The Contribution of Food Assistance to Durable Solutions in Protracted Refugee Situations: its impact and role in refugee camps in Rwanda (2007-2011) - A Mixed Method Impact Evaluation Commissioned Jointly by UNHCR & WFP

Publication language
English
Pages
30pp
Date published
01 Oct 2012
Type
Impact evaluation
Keywords
Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM), Food security, Nutrition, Forced displacement and migration, Recovery and Resillience
Countries
Rwanda
Organisations
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR)
Link
http://documents.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/tor/wfp239581.pdf

The second in a series of four, this evaluation found that the overall contribution of food assistance for Congolese refugees living in camps in Rwanda to achieving intended outcomes was mixed. Food insecurity remained problematic. Global acute malnutrition rates were below alert levels, however chronic malnutrition rates were beyond the humanitarian threshold for ‘critical’. Significant changes to programme approaches to avoid chronic food insecurity and chronic malnutrition and to develop a way forward to achieve durable solutions were recommended.