WFP Kenya Refugee Resource Update May 2017© WFP/Martin Karimi

| 1May 2017WFP Kenya Refugee Resource Update

©WFP/Martin Karimi

10.7 million

38.1 million

48.8 million

Resource Shortfalls (US$)

Fund Availability (US$)

Net Requirements (US$)

million38.1

million10.7

6 Month Resource Overview (US$)

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7 000 000

8 000 000

9 000 000

0Oct

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

8 480 096

8 188 766

7 436 038

5 163 925

4 938 303

3 898 929

38 106 057

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841 670

2 816 401

3 028 731

4 047 362

10 734 163

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Refugee Consolidated Food AssistanceGeneral distribution (food and cash), school meals and nutritionSix-month consolidated resource availability and shortfall

HighlightsSince April, the 420,000 refugees in Dadaab, Kakuma and Kalobeyei have been receiving full food assistance. In Dadaab and Kakuma this consists of an in-kind food basket and cash transfer representing 70 percent and 30 percent of their overall food entitlement, respectively. However, the 25,000 refugees in Kalobeyei settlement mainly receive cash transfers to meet their basic food needs.

WFP thanks the governments of Canada, China, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as European Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Operations (ECHO) and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) for their continued support. WFP is also grateful to the governments who have provided multilateral funds to the refugee programme.

The food pipeline for refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma camps is secure until the end of September.

The cash transfer pipeline for all refugees is only covered until the end of June.

From May, refugees will be receiving whole wheat as part of their food basket. To facilitate and support the cost of milling, they will be receiving an additional cash transfer of KES 5 (5 US cents) per kg of whole wheat. WFP expects the new commodity and the cash top up for milling will be appreciated by the beneficiary refugee households.

To ensure that adequate food assistance is regularly provided to all refugees in Dadaab, Kakuma and Kalobeyei until October 2017, WFP requires US$10.7 million. Of this, US$9.3 million is required for cash transfers. A resource shortfall for cash transfers will have serious consequences in Kalobeyei, where 95 percent of the refugees’ food assistance is provided as cash.

Nutrition activities for refugees are fully funded until October.

Thanks to new in-kind food contributions, the food pipeline for refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma camps is secure until the end of September.

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500 000

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2 500 000

3 500 000

4 500 000

2 000 000

3 000 000

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5 000 000

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Fund

s in U

S$

Jul AugMay Jun 2017

May

Jun

4 644 908

4 357 553

4 385 286

4 267 767

4 016 370

3 400 315

25 072 199

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-

-

-

-

627 007

627 007

2017

Shortfalls Vs Availability

Availability(US$)

Shortfalls(US$)

Refugee General Distribution (Food) Six-month resource availability and shortfall

Jul

Aug

Sep

Total

Sep Oct

Oct

May

Jun

2 712 876

2 736 766

1 934 913

-

-

-

7 384 555

-

-

841 670

2 816 401

2 856 218

2 803 128

9 317 416

2017

Shortfalls Vs Availability

Availability(US$)

Shortfalls(US$)

Refugee General Distribution (Cash) Six-month resource availability and shortfall

JulMay Jun 2017

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1 500 000

2 500 000

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s in U

S$

Jul

Aug

Aug

Sep

Oct

Total

Sep Oct

May

Jun

498 614

482 529

498 614

498 614

482 529

498 614

2 959 513

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-

-

-

-

-

-

2017

Shortfalls Vs Availability

Availability(US$)

Shortfalls(US$)

Refugee Nutrition Six-month resource availability and shortfall

100 000

200 000

300 000

400 000

500 000

600 000

0

Fund

s in U

S$

JulMay Jun 2017

623 698

611 918

617 226

397 544

439 404

-

2 689 790

-

-

-

-

172 513

617 226

789 739

2017

Shortfalls Vs Availability

Availability(US$)

Shortfalls(US$)

Refugee School and Vocational Meals,and Asset Creation Six-month resource availability and shortfall

700 000

600 000

500 000

400 000

300 000

200 000

100 000

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The cash transfer pipeline for all refugees (in Dadaab, Kakuma and Kalobeyei) is only covered until the end of June.

The pipeline for nutrition activities for refugees is fully covered for the next six months. Activities include treatment of moderate acute malnutrition and provision of a food supplement for targeted children under 5 and pregnant and breastfeeding mothers.

Activities covered under this funding include school meal programmes, food-for-assets programmes, food for training, food for people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and institutional feeding. These programmes are covered until the end of August.

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KENYA | May 2017

Refugees Grateful as New Donor Funds Allow WFP to Resume Full Rations

Sarah Johnson collects food at the distribution site in Kakuma. © WFP/Martin Karimi

After more than a year of ration cuts caused by a shortage of funds, the World Food Programme (WFP)

resumed the provision of full food rations to refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab and Kakuma camps in April.

“Since the beginning of this year, we have been living on one meal a day. That is the only way we could stretch the food supplies. And even then, we would still run out of food before the next distribution,” said Sarah Johnson.

Sarah Johnson arrived in Kakuma in 2014. She is 18 years old and is a part of a family of six that fled fighting in Bor, South Sudan.

“This time, the food will be sufficient. We won’t struggle as much,” said Sarah.

Announcing the resumption of full rations, WFP’s Country Director for Kenya, Annalisa Conte, urged donors to sustain the funding.

“…we are urging our donors to continue making new resources available

to enable us to carry on providing this much-needed food assistance for 420,000 people,” said Annalisa.

Eighteen-year-old Nyakuacya Chuol conveyed a similar message. Nyakuacya is the head of her family. She lives with three of her younger siblings and her 6-month-old daughter in Kakuma.

“Last month, we got very little food. Today, it is more. I can tell the donors that we appreciate them very much. It is a good thing that they have remembered us. We pray that they continue assisting us,” said Nyakuacya.

In Dadaab a 38-year-old mother of six, Fatuma Ahmed Osman, cannot hide her joy. She is among those that arrived in Kenya in 1992.

Hagadera refugee camp, one of the four camps making up the Dadaab complex, has been her home since her childhood. Fatuma is expecting her seventh child.

The 50 percent ration cuts followed the Kenyan Government’s announcement

that it would be closing the Dadaab camps. Many refugees like Fatuma read mischief in this coincidence.

“I was convinced that even the well-wishers had given up on us and that they were forcing us to leave,” said Fatuma. “It has been a difficult struggle.”

According to Fatuma, this was the longest and the worst ration cut she had experienced during her stay in Kenya as a refugee. And when the food was further reduced to half, she almost lost hope.

“I had to put on a brave face and work extra hard in order to provide for my family. My husband does not have a job. I started selling milk to supplement the little food from the distribution centre,” she explained.

Insufficient funding forced WFP to reduce the size of the food rations by 30 percent in June 2016 and to further deepen the cuts to 50 percent in December.

“I was overjoyed when I heard that we would start receiving full food rations. This is a sign that Allah has answered my prayers,” said Fatuma, lifting her hands towards the sky as a sign of gratefulness.

REFUGEE FOOD ASSISTANCE

Refugee Food Assistance |

A story worth telling!

1Kenya is home to over 400,000 refugees,

mainly fleeing conflict in South Sudan and Somalia.

2Almost all refugees depend solely on WFP’s

food assistance for their food. This is a general ration of cereals, pulses, vegetable oil, salt and a nutrient-enriched flour. In 2015, WFP introduced cash transfers to replace a portion of the in-kind food. This allows refugees to select a wider variety of food from markets, such as meat, milk, fruit and vegetables.

3Refugees in the recently established Kalobeyei

settlement, 25 km west of Kakuma, receive almost all of their food assistance as cash transfers. Kalobeyei is a model settlement that aims to promote integration amongst refugees and the local community.

Quick Facts |

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AustraliaAustriaBrazilCanadaChinaDenmarkEuropean CommissionFinland

FranceGermanyGreeceHungaryIsraelJapanLiechtensteinMultilateral

NorwayOPEC Fund for International Development

Private DonorsRepublic of ZambiaRussian FederationSaudi Arabia

SpainSwedenSwitzerlandUN CERFUnited KingdomUnited States of America

List of Donors in Alphabetical Order (Since 2011: PRRO 200174 and PRRO 200737) If you would like more information, please contact: daniel.dyssel@wfp.org or charisse.tillman@wfp.org in the Kenya office.

With new resources received since the beginning of the year, WFP is now able to restore the full food ration for all refugees from April to September. However, the funding currently available for cash

transfers – which make up 30 percent of the refugees’ food assistance – will last only until June.

The following donors (in alphabetical order) have announced new contributions

A Bamba Chakula trader shows off her wares in Kakuma. © WFP/Martin Karimi

Continued from Page 3 to WFP’s refugee operation in Kenya, allowing for the resumption of full-sized food rations: Canada (US$2.2 million), China (US$5 million), the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) (US$3 million), Germany (US$2.7 million as part of a multi-year contribution), Japan (US$2.2 million), Sweden (US$1 million), and the United Kingdom (US$5.1 million as part of a multi-year contribution). A US$22.5 million in-kind contribution from the United States has arrived in the country and is available for distribution.

Each month, WFP provides each refugee with a mix of food items – cereals, pulses, vegetable oil, and nutrient-enriched flour – and a cash transfer equivalent to a third of the minimum food requirement. The cash, sent through mobile telephones, allows refugees to buy food products of their choice from local markets.