The World Food Program has disclosed the presence of 4 million individuals, including displaced persons, in need of humanitarian assistance in Iraq due to security and climate-related impacts. According to a report by the program featured on Al-Sumaria News channel, the World Food Program has provided cash assistance to over 36,000 Syrian refugees and electronic vouchers to more than 3,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). The program also distributed multi-purpose cash assistance to over 7,000 returnees from Al-Jada’a camp without civil documents in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Nineveh, and the provinces of Wasit, Diyala, Al Anbar, Babil, and Salah al-Din.
The report further stated that the program offered assistance to over 1,800 pregnant and nursing women, as well as cash assistance to children aged 6-24 months in Al Muthanna Governorate to ensure their basic food security and nutritional needs.
It highlighted that there are 1.2 million internally displaced persons and 2.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance due to insecurity, lack of livelihoods, and the destruction or damage of homes, hindering people’s ability to return to their homes.
In February, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) in Iraq introduced the Humanitarian Transition Overview (HTO) on behalf of the Iraq Humanitarian Country Team. This initiative marks a shift from humanitarian response to development, focusing on the government’s role in providing basic services and protection, including for displaced and returnee populations. The HTO replaces the previous Humanitarian Response Plan and is part of the effort to transition to durable solutions for internally displaced persons (IDPs). The UN continues its commitment to supporting Iraq in these efforts
