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Rwanda

WFP Rwanda Country Brief February 2025

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In Numbers

  • In Numbers 162,705 people reached in February 2025
  • USD 708,740 cash-based transfers (CBT) distributed
  • USD 13 million six months (Mar. – Aug. 2025) net funding requirements
  • 258.321 MT of food distributed

Strategic Updates

• WFP and the Ministry in charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA) facilitated a south-south learning exchange and study tour for 15 representatives from Malaysia to Rwanda to share experiences in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM). This visit follows a similar one from Rwanda to Malaysia in 2023, which resulted in a long-term technical and south-south cooperation engagement in DRRM between both countries, with WFP acting as facilitator and partner.

• WFP, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) met as Rome-Based UN Agencies (RBAs) to discuss and review collaboration opportunities in support of the Government's priorities outlined in the National Strategy for Transformation (NST2, 2024- 2029). WFP took over as RBA Chair in 2025 from IFAD in 2024.

• In collaboration with MINEMA and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), WFP hosted a strategic workshop to review the 2025–2029 Refugee Sustainable Graduation Strategy of the Government of Rwanda. The workshop brought together a wide range of stakeholders, including national and international organizations, and discussions focused on advancing the self-reliance agenda and identifying practical pathways toward the durable graduation of refugees over the next five year.