Announcement - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$11 million from USAID, on behalf of the American people. This additional funding brings USAID's total support for refugees in Uganda to nearly $83 million since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2023.
Kampala — The United Nations World Food Programme has welcomed a contribution of US$11 million from USAID, on behalf of the American people. This additional funding brings USAID's total support for refugees in Uganda to nearly $83 million since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2023. The funding provides life-saving unconditional monthly general food assistance to over 1.3 million refugees across 13 settlements in Uganda .
Many of the newly arriving refugees are fleeing conflict in South Sudan, DRC, Somalia, and Sudan, reaching the border on foot or by bus. Despite a progressive asylum refugee support policy, refugees in Uganda have limited livelihood opportunities to sustain themselves and continue to depend on humanitarian assistance, yet the gap between the needs and funding availability has grown steadily.
In the face of limited resources and following extensive consultations with refugees and key stakeholders, WFP is now prioritising the most vulnerable refugees for food assistance. WFP supports 1.3 million out of 1.6 million refugees in Uganda with monthly food and cash assistance. Refugee households categorised as extremely vulnerable receive 60 percent of a standard food ration.
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