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UK aid contributes £3m to help feed Burundian refugees in Uganda, Rwanda

JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer by JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer
January 22, 2020
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Refugees queue up for meals at one of UNHCR’s shelters (PHOTO/File)

KIGALI/KAMPALA — DFID has provided £3 million (US$3.8 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to help improve the food security of Burundian refugees in Mahama Camp in Eastern Rwanda and Nakivali Camp in Western Uganda.

UK Aid money has helped to avert cuts in refugees’ rations and in reinstating cash-based transfers to all camp residents.

WFP uses a hybrid model of cash and in-kind food assistance to support the Burundian refugees in Mahama and Nakivaali

Cash enables refugees to purchase food of their choice at markets in or around the camp, improving their dietary diversity and supporting the local economy.

With DFID’s support, WFP can also continue providing highly fortified nutritious foods to the most vulnerable in Mahama and Nakivaali to improve their nutritional status.

These include children under two years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers, as well as people living with HIV/AIDS and patients with tuberculosis who are on treatment.

As a result of such nutrition support, child stunting was cut from 46 percent in 2015 to 25.5 percent in 2019 and wasting went from 10.3 percent to 2.3 percent in the same time period.

Head of DFID Rwanda, Sarah Metcalf, said:

“I am delighted that UK Aid has been able to help support the vital work of WFP on nutrition and protection for refugees in Rwanda”.

WFP Rwanda Representative and Country Director, Edith Heines said:

“This contribution enables WFP to continue to reach the most vulnerable women, girls, boys and men in Mahama with life-saving food and nutritional assistance”.

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