Ehsaas and World Food Programme (WFP) inked a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to extend the Ehsaas Nashonuma programme currently from 15 districts to all Tehsils of Pakistan.
David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme and Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar SAPM witnessed the MoU signing ceremony.
Country Director WFP Pakistan, Chris Kaye and Secretary Ismat Tahira formally signed the MoU. Speaking on the occasion, David Beasley stated, “I highly commend Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision and commitment to address the issue of stunting in children across Pakistan.
Other countries can also learn from it.” He also congratulated the PM on the success of the programme. “Ehsaas Nashonuma is undoubtedly playing a transformative role to tackle stunting in children and transforming their lives as according to the estimates 40 out of 100 children in Pakistan are stunted”, David Beasley lauded further.
Dr. Sania termed Ehsaas’ partnership with WFP remarkable and thanked the WFP leadership and country team for their assistance in the programme design, roll out and national scale-up.
In her remarks, Dr. Sania said, “Prime Minister Imran Khan in his first speech to the nation had highlighted the key issue of stunting and committed to addressing it. Therefore, in line with our PM’s vision, Ehsaas rolled out a nutrition conditional cash transfer programme, Ehsaas Nashonuma in partnership with the WFP.”
Chris Kaye, Country Director WFP Pakistan assured full support for the national scale-up of the programme.
