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STORY: DJIBOUTI / REFUGEE AID
SOURCE: FILE
TRT: 01:06
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: FILE
FILE – UNHCR - 4, 5 DECEMBER 2010, LOYADA BORDER POINT, ALI ADDEH REFUGEE CAMP AND OBOCK COASTAL DEPARTURE POINT FOR MIGRANTS, DJIBOUTI
1. Aerial shot, Loyada border point, Ali Addeh refugee camp
2. Various shots, refugees crossing border into Djibouti
3. Various shots, refugees walking in HCR local office
4. Various shots, mother and her children
5. Med shot, woman meeting a UNHCR representative.
6. Tracking shot, woman walking out
7. Various shots, Ali Addeh refugee camp
Vital funding from the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) has allowed the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide cash assistance this year for 13,000 refugees from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea who live in the Ali-Addeh and the Hol-Hol camps, and top-up funds provided toward the end of the year allowed WFP to quickly extend this support to 4,000 asylum seekers who recently arrived from Ethiopia.
The approach offers flexibility and food choices through a combination of monthly food rations and cash distributions. The refugees receive money transfers provided by ECHO, which allows families to buy the food they prefer at local stores.
With support from other donors, WFP also provides monthly in-kind rations of staple foods, as well as specially designed fortified supplementary foods for malnourished children and other groups at risk.
ECHO support allowed WFP to establish the cash-and-food initiative in October 2014, and continued funding from ECHO has enabled WFP to sustain the innovative mixed assistance package for refugees since then.
ECHO’s support for the initiative has proved to be crucial for meeting daily food needs of the most vulnerable refugees and combating malnutrition. Moreover, it has boosted the local economy and helped foster income-generating activities, such as small businesses, which are managed by local operational partners.
Through ECHO funds, WFP has also set up a biometric verification process in all refugee camps in Djibouti in order to reduce irregularities and increase the effectiveness of the assistance provided to those in need.
