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WFP Rwanda Country Brief, September 2017

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Highlights

  • WFP continues to support a growing number of Burundian and Congolese refugees hosted in six camps in Rwanda.
    Additionally, WFP is building national capacity to design and manage home grown hunger solutions.

  • Despite generous contributions from donors, the refugee operation urgently requires USD 11.4 million to avert possible supply chain breaks expected at the end of November. WFP will most likely implement ration reductions starting November if additional resources are not forthcoming.

  • A new phase of the prevention of stunting programme under the Country Programme was not initiated at the beginning of the year because of funding shortfalls.

Operational Updates

  • In September, WFP extended cash transfers to the fifth camp – Mugombwa refugee camp. Cash transfers allow refugees to purchase food of their choice from local markets, using the multi-wallet smart cards, which include biometrics for identification checks.

  • In September, WFP provided food assistance to 254,900 people, including vulnerable host populations and refugees in camps through general distributions and cash transfers, nutrition interventions, asset creation activities and school meals programmes in food insecure areas. WFP transferred USD 659,390 to 71,442 camp based refugees. Under the country programme, WFP transferred USD 89,600 to 25,000 people participating in asset creation activities in the most food insecure areas.

  • WFP provided 1,554 mt of assorted food commodities to refugees in camps, to former Rwandans returning home, and to school children in food insecure districts of Nyamagabe, Nyaruguru, Rutsiro and Karongi.

  • WFP continues to support small-holder farmers in Rwanda, providing training and linking them with buyers and agriculture service providers, including banks and crop insurance companies.