3 pillars of WFP support:
1 . Delivering food alongside the health re-sponse;
2 . Ensuring the movement of partner staff and materials; and
3 . Providing common services and infrastruc-ture support for health partners.
In numbers
To date, in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone:
9,145 mt of food delivered for 536,000 people since April 2014*;
819 responders transported by UNHAS, with two planes and one helicopter in operation; and
Over 6,227 m3 of medical cargo transported.
Highlight– mVAM
WFP is implementing food security surveys by mobile phone (mVAM) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
WFP’s first round of mVAM conducted by SMS in Sierra Leone seems to indicate that the Ebola outbreak affected household food security. The eastern districts of Kailahun and Kenema are worse off in terms of food security; these are the districts most affected by the Ebola outbreak. At the time of the last comprehensive survey in 2010, these eastern districts were the most food secure in the country. September data indicates that many people are switching to less preferred foods (e.g. from rice to cassava flour) or cutting back on the number of meals. Data also suggests that casual labour wage rates are much lower in those two districts than elsewhere in the country, which limits people’s ability to buy food. Food prices appear to be within usual ranges.