West Africa: WFP Helps Half a Million People Recover From Loss and Damage With Climate Insurance in West Africa
Published on: Tuesday 14 February 2023
The United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) is preparing to support 490,000 people in Burkina Faso, The Gambia and Mali who were impacted by drought in 2022. WFP has received US$15.4 million worth of insurance payouts from African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited that will provide a cash transfer to affected people from March to May 2023, enabling them to recover from the impacts of drought, for example by buying food or supplementing incomes to avoid having to sell productive assets. "Communities in Mali co
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