Egypt - Proposal for a Grant of USD 0.5 Million for an Emergency Humanitarian Relief Assistance Amidst COVID-19

The present intervention concerns the Emergency Food and Nutrition Assistance to Support Vulnerable Population Amidst COVID-19 Outbreak in Egypt. Indeed, this virus situation in Egypt is quickly evolving. In situations of prevailing infectious diseases such as COVID19, high population density and poor hygiene are factors that spur the spread of the disease. The Bank intervention will seek to compliment on going activities by Government of Egypt to mitigate the negative effects of the virus pandemic on the population. This emergency assistance is aimed at filling some of the financing gaps by prioritizing critical interventions to ensure that no one goes hungry to ensure food security to all during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown that has left tens of millions of poor people struggling without livelihoods. Several priority interventions has been identified to be implemented in the short-term of which food relief is considered very important. The project comprises two main components, namely: (1) Provision of emergency food supply for informal sector workers who lose their livelihoods as a result of a lock-down related to COVID 19 and people with limited mobility and (2) Project Management.