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Since April, WFP has been providing full food assistance to refugees in Dadaab, Kakuma and Kalobeyei. This return to 100 percent food assistance was gratefully received by refugees.

However, available funding will only allow WFP to continue to provide full food assistance until the end of August. From September, if new resources are not made available by donors, WFP will be compelled to stop its cash transfers to refugees. This will have a dramatic impact, particularly on refugees in Kalobeyei as their food assistance is provided in the form of cash transfers.

New funds are also required to continue to assist refugees in Kakuma and Dadaab with in-kind food from November onwards.

Overall, WFP requires US$9.4 million to ensure full food assistance to refugees, of which US$6.6 million is required for cash transfers.

New contributions for both food and cash transfers will need to be received during July for assistance to be continued beyond September.

WFP gratefully thanks European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) for the US$8.6 million donation to fund cash transfers.

Nutrition activities to prevent moderate acute malnutrition in refugees currently reach 48,000 children and pregnant and breastfeeding women monthly. Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in refugees covers 9,000 women and children per month. These activities are fully funded until the end of October.