Doing the right things, the right way
Highlighting WFP’s Results in 2012

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97.2 million
Hungry people in 80 countries reached by WFP in 2012

BENEFICIARIES

82.1
million

women
and children

2.4
million

refugees

6.5
million

internally
displaced people

0.7
million

returnees

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BENEFICIARIES

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3.5 million
metric tons of food distributed, 53 percent
of the global total of food aid

FOOD AID QUANTITIES

2.1
million
metric tons

The amount of food
procured in 93
countries

86%

The percentage of food
procured in developing
countries

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FOOD AID QUANTITIES

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US$3.9 billion
The value of contributions reached
the highest level since 2008

FUNDING
1
United States
of America
US$1456562
2
European
Commission
US$386136
3
Canada
US$367149
4
United Kingdom
US$200540
5
Japan
US$190749
6
Germany
US$150055
7
United Nations Central
Emergency Response
Fund (CERF)
US$136788
8
Australia
US$121729
9
Sweden
US$95181
10
Brazil
US$82548

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FUNDING

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9.8 million
Malnourished children receiving specialized
nutritional support

NUTRITION

2.9
million

Pregnant women and nursing
mothers receiving additional
nutrition support

1.6
million

People affected by HIV/AIDS
receiving WFP assistance

33

Countries receiving assistance
for tuberculosis and HIV/
AIDS prevention activities

19,500

Health centres and clinics
receiving WFP assistance

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NUTRITION

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17.5 million
Schoolchildren receiving meals in school or take-home rations

SCHOOL FEEDING

125,000

Schools receiving WFP
assistance
 
 
 

49%

The percentage of all
schoolchildren
receiving WFP assistance
who were girls

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SCHOOL FEEDING

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15.1 million

People receiving WFP food as an
incentive to build assets....

RESILIENCE

328,000

hectares of land
protected or
improved
 

14,000

kilometers of roads,
400 bridges and 1,400
wells constructed or
repaired

65,000

government
staff trained
 
 

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RESILIENCE

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215

The number of active
projects in 2012

WFP PROJECTS

41

emergency operations
(EMOPs)
 

58

protracted relief
and recovery
operations (PRROs)

33

country programmes
(CPs)
 

29

development projects
(DEVs)
 

43

special operations
(SOs)
 

11

preparedness activities
 
 

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WFP PROJECTS

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6 million
People receiving assistance in the form of cash and/or vouchers,
a 30 percent increase over the previous year

Innovations
CASH AND VOUCHERS

US$359
million

Value of cash and
voucher transfers,
compared to
US$213 million in
2011

76%

The annual growth
rate in cash and
voucher activities
over the past four
years

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CASH AND VOUCHERS

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US$77 million
Income generated for farmers as a result of the project

PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS

308,000
metric tons

The amount of food contracted
under the P4P project

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PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS

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UN PARTNERS

74 joint United
Nations
programmes in
47 countries.
UN partners
included FAO,
IFAD, UNDP,
UNHCR, UNICEF
and WHO

1,500

NGO partners—
87 percent locally
based—in 163
projects in 71
countries
 
 

US$64.4
million

The amount of cash
and in-kind donations
from private sector
corporate and
individual partners
 
 

2.3
million
metric tons

The amount of food
WFP’s partners
distributed on behalf
of the organization,
accounting for 65
percent of total WFP
deliveries

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PARTNERS

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STAFF

11,335 employees
of whom 92 percent based
in the field

11,335 employees

with contracts
of one year or
longer
 
 

41%
women

among
international
recruits and
professional
officers

87%

locally recruited
 
 
 
 

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STAFF

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WFP GLOBAL PRESENCE

WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.

On average, WFP reaches more than 90 million people with food assistance in 80 countries each year.

For more information about our work, please visit www.wfp.org

To view WFP's annual performance review for 2012 (issued in 2013) please read the Annual Performance Report for 2012 (PDF).