THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD
$5,000,000.00 CAD
- Department
- Global Affairs Canada
- Program
- —
- Recipient country
- Kenya
- Fiscal year
- 2011-2012
- Agreement period
- August 16, 2011 – December 31, 2012
- Project status
- Closed
- Reference
- CA-3-M013577001
Published purpose
(9 August 2011) Kenya now hosts more than 500,000 refugees from Somalia in camps in Dadaab and Kakuma. Successive waves of Somali refugees have arrived in Kenya since the fall of the Siad Barre regime in 1991, fleeing the ongoing violence and, most recently, the effects of drought and famine in southern Somalia. As Kenyan law precludes refugees from living, farming, or working outside of the refugee camps, this growing population remains totally reliant on international humanitarian assistance. With Canadian support, the World Food Programme (WFP) is helping to meet the ongoing food assistance needs of the Somali refugee population living at Daddab and Kakuma. In addition to blanket food distribution, WFP operates several other programmes (such as food for work and school feeding) to help protect livelihoods and promote education (particularly for otherwise neglected girls) amongst the refugee population.
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Canada provided $5 million to the World Food Programme to support food assistance for Somali refugees in Kenya, including blanket food distribution, food-for-work, and school feeding programs.
Category: Foreign Aid Development Primarily funds activity outside Canada
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