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Angola - Lovua refugee settlement general food distribution management, May 2021

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BACKGROUND

Lovua Refugee Settlement is located in Lovua District, Province of Lunda Norte, Angola. It currently hosts 6,752 refugees/ 1,658 HHs displaced from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the aftermath of the Kasai 2017 crisis.
Refugee population settled in Lovua and registered with UNHCR receive WFP food assistance through the General Food Distribution (GFD) is conducted jointly by WFP and its partner,
World Vision International. UNHCR supports in providing lists of beneficiaries according to its registration records as well as in addressing any protection-related concerns regarding entitlement to food assistance.
The current assessment was conducted by UNHCR to complement WFP's efforts on post-distribution monitoring vis a vis protection risks, satisfaction levels, concerns and coping mechanisms.

METHODOLOGY

The General Food Distribution Assessment ("GFD assessment") was a rapid survey deployed in Kobo platform with questions developed for household level. Enumerators randomly targeted adult refugees after queuing to collect WFP food at both GFD sites in Lovua Settlement in May 2021. Sampling used according to Age-Gender, Diversity approach, with 95% ....and 3%.

617 HHs individuals interviewed

350 females and 267 males interviewed

211 female headed HHs and 260 male headed HHs interviewed

27 elderly headed HHs interviewed

573 registered HHs and 42 unregistered HHs (WFP vulnerable list)

98% of refugees surveyed are the main collector of food