Driven by torrential rains in late July 2022, the flooding mainly hit the suburbs in urban settlements – with women and children under 5 accounting for almost three-quarters of the total affected population, according to the UN body.
“Providing food assistance to vulnerable families in times of crisis is at the core of WFP’s life-saving mandate,” said Yasuhiro Tsumura, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in The Gambia.
“At a time when the country is facing the highest level of hunger of the last decade, we are committed to working with the Government to support flood-hit communities and relieve vulnerable communities from the brunt of the economic downturn – helping to prevent the already dire situation from further deteriorating,” he added.
“WFP’s emergency food assistance in the form of cash distributions will help affected families meet their basic food and nutrition needs at a time when food prices are skyrocketing, pushing basic meals out of the reach of many in the country,” the organisation noted further.
