Attachments
In Numbers
685,419 people assisted in March 2025
USD 949,614 cash transferred to refugees, returnees, people affected by climatic shocks, decentralized local food procurement for school feeding, and assistance for Mpox patients.
1,036.2 mt of food assistance distributed
USD 38.43 m six months net funding requirements (May - October 2025)
Operational Updates
• Assistance to refugees: WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to 118,104 refugees and asylum seekers across five camps, one site, and three transit centers through the distribution of 513 mt of in-kind food and USD 341,641 of cash-based transfers. Among them, the existing 60,054 refugees in camps received hybrid rations of in-kind and cash, while 58,050 newly arrived refugees were provided with hot meals on temporary reception sites.
• Assistance to returnees: WFP provided 0.2 mt of in-kind food assistance and USD 348 in cash to 45 Burundian returnees, including 12 children. Support included hot meals during their stay at transit centers and cash transfers to cover three months of food needs as part of a return package aimed at supporting their reintegration. The repatriation flow is slowly resuming after being suspended in January due to the outbreak of the Marburg virus epidemic in Uganda and Tanzania.
• Assistance to those affected by climatic shocks: WFP provided 37,685 people affected by climatic shocks in Kirundo and Rutana provinces with assistance in cash-based transfers worth USD 504,132.
• Supplementation of moderate acute malnutrition: Following a previous shortage of specialized nutritious foods, WFP resumed supplementation for moderately malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls. In March, WFP provided 38 mt of specialized nutritious foods to 2,297 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, and 5,313 children aged 6-59 months for supplementation of moderate acute malnutrition across Cankuzo,
Ruyigi, Muyinga, Ngozi, Kirundo, and Rutana provinces.
• Home-grown School Meals Programme: WFP provided school meals to 521,872 children, representing 70 percent of the total planned, distributing 485 mt of in-kind commodities to schools and USD 87,081 of cash-based transfers 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 providing a procurement market to local smallholder farmers. Less schoolchildren than planned were assisted due to food delivery challenges caused by ongoing fuel shortages in the country.
• 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. During the reporting period, cooperating partners distributed hot meals worth USD 16,412 to 103 individuals.