WFP’s mission is a world in which every man, woman and child has access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy life. 

The vision for 2030 underlying WFP’s strategic plan for 2022-2025 is that the world has eradicated food insecurity and malnutrition (SDG 2 - Zero Hunger) and national and global actors have achieved the SDGs (SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals). 

The overall goal of WFP is providing immediate food assistance in life-threatening situations while supporting countries in ensuring no one is left behind. 

In the case of Yemen, the Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP) 2023-2025 seeks to respond to humanitarian needs as a result of the conflict, while addressing systemic causes.

• Persons living in food-insecure households 
• Malnourished persons
• Vulnerable groups
• Schoolgirls & -boys
• Rural communities

1. Crisis-affected women, men, girls and boys across Yemen, are able to meet their immediate food and nutrition needs all year.
2. Targeted population groups across Yemen, including school-aged girls and boys and nutritionally vulnerable and at-risk groups, have access to basic services throughout the year.
3. Food-insecure households and communities in targeted areas across Yemen, including those affected by climate shocks, benefit from more resilient livelihoods and food systems throughout the year.
4. Humanitarian and development partners collaborate effectively to assist people in Yemen and to preserve critical services all year.

Expected results:   In Yemen, WFP aims to reach more than 19 million people in 2023. 15 million people from food-insecure households will receive lifesaving food assistance while 1.9 million acutely malnourished people receive life-saving nutrition assistance. WFP will provide more than 2.2 million people among vulnerable groups with assistance in order to prevent malnutrition and improve dietary intake. Approximately 3.1 million girls and boys will be provided with school meals while 2 million people will benefit from early recovery and more resilient livelihoods at household and community levels. 

Results from previous phases:  

• Overall, WFP Yemen transferred 704’000 metric tons of food and USD 162 million in cash and vouchers to 15.3 million people across its activities in Yemen in 2022, making Yemen WFP’s secondlargest operation worldwide.
• WFP leads or co-leads humanitarian response and provides services such as the UN Air Service (UNHAS), UN Humanitarian Response Depots network (UNHRD) as well as the three Inter Agency Standing Committee Clusters (Logistics, Emergency Telecommunications and Food Security Cluster, with FAO). 
• In 2022, Switzerland has contributed to a total of CHF 4.5 million to WFP operations in Yemen allowing Yemen to allocate this funding where it’s most needed. The contribution included CHF 1.5 million H-Cash (Top up).
• Switzerland is the 16th donor out of 28 for WFP in Yemen. Our funding has provided more than 3 Mio Yemenis with access to oil and wheat flour during one food assistance cycle in 2022.

Phase 72 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023   (Completed)