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UN Agencies in Nairobi
| Agency Name: |
World Food Programme
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| Contacts: |
WFP
United Nations Office at Nairobi
United Nations Avenue, Gigiri
P.O. Box 44482
Nairobi
Phone: (254-2) 7 622049
Fax: (254-2) 7 622588
E-mail: wfp.nairobi@wfp.org
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| Agency Representative:
| Country Director
Burkard Oberle
E-mail: Burkard.Oberle@wfp.org
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| Information Officer:
| Isaiah Ofuyo
Phone: (254-20) 7622301
Fax: (254-2) 7622588/2263
E-mail: Isaiah.Ofuyo@wfp.org
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| Website Address :
| Agency's Website
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| Mission Statement:
| The WFP mission is to provide:
Food for life to sustain victims of man-made natural disasters.
Food for growth to improve the nutrition and quality of life of the most vulnerable people at critical times in their lives
Food for work to help build assets and promote the self-reliance of poor people and communities, particularly through labour-intensive works Programmes
The WFP is the food aid arm of the United Nations system. The policies governing the use of the WFP food aid must be oriented towards the objective of eradicating hunger and poverty. The ultimate objective of food aid should be the elimination of the need for food aid.
Targeted interventions are needed to help to improve the lives of the poorest people who, either permanently or during crisis periods, are unable to produce enough food or do not have the resources to otherwise obtain the food that they and their households require for active and healthy lives.
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| Agency Activities:
| Consistent with its mandate, which also reflects the principle of universality, the WFP will continue to:
Use food aid to support economic and social development
Meet refugee and other emergency food needs, and the associated logistics support.
Promote world food security in accordance with the recommendations of the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
In early 1999, the WFP approved a $32.5 million Country Programme to provide 85,000 tons of food aid and operational assistance over the period 1999-2003. The project was designed in collaboration with the Government of Kenya to support its poverty alleviation initiatives in the country, and is linked to other UN agency projects. The Country Programme includes the following objectives:
(a) increase enrollment, prevent drop-out and stabilize attendance at selected pre-primary and non-formal schools
(b) improve school facilities and assist school communities in the identification and development enterprises to sustain school feeding Programmes
(c) assist the Government, donors, NGOs and communities in disaster preparedness activities for populations affected by high levels of food insecurity
(d) decrease malnutrition of children and women in selected arid and semi-arid areas
School Feeding: Since 1980 the WFP has supported the Government-implemented project which provides nutritious lunch to pre-primary and primary school children in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya and in Nairobi slum schools.
Refugees: Since the early part of 1991 the WFP, in partnership with UNHCR, has provided assistance to the Somali, Sudanese and Ethiopian refugees in Kenya.
Drought/Floods: In 1998, the WFP concluded a relief food Programme for victims of heavy flooding, which hit the country in November 1997. During the drought period in 1997, the WFP also assisted the drought-affected populations through the expansion of its School Feeding Programme.
Vulnerability assessment mapping (VAM): Established in October 1998, the VAM unit collects, analyses and integrates data into food security Programmeming. Risk analysis, early warning and contingency planning are some of the key activities which are part of the VAM food security analysis.
Gender: The WFP has trained women in leadership skills, and has also trained Government and NGO counterparts on integrating gender into their Programmes. Gender awareness training for the WFP staff and equity in staff recruitment is also a priority for the WFP Kenya.
Southern Sudan: Each month, the WFP sends thousands of tons of food aid to some 2.3 million people in Sudan. The WFP Southern Sudan presently has over 100 field staff employed many of whom are Kenyan in addition to hundreds of labourers who work in Lokichoggio. When possible, the WFP buys food surpluses in Kenya in order to support the Kenyan agricultural economy.
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| Agency Coverage:
| Kenya Sub Offices: Dadaab, Kakuma, Lokichoggio, Mombasa, Mombasa
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