78 thousand refugees received food assistance during September
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The World Food Programme announced that about 78 thousand Syrian refugees in camps received food assistance during last September, while the program has begun preparations to resume monthly cash assistance, starting this October, for a category of the most vulnerable refugee families in host communities, after a six-month suspension due to a lack of funding.
According to the program's country brief for Jordan for September 2026, the value of cash transfer assistance during the month reached about 1.2 million dollars, while the program needs 42.4 million dollars over the next six months, from October 2026 to March 2027, to continue implementing its programs in the Kingdom.
The program explained that Syrian refugees in the camps received food assistance worth 21 dollars, equivalent to 15 Jordanian Dinars per person per month, which is a reduced level that covers only a portion of their food needs. The program continues to provide assistance to refugees in the Azraq and Zaatari camps, in parallel with preparations to temporarily resume cash assistance for a category of the most vulnerable families in host communities.
In the field of food security, the program cooperated with the Higher Council for Food Security to launch the first national awareness campaign to reduce food waste in Jordan, under the slogan "Value it, don't waste it," with the aim of promoting responsible consumption and reducing the economic, environmental, and social impacts of food waste.
The program also resumed, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the school feeding program with the start of the new academic year, benefiting about 510 thousand students in refugee camps and host communities, through healthy meals and date bars fortified with nutrients.
