Annual Country Report 2024: Burundi. Country Strategic Plan 2024-2027

Annual Country Report 2024: Burundi. Country Strategic Plan 2024-2027

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2024.

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115 p.

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Through humanitarian food assistance, WFP reached approximately 59,000 refugees and asylum seekers in camps and transit centers, over 20,000 Burundian returnees, and 384,000 people affected by climatic shocks. Due to funding constraints, WFP adjusted its food rations, with refugees receiving 70 percent of their rations from January to July, 50 percent in August, and 75 percent from September to December. Over 3,000 metric tons (MT) of in-kind food and USD 5 million were transferred to the assist refugees and asylum seekers. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, WFP supported the implementation of the government-led school feeding programme, which incorporated a food systems transformation approach. This initiative prioritized local food procurement from smallholder farmers, benefiting both women (55 percent) and men. Over 700,000 school children received nutritious meals and USD 3.9 million was transferred to smallholder farmers through local food procurement, thus supporting agricultural development and enhancing the sustainability of the school feeding programme.

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