WFP seeks USD40.4mn to end food crisis in Kenya refugee camps - Capital Business
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Children fetch water from a pond in the sprawling Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Food rations for refugees in Kenya are to be cut by half due to a shortage of funds, the United Nations says/AFP

Africa

WFP seeks USD40.4mn to end food crisis in Kenya refugee camps

NAIROBI, Kenya Sept 23 – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking USD 40.4 million in order to avert food crisis in Kenyan refugee camps after it was forced to cut down food rations of 440,000 refugees.

WFP Kenya Country Director Lauren Landis said the agency was forced to slash food supply for refugees in Dadaab, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei camps due to severe funding shortfalls.

“Low funding levels have left WFP no choice – this is the absolute last resort,” she said noting that food rations were reduced to 52 percent, as opposed to the minimum daily 100 percent required for a person.

Out of the additional funding sought, USD 23.9 million will be distributed to refugees in the form of cash transfers while another USD 14.3 million would be spent on food predominantly purchased in Kenya.

“USD 1.2 million would provide children under 5 and pregnant or breastfeeding mothers with specialized foods for the treatment and prevention of malnutrition, and USD 1million would feed school children across the camps,” the agency noted

WFP further warned that if no further financial aid is brought forth by the end of the year, it will be forced to stop offering any food assistance.

“This reduction will only enable WFP to stretch the remaining food and cash until December 2021, after which food assistance to all refugees will stop completely if further funds are not received,”  Landis added

 

 

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.

 

 

Advertisement

More on Capital Business

Africa

MOGADISHU, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) — The United Nations humanitarian agency said Monday it requires 1.6 billion U.S. dollars in response to the needs of...

World

MOGADISHU, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) — The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has joined forces with key stakeholders in Baidoa, the largest city of the...

World

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — UN humanitarians said on Thursday that they released 25 million U.S. dollars to jumpstart relief from the once-in-a-century...

Top Story

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 3 – The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has pledged to support the procurement process for MSMEs to support...

Climate

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) — Air pollution is a global emergency, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, urging the international community to...

World

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — UN humanitarians said on Tuesday they allocated 125 million U.S. dollars for underfunded relief operations in 14 countries...

World

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 14 – The United Nations voiced concerns Friday over the deadly violence surrounding anti-government protests in Kenya, including allegations of a...

Top Story

UNITED NATIONS, United States, July 14 – The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million people into poverty...