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In Numbers
796,507 people assisted in February 2025
USD 1,354,573 cash distributed through cash-based transfers
1,102 mt of food assistance distributed
USD 37.58 m six months net funding requirements (April - September 2025)
Operational Updates
• Assistance to refugees: WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to 117,825 refugees and asylum seekers across five camps, one site, and two transit centers. Among them, were 31,813 children (6-59 months) and 4,713 elderly individuals (60+ years). 56,973 refugees in camps received hybrid rations of in-kind food and cash transfers, while 60,852 newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers in transit centres were provided with hot meals since their arrival in country. In February, WFP distributed 540 mt of in-kind food and USD 354,141 through cash-based transfers to the refugees.
• Assistance to returnees: WFP provided 4 mt of in-kind assistance to 75 Burundian returnees, including 20 children. Support included hot meals during their stay at transit centers and in-kind food to cover three months of food needs as part of a return package aimed at supporting their reintegration. Few returnees were received because repatriation was suspended since January due to the outbreak of the Marburg virus epidemic in the Ugandan and Tanzanian districts bordering Burundi • Assistance to those affected by climatic shocks: WFP provided assistance to 5,055 people affected by last year’s floods. The assistance included 40 metric tons of in-kind food and USD 39,102 in cash-based transfers. The recipients were primarily from the flooded Gatumba district, who had been relocated by the government to Gateri in Cibitoke province.
• Supplementation of moderate acute malnutrition: WFP provided 13 mt of specialized nutritious foods to 4,145 children aged 6-59 months for supplementation of moderate acute malnutrition across Cankuzo, Ruyigi, Muyinga, Ngozi, Kirundo, and Rutana provinces.
However, due to a shortage of specialized nutritious foods, moderately malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls did not receive supplementation in February 2025. To address malnutrition among the newly arrived Congolese refugees, WFP has moved its existing stock of specialized nutritious foods from Ngozi field office to be distributed in the refugee transit camps.
• Home-grown School Meals Programme: WFP provided locally procured school meals to 625,866 children, representing 84 percent of the total planned. In February, WFP distributed 505 mt of in-kind commodities, and disbursed USD 722,460 for local food purchases, sourcing commodities from local smallholder farmers and cooperatives. This initiative aims to improve children's nutrition, support their education, and boost local economies by engaging smallholder farmers.
• Social protection programme: The Merankabandi project implemented by the Government of Burundi and funded by World Bank, accelerates the enrolment of the most vulnerable refugee families hosted in refugee camps into the national social protection programme.
• In February, WFP distributed USD 190,204 through cash-based transfers to 38,080 refugees’ families. These transfers were complemented by training sessions on social behaviour change and entrepreneurship skills, to support the development of incomegenerating activities and improve the refugees’ financial autonomy and self-reliance.
• Food assistance for Mpox patients: In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, WFP is providing food assistance to MPOX patients, caregivers, and health care staff in eight isolation centers in the provinces of Bujumbura City, Bujumbura Rural, Gitega, Muyinga and Kayanza. In February 2025, Cooperating partners distributed hot meals worth USD 48,666 to 5,461 individuals