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In liaison with the Nutrition Cluster coordination team, the Nutrition Cluster focal point contributes to: To support this effort, WFP Afghanistan, in collaboration with the Nutrition Cluster, is looking for a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast paced context to fill the position of Nutrition Cluster Focal Point who will be expected contribute to the efforts of the Nutrition Cluster team in the coordination of the implementation of the Nutrition intervention package under the Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP). The Nutrition Cluster is scaling up its nutrition intervention package to reach at least 4.8 million individuals with a malnutrition treatment and prevention package to complement the efforts of other sectors such as food security, health, education among others, in averting the humanitarian crisis. Preventing and mitigating a drastic increase in malnutrition will only be achieved through a scaled up and sustained integrated nutrition response. These are all demonstrated by the high food insecurity reports indicating that more than 80 percent of the population have insufficient food consumption with increasing levels of malnutrition both in urban and rural location. The country is witnessing a transition in its political context which coincides with a loss of livelihoods due to conflict and the COVID 19 pandemic effects, reduced access to adequate health and nutrition services. The rapid decline of health sector amidst economic crisis is compounded by high level of food insecurity across the country, and outbreak of disease such as measles and acute watery diarrhea. In Afghanistan, food and nutrition situation of women and children remains poor and continues to worsen, with about 4.8 million children and women expected to need nutrition assistance in 2022. WFP, through the CSP, is continuing to scale up emergency activities nationwide and mainstreaming the crosscutting issues of gender equality and women’s empowerment, protection, and accountability to affected populations, the CSP focuses on six, highly interrelated outcomes that span both SDG 2 and 17 (partnering for the goals). The overarching goal of the WFP Afghanistan Country Strategic Plan (CSP) is to support the country to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 in a manner that also contributes, wherever possible, to the broader, longer term transition to peace and development.

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The 2017 Afghanistan Zero Hunger Strategic Review (ZHSR) found that the country suffers from high, and in some cases rapidly rising, levels of food insecurity and undernutrition, and outlines a series of recommendations to address the problem. However, a complex and protracted conflict, combined with challenges related to climate change, demographics, gender inequalities, underemployment, and transparency issues, has dramatically impeded its efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG 2 on Zero Hunger. With rich natural resources, and a young and diverse population, Afghanistan has the potential to stabilize and make significant progress on the 2030 Agenda. In conflict situations, we bring relief to exhausted populations and use food assistance to build pathways to peace and stability – work for which WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.

The packet of support can include food, cash, or vouchers.

The assistance provided by WFP includes emergency food assistance, school meals, nutrition programmes and important self-reliance and resilience programmes. The team of 600 staff, 550 of which are Afghan nationals are working tireless to bring emergency food and nutrition assistance to the millions of people suffering across the country. The combined effects of drought, conflict, COVID-19, and the economic crisis, have severely affected lives, livelihoods, and people’s access to food. More than half the population of Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people – will face acute food insecurity in 2022. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. We are committed to promoting diversity and the principle of equal employment opportunity for all our employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of religion or belief, ethnic or social background, gender, gender identity and disability. Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis. WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

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