This is a US$ 261,904.20 WFP-funded project under the broader program of “Enhancing Food Security, Nutrition, and Resilience of the Most Food-Insecure and Vulnerable Host Communities and Asylum Seekers in the Upper East Region.” The project targets 245 households (80% asylum seekers, 20% host community) with 2,254 members (50% women), aiming to strengthen food security, economic resilience, and social cohesion.
Through climate-smart agriculture, vocational training, and gender- and nutrition-responsive interventions in vegetable (75), grain and legume (65), guinea fowl (30), livestock (40), and aquaculture (15) production, as well as skills development (20).
The project fosters economic empowerment, market integration, and self-reliance, reducing dependency on humanitarian aid while enhancing the livelihoods of the beneficiaries in Tarikom. Tilli, Timonde, Sapelliga, Widnaba, and Tarikom Refugee Reception Centre (TRRC). Among the vulnerable beneficiaries include 20 PWDs who have been supported in small ruminant and guinea fowl rearing as well as vegetable and grain production.
