Attachments
In Numbers
164,135 people reached in December 2024
USD 714,268 cash-based transfers (CBT) distributed
USD 11.6 million six months (Jan. 2025 – Jun. 2025) net funding requirements
227.58 mt of food distributed
Strategic Updates
- During the annual Government of Rwanda-UN Joint Steering Committee meeting on 16 December 2024, WFP presented its Country Strategy Plan 2025-2029 (to be launched March 2025). The session brought together government officials, development partners, the private sector, and civil society to reflect on priority areas and strategize for ongoing collaboration. WFP's upcoming CSP aligns to the 2nd National Strategy for Transformation (NST2) and Vision 2025 and aims to ensure food security and nutrition for all people in Rwanda.
- WFP Rwanda presented its draft Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for 2025-2029 to the WFP Executive Board during an informal consultation also on 16 December. The plan focuses on enhancing food security, improving nutrition, and building resilience, particularly for displaced communities and smallholder farmers. It aims to support Rwanda’s development goals while addressing emerging challenges related to food systems, climate change, and socio-economic resilience.
Operational Updates
Refugee Operation
- To address immediate food and nutrition needs, WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to 128,235 people, including 114,093 refugees and registered asylum seekers, 5,451 unregistered asylum seekers, 8,379 host community children attending the same schools as refugee children, and 312 Rwandan returnees who received three months of take-home food assistance in the form of cash transfers.
- WFP distributed a total of USD 706,788 enabling targeted refugees and returnees to purchase food of their choice. Furthermore, WFP provided USD 7,480 as school feeding contribution to schools that host refugees and 172 mt of food commodities to asylum seekers and households enrolled in nutrition programmes. Additionally, around 3,897 individuals benefitted from Social and Behaviour Change Communication for Nutrition (SBCC-N) interventions.
- Since November 2022, insecurity in eastern DRC has led to the displacement of an increasing number of individuals. As of December 2024, 15,873 Congolese asylum seekers, along with a small group of Sudanese, have sought refuge in Rwanda.
Nutrition
- On December 1, WFP participated in World AIDS Day celebration in Rubavu District under the theme “End AIDS, My Responsibility.” Organized by Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), the event launched a six-month campaign to raise awareness about HIV and m-Pox, combat stigma, and mobilize resources to sustain progress in the fight against HIV and other viral outbreaks.
- WFP participated in the National Child Development Agency’s (NCDA) nutrition sector retreat in Rubavu, from 10-13 December, which brought together key government officials and development partners to plan for 2025 and beyond. As a key nutrition partner, WFP will serve on the technical team developing the costed implementation plan for the retreat's 22-point resolution on policy, research, funding, and monitoring.