The WFP emergency officer based in Bafata is working with local committees for humanitarian coordination in both Bafata and Gabu. Local government officials and humanitarian agencies (mainly WFP, ICRC, Caritas/Guinea Bissau, the Guinea Bissau Red Cross Society, Evangelical church and ADPP) are taking part in these committees.

Distribution agreements have been made by WFP with ICRC for the distribution of WFP food in Bafata city to 1,054 families (around 7,300 beneficiaries) for one month - distributions to be through Caritas and the local Red Cross; and with ADPP (a Norwegian NGO) for distribution in Oio (controlled by rebels) and Gabu regions, to 34,000 beneficiaries for one month. These distributions, in total, amount to 206 tons of maize, 124 tons of CSB and 33 tons of vegetable oil