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Around the Region. Uganda Actors looking to support the refugee response LWF - Adjumani refugee settlement Child Protection – for foster families , People with Special Needs – Shelter , Latrines and Bathing Shelters. Rwanda
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Around the Region • Uganda • Actors looking to support the refugee response • LWF - Adjumani refugee settlement • Child Protection – for foster families, People with Special Needs – Shelter, Latrines and Bathing Shelters • Rwanda • WFP using mVisa in Gihembe Refugee Settlement – 3500 HHs • http://www.wfp.org/node/3566/3984/640272 • South Sudan • Restart of the cash working group • Increase in actors looking into cash transfers • LWF – Jonglei IDPs - shelter, food, seeds/tools
Around the Region • Somalia • Developing Social Protection Framework(s) for Somalia and designing a social safety net programme, which will contribute to the joint UN Resilience Strategy. UNICEF – to input into the process or share documents, please email Olivia Collins, ocollins@unicef.org • Ethiopia • Cash transfer working building momentum • Increases in refugee support • Kenya • TSF looking to partner on trial of backpack mobile equipment • Shifting food assistance in Kenya to Epayments - WFP • http://www.cgap.org/publications/case-study-shifting-food-assistance-kenya-e-payments
Around the Region DR Congo Concern in Masisi, NK is currently assisting IDPs and returnees (70%) and host families with voucher in open market (first installment 45$). Followed by unconditional cash transfers in multiple installments (3, 5 or 11, depending on the group) Mercy Corps in Rutshuru, Nord Kivu an Dungu, Oriental Province, is lunching the eVoucher, eTransferprogramme. Solidaiteswill be starting their activities in Nord Kivu and Oriental Province at the end of April.