further from fighting. The main concerns for WFP are the security
situation in the Beak and adjoining areas and logistics, given the fact
that roads become impassable during the rainy season, expected to begin
around June.

b)  Despite fighting between rebels and the Guinean Army in the Parrot
Beak, the security situation has stabilised during the last 2 weeks. The
food distribution to the Languette was restarted on 5 April, but the
region remains inaccessible fur UN staff. There are regular convoys to
Kolomba with military escort, where the distribution is done the same day.

c)  As of the 18 April, WFP assisted 171,701 persons under the EMOP
assisting population affected by the conflict, in collaboration with ICRC
and Premiere Urgence.

d)  Some 17,414 refugees received WFP-supplied food from Premiere Urgence
in the camps of Kolamba, Katkama and Boreya this week. The transfer of
refugees to the new camp of Sembakounya has started, but only 103 refugees
were moved as the others seem reluctant. A sensitisation campaign is
underway. The transfer of around 6,000 refugees from the camps of
Forecariah is planned to start on 23 April and take two months.

e)  Food distribution in the camp of Kouankan was planned to start on 18
April, in favour of 13,500 recently registered refugees. The preparation
for the relocation of refugees trapped in the Parrot's Beak is still
underway.

f)  The current number of refugees in the transit camp in Conakry is 4,667
persons. Some 701 have departed for Sierra Leone last week and 794 new
arrivals registered.


(2)  Guinea Bissau

a)  During the last two weeks, the security situation remained very
volatile. Skirmishes along the border in Varela, involving human
casualties, were reported.

b)  According to the Government sources no funds will be available in a
near future to pay state salaries, unless bilateral donors provide
financial assistance. Serious social unrest might occur and undermine the
security.

c)  During March, WFP assisted 89,014 beneficiaries (51,136 female), with
415 tons of food. This included the assistance to 52,253 students (36
percent are girls) in 431 schools through the school feeding project. WFP
started the distribution of kitchen utensils donated by UNICEF in schools
of eastern and southern regions.

d)  In the eastern region of Bafata, WFP did a nutritional screening of 60
pupils, of whom 50 percent were found moderately malnourished. A
modification of the ration and a close monitoring were recommended.

e)  Therapeutic Feeding Programme is on-going in seven centres in the
eastern and southern regions, targeting 1,517 malnourished children and
pregnant women.



(D)  Angola

a)  During the week, the security situation remained unstable in most
provinces. Arrivals of new IDPs were reported in the provinces of Bengo,
Bie, Kwanza Norte, Lunda Sul, Malange and Moxico. Intense fighting was
reported in the municipalities of Camabatela and Samba-Caju Kwanza Norte
province. As a result, many IDPs from Samba-Caju arrived in Lucala. Their
numbers could not be fully verified due to insecurity in the area. It is
hoped that the IDPs will be able to reach Ndalatando, where WFP has made
preparations for their arrival. Due to security reasons, food distribution
in Lucala during April is unlikely.

b)  An inter-agency team (OCHA, WFP, UNICEF) visited Dombe Grande to
assess the humanitarian situation following reports of flooding in Luacho
and Senje. Unfortunately the team was unable to reach the flooded areas.
There are plans to send the team into Luacho and Senje on foot. Provincial
authorities are making efforts to charter a helicopter to rescue people
living in the flooded areas. ADRA has been requested to registrar families
who have lost their houses in the village of Dombe Grande. Assess to the
area has become further hampered by the attack that took place later in
the week.

c)  A joint mission involving OCHA, UNICEF, WFP, WHO, MSF-S, NRC, ACCORD
and UTCAH visited Namibe town to make a rapid assessment of relief needs
following the flooding. WFP, MINARS and NRC began registering the affected
population on 16 April, which will be followed by an immediate food aid
distribution. It is estimated that at least 10,000 people will require
food relief. Emergency assistance to the flood victims is initially
foreseen as necessary for a period of two months.

d)  As a result of the floods in Benguela, Huila, Namibe and Cunene the UN
Humanitarian Coordinator (a.i.) has issued a press statement expressing
concern over the humanitarian situation and asking for urgent donor
contributions.

e)  WFP observed a significant increase in the number of severely
malnourished children arriving at the therapeutic feeding centre run by
MSF in Kuito. As of 14 April, the number had reached nearly 400, and some
of the children are in a critical stage.

f)  Of the 5,500 IDPs from Malange in Viana, who have been there for more
than two years, 380 were supposed to be moved to the area of Irmao
Coragem, located 8 km away and resettled. This resettlement operation,
which began in February, has become paralysed by the heavy rains that have
fallen this week in Luanda. It has been reported that almost all houses
constructed for the re-settlement of the IDPs from Viana have been
destroyed by the rains.

g)  In response to a nutritional screening carried out at the Kanhengue
camp in Moxico province by MSF-B, in collaboration with the Department of
Public Health, a new community kitchen will be opened at the Kanhengue
camp shortly. Some 160 children found o be at risk during screening will
be included in this feeding project.

h)  The verification and registration of IDPs who have arrived to Luena
since October, at the Cawango, Catocola and Kanhengue camps, was completed
this week by an inter-agency team involving WFP. Some 1,821 new IDPs were
registered, bringing the total to 9,020 IDPs.

i)  Two new contributions have been received towards the WFP PRRO in
Angola. Contributions to the new WFP PRRO, including carry-over stocks,
are at 20 percent of the required funding.



(E)  FYR of Macedonia

a)  The security situation throughout the country remained relatively
calm. Government security operations in the eastern area of the Crna Gora
region have been significantly reduced. However, the presence of police
and army remains significant in the area of Tetovo, in a continuing effort
to deter further outbreaks of violence.

b)  The situation in Tetovo is getting back to normal. Vast majority of
the population that had left for temporary refuge within the country
during the insecurity period have returned. In the surrounding villages,
people reportedly continue to fear threats of further Government
interventions.

c)  Whilst there has been a return to relative stability in the Crna Gora
Mountains, attempts by some of the former inhabitants to return may prove
difficult. Assessment teams in the area have noted that there have been
considerable damages in some settlements. Schools have been completely
destroyed and all poles supporting power lines demolished.

d)  ICRC continues to provide food assistance to approximately 1,400 IDPs
who fled the mountain villages in the Crna Gora region and to
approximately 1,000 IDPs from the villages in the hills above Tetovo.
Isolation and lack of access to these areas prevent both groups from
returning to their villages.

e)  The UN Country Team (CT) in FYR of Macedonia has officially received
from UN DPA terms of reference for the preparation of a UN pre-conflict
peace building strategy. In that respect, two experts contracted by UNDP
will work closely with the UNCT to formalise this strategy. WFP and its
partners will jointly define a strategy to link food aid with confidence
building and reduction of social and economic hardship.


(F)  East Timor

a)  The security situation remains stable and no further incidents have
been reported after the attacks on the UN peace-keepers and villages that
occurred on 2 April along the border.

b)  On 9 and 10 April, WFP delivered 84 tons of food to Oecussi (Ambeno
enclave). In addition, 5 tons of maize were airlifted to Betano (Manufahi
district). WFP deliveries continued as planned.

c)  Some 151 East Timorese refugees returned from West Timor since the
beginning of April. This represents a significant decrease compared to the
peak of 600 to 700 returns per week reached in March. A
UNTAET/PKF/UNHCR/IOM mission visited West Timor refugee camps from 8 to 15
April, in an effort to share with refugee leaders and local authorities
information on the current situation in East Timor and to encourage
refugees to return.

d)  A shipment of 366 Tons of WFP beans arrived from Burma on April 11.
This was the last shipment of food in the WFP pipeline.



(G)  DPR Korea

a)  The lean season, marked by depletion of household food stocks and
reduction of the food quantities supplied by the public distribution
system, began earlier this year as harvest cereals had been distributed by
the end of January. In March, the ration given by the Government system
was reduced to 200g per person per day. The distributions will continue
through April but are expected to end in early May.

b)  During March, WFP has received a US contributions of 30,000 tons of
wheat and 10,000 tons of beans, at a total operational value of USD 10.9
million. However, the overall shortfall to meet the WFP emergency
operation plans for this year remains at 43 percent, equivalent to 349,370
tons. Stocks of oil and pulses in nurseries and kindergartens will last
until the end of April. The orphanages, that are considered more
vulnerable, are supplied until the end of July.

c)  Some 20,000 tons of cereals were allocated to food for work (FFW)
projects in March. Distributions for the lean season have started in four
provinces along the east coast covering, in addition to assistance to core
beneficiary groups, such as teachers, paediatric hospital staff, elderly
people and persons affected by tropical storms last year.

d)  Following the assessment of FFW projects over the past two months by
WFP, the Project Review Committee approved 151 projects which will require
more than 60,000 tons of food. Monitoring will begin soon, with priority
given to reforestation projects that have an earlier completion date.

e)  WFP met with the NGO Triangle to discuss the possibility of joint
agro-forestry projects in South Pyongan. The projects would involve
terracing, planting activities and nursery rehabilitation support.
Meetings were also held with IFAD representatives who met with the
Government to discuss the modalities for an Upland Food Security Project,
which is scheduled to begin during the second half of 2001.

f)  WFP opened new corn soya blend factories in the east-coast city of
Chongjin and in Hamhung. This brings the total number of WFP-sponsored
local food production facilities in DPR Korea to eleven. Following a
meeting between WFP, UNICEF and the Government, the production has
increased significantly in most facilities.

g)  At the end of March, fields began to be prepared for double cropping.
Maize and wheat are sown and harvested before the rice planting which
takes place in June. Workers are constructing and fencing seed nurseries.
The planting of the potato crop was well under way by the end of the
March. Potatoes, which are ideal to be grown in the more mountainous areas
are a fairly new crop.

h)  WFP carried out 237 monitoring visits during March, including meetings
with households benefiting from WFP assistance and visits to hospitals.
Medical staff reported that diseases related to lack of food have reduced
considerably and that malnutrition is mainly caused by diarrhoea. WFP
undertook a needs assessment in paediatric hospitals with the aim of
starting nutritional rehabilitation programmes for severely malnourished
children.



(H)  Tanzania

a)  Apart from an isolated incident in Nduta refugee camp, the security
situation in all camps is reported calm.

b)  Based on the food pipeline situation, WFP announced a reduction of CSB
ration to 50 percent of the full ration for the three next distribution
cycles. However, WFP will raise the cereals ration from 80 to 85 percent.
Special feeding programme rations will not be reduced.

c)  WFP completed the general two-week food distribution in all camps at
the end of March, at 80 percent ration of all items except for CSB (50
percent) and cereals (85 percent). A full ration was distributed to 5,555
most vulnerable individuals; 1,365 in Ngara, 1,328 in Lugufu, 1,886 in
Kasulu and 976 in Kibondo.

d)  Some 98 repatriating Rwandese refugees were assisted in early April,
bringing the total number of those assisted during this year to 1,039.

e)  A meeting between UNHCR and WFP was held in Kigoma, regarding
registration and verification of refugees. The meeting was also attended
by UNICEF and MHA. The objective is to review and improve the registration
system in place on the basis of lessons learnt. No final decisions have
been reached and the discussions continue.



(I)  Northern Caucasus (1) Ingushetia, (2) Chechnya

(1)  Ingushetia

a)  Donor missions that visited IDP camps in Ingushetia reported
normalisation of the situation there. Close monitoring of the situation in
the IDP camps was recommended, in view of the Government plan to
distribute food to about 50,000 IDPs at the beginning of May.  WFP, in
consultation with NGO partners, is in regular contacts with the Government
of the Republic, to ensure that adequate food assistance is provided to
all registered IDPs in Ingushetia.

b)  According to UNHCR, there was a net increase of about 6,000 IDPs in
Ingushetia, who arrived from Chechnya during the period September to
February. However, the trend seems to have been reversing in March, with
437 persons reported returning from Ingushetia to Chechnya, compared to
390 new IDPs from Chechnya to Ingushetia.

c)  Due to food pipeline problems, distribution of WFP food rations
started late this month. About 33,000 IDPs who had received only wheat
flour in March through DRC were provided with sugar and salt. The
remaining 124,000 IDPs will be provided with all three food items. WFP
plans to carry out one distribution cycle for March and April.

d)  WFP conducted a survey from 9 to 13 April, to identify coping
mechanisms that enabled IDPs in Ingushetia to sustain themselves without
receiving WFP food assistance in March. The survey covered seven districts
of Ingushetia and 164 households were interviewed. Some 70 percent of the
respondents said that they had to sell their belongings in order to
purchase food. Others borrowed money or relied on other sources of food
aid (EMERCOM, ICRC, DRC and Kuwaiti NGO). Some IDPs sought casual labour
and petty trade opportunities. All respondents expressed unwillingness to
return to Chechnya until the security situation improves, even if
humanitarian aid was provided in their place of origin.


(2)  Chechnya

a)  A UN inter-agency security assessment mission composed of UNSECOORD,
UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP visited northern Caucasus, including Grozny and
Gudermes, from 7 to 12 April. The mission did not observe any considerable
changes in the situation since the last mission, a year ago.

b)  The humanitarian situation in Chechnya continues to deteriorate. In
order to better allocate limited food aid resources and target the most
vulnerable people in Grozny, UNHCR, WFP and DRC are planning to conduct a
household survey, covering about 16-20,000 families.

c)  No WFP food commodities have been dispatched to Chechnya due to food
pipeline problems.  A delivery plan has been drawn for distribution of
1,084 tons through DRC and People in Need Foundation (PINF), to cover
needs of 76,000 beneficiaries in Grozny city and rural area. Depending on
the availability of food supplies, WFP plans to allocate food rations for
32,000 beneficiaries in Achkoy-Martan district in April. The next food
convoy is expected to leave on 17 April for Grozny.

d)  Donors have so far pledged a total of about USD 4.3 million (18
percent of the total requirement) to WFP for the current emergency
operation in the Northern Caucasus.

Note: All tonnage figures in this report refer to metric tons

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