COUNTRY STRATEGY
WFP has been working in Nepal since 1963 in response to frequent natural disasters, low agricultural productivity and slow economic growth. Fifteen percent of the country’s 26.5 million population remains undernourished, while school drop-out rates are as high as 30 percent. Within the Zero Hunger Challenge framework, WFP Nepal supports the Government of Nepal in strengthening the resilience of the most vulnerable communities by building long-term human capital and productive assets. While the 5-year Country Programme (CP) focuses on building social safety nets in nutrition, education and resilience for up to 492,909 people, WFP also continued to support 30,000 Bhutanese refugees (in 2014) living in eastern Nepal with food assistance through a Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO). WFP also assisted 80,000 people displaced by monsoon floods and landslides in 2014 through an Immediate Response Emergency Operation (IR-EMOP) in four mid-western districts. The operation was followed by an Emergency Operation (EMOP) that continued to assist up to 168,511 people in 2014. Additionally, WFP works to enhance the Government’s capacity to formulate and implement policies on food security, nutrition, education and emergency preparedness at the local, regional and central levels.