Indigenous families along the Orinoco River in #Venezuela do their best to keep their children in school despite the distance. 🛶 Food is an incentive.

WFP and our partners spend days navigating the river to deliver food for over 30,000 families and their learners. 📚🥣💙

Providing women with digital emergency relief payments sets the stage for long-term financial resilience & is core to World Food Programme's cash policy adopted in 2023.

Check out #10Actions4Equality to bridge the gender gap in finance and combat economic exclusion.

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As hunger levels are rising due to conflict and the climate crisis, this is an important message about what even a small funding cut can mean for people in desperate need of food assistance.

Famine – even in northern #Gaza – could still be averted. We need:

🔴 An immediate stop to the fighting
🔴 Full access for aid organizations to reach the entire civilian population

A declaration of #famine means it’s too late. We must act now to save thousands of lives.

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In Karamoja, a dry district in northern #Uganda , bordering Kenya and Sudan, 🍛rice for school meals is making a difference for students 👇

The return of #ElNiño is expected to intensify the impact of drought in southern Africa.

In #Zimbabwe , families like Sarudzai's receive monthly WFP cash assistance so they can continue accessing nutritious foods and cushion the impact against shocks and stressors like El Niño.…

Such a great initiative!

At #EMW2023 Sophie Sirtaine emphasized the importance of integrating #FinancialInclusion into the climate dialogue. 🌱💸

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Shaimaa was studying at the University of Technology in #Sudan before the conflict started.

Today, she lives in Alexandria, #Egypt .

📣 WFP cash assistance is a vital lifeline for families fleeing to Egypt, helping people like Shaimaa to cover their basic needs.

Food, utilities and rent - World Food Programme cash assistance allows people like Olha the choice of how to best meet their essential needs.

Godeliève, 24 cannot afford to buy sufficient food for her family following flooding and currency depreciation in #Burundi .

World Food Programme is supporting the most vulnerable families through cash transfers, while Food and Agriculture Organization provides seeds & fertilizers during this lean season.

🎥 Dive into an engaging conversation with #UNSGSA Queen Máxima on Bloomberg TV. Taped at the Bloomberg House in Davos, this interview w/ Francine Lacqua offers profound insights into the evolving world of #financialhealth & #financialinclusion . bloom.bg/3UhusIy

A great initiative from our World Food Programme Afghanistan colleagues, working with a local fintech to give cash digitally.

WFP's cash transfers, supported by EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺, have been instrumental in addressing the heightened food needs of refugees at Dzaleka. This unwavering support helps us make a meaningful impact in the lives of those who depend on us. 🤲💙 #ECHOimpact #RefugeeAid

'I used World Food Programme's cash support to pay application fees for my grandson's citizenship.'

Kali Pun from #Jajarkot used a part of the cash support to register her 26-year-old grandson as a legal #Nepal i citizen.

In #Nepal , World Food Programme's cash support is helping 1⃣5⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ ppl hit hard by…

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All smiles 😄💛

Meet Avimane and Smriti from #RukumWest -they are both 79, and just received World Food Programme's cash support at their doorstep. 💰

When it's hard for the earthquake-affected people 👴🧓 👩‍🦼🩼 to travel to a distribution site to receive support, we come to them.

In #Uganda , over 1 million refugees face challenging decisions due to substantial funding shortfalls, leaving them with less than 1/3 of the minimum food to survive 🥘

See how World Food Programme's cash assistance significantly impacts lives, offering hope to refugees like Nyamar 👇

#GRF2023

For #FinancialInclusion to help build an inclusive, resilient, and greener world, we must focus on:

🌎 Closing country gaps
🚺 Bridging the gender divide
🚀 Unleashing financial inclusion’s power

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Global rise in mobile tech and digital payments is mirrored in humanitarian efforts.

We must adapt and keep up with these changes, whilst also mitigating risks, as explored in Chapter 7 of the State of the World’s Cash 2023.

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