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In Numbers
- 160,043 people reached
- USD 704,460 cash-based transfers (CBT) distributed USD 12.2 million six months (Feb. 2025 – Jul. 2025) net funding requirements
- 266.803 mt of food distributed
Operational updates
Emergency preparedness and response
• In January, ongoing insecurity in eastern DRC forced hundreds to seek refuge in Rwanda. In response, WFP helped partners deliver immediate food assistance to 4,315 displaced people and facilitated the evacuation of over 3,700 UN staff and their families through Rwanda.
• While the situation remains volatile, WFP supported the pre-positioning of food commodities through its logistical corridor to ensure continuity of humanitarian assistance in North & South Kivu, as well as for a potential influx of up to 20,000 people into Rwanda.
• WFP, in partnership with the Ministry of ICT and MINEMA, hosted an Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) workshop, supported by WFP’s Global ETC team. The workshop led to the development of Rwanda's first Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for emergency telecommunications readiness and response.
Refugee operation
• To address immediate food and nutrition needs, WFP provided food and nutrition assistance to 127,747 individuals, including 113,451 refugees and registered asylum seekers, 5,631 unregistered asylum seekers, 8,379 host community children attending the same schools as refugee children, and 286 Rwandan returnees who received three months of take-home food assistance in the form of cash transfers.
• WFP distributed a total of USD 704,460 enabling targeted refugees and returnees to purchase food of their choice. Furthermore, WFP provided USD 7,082 as school feeding contribution to schools that host refugees, and 178 mt of food commodities to asylum seekers and households enrolled in nutrition programmes. Additionally, around 10,334 individuals benefitted from Social and Behaviour Change Communication for Nutrition (SBCC-N) interventions.
Nutrition
• WFP supported the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) in supervising nutrition assessment and counseling for HIV patients in 159 health facilities. Over 30 hospital-based nutritionists and RBC staff facilitated on-the-job capacity building to enhance and sustain HIV nutrition services.
• WFP and Sight and Life, as Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) Rwanda conveners, supported NCDA in organizing a January 2025 executive committee meeting to plan 2025 activities. A technical session followed to review and pre-validate the plan before submission to the National Food, Nutrition, and WASH Technical Working Group for validation.
• As part of efforts to expand and strengthen partnerships, WFP met with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to explore potential areas of collaboration, including providing technical assistance to the SBN to mobilize private sector support for nutrition and supporting the government in implementing key policies such as NST2, PSTA5, Nutrition and Family Promotion, and others.
School Feeding
• In January 2025, WFP provided daily nutritious meals to 32,296 students in 32 schools across 3 supported districts (Kayonza, Burera and Gasabo) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and district authorities. These meals enhance learning, improve nutrition, and boost school attendance.
• WFP and MINEDUC organized a workshop to upgrade the School Data Management System (SDMS) with new indicators. This will allow schools to share procurement needs with the districts, manage commodity stocks, and monitor both cash and in-kind parent contributions by improving information sharing and accountability.
Participants developed a plan for the next steps, which included piloting the upgraded SDMS and training end users.
Food Systems
• WFP in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) hosted a consultative workshop for the RomeBased UN Agencies' (RBA) joint programme to decrease post-harvest losses in Nyagatare district. The collaborative effort, supported under the joint Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Fund for food systems window, aims to improve food security, boost food availability, and promote sustainable agriculture practices.
• WFP and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) hosted a workshop on financial inclusion tools and partnerships for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and farmers. The WFPUNCDF Rwanda Bridge, a lending facility, helps financial institutions mitigate risk by offering credit guarantees, enabling MSMEs in key food value chains to access affordable financing, create jobs, and strengthen food security.
• WFP and the Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) hosted two workshops, one regional (East Africa Community) and one national, to review and validate fortification standards. The workshops, which brought together government, academia, non-governmental organizations, and business sector participants from Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Somalia, sought to review and harmonize nutrition and foods for special dietary standards across countries.
• WFP expanded its partnerships by signing a Field Level Agreement (FLA) with Stichting Nederlandse Vrijwilligers (SNV) under the Farm to Market Alliance programme to support cooperatives and farmer service centers in strengthening market linkages and food value chains. This aligns with the Government’s food systems objectives under the PSTA5.