World Food Programme reveals 80.8 billion FCFA needed to sustain food assistance.

This was while receiving food commodities supported by the United States. 

We gathered the consignment was made of 30 metric tons of CSB++, a specialised nutritious food used in WFP programmes to support children under five affected by moderate acute malnutrition.

The purchase of the consignment was carried out in collaboration with the United State, US Embassy in Yaounde. We gathered that it will be distributed to the Adamawa, East, and Far North Regions, where food insecurity and malnutrition remain critical.

WPF disclosed that the delivery highlights the continued importance of the Douala Corridor as a reliable humanitarian logistics gateway for Cameroon and the wider Central and West Africa region.

In a post on its social media pages, the World Food Programme disclosed that since 2021, more than 455,000 metric tons of food have moved through the Douala Corridor, providing life-saving assistance to vulnerable communities. 

According to WFP, between 2022 and 2025, support from the U.S. Department of State of over 100 million USD has enabled WFP to deliver food and nutrition assistance to crisis-affected populations across six regions of Cameroon, while also strengthening supply chains and humanitarian response capacity.

The humanitarian organisation as added that as humanitarian needs continue to rise, WFP requires 146.2 million USD over 80.83 billion FCFA to sustain food and nutrition assistance in Cameroon through 2026.

It ended by disclosing that without sustained funding, more than 500,000 vulnerable people risk losing access to life-saving assistance in the coming weeks.

This article was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3689 of Friday January 30, 2026