UNHCR Ethiopia | Update #6 | Resumption of General Food Distributions for Refugees in Ethiopia 08 Nov 2023

Document Type:	Reports , Updates , Situation Reports / Updates
Document Type:	English
Publish Date:	10 November 2023 (1 year ago)
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UNHCR Ethiopia | Update #6 | Resumption of General Food Distributions for Refugees in Ethiopia 08 Nov 2023

Document Type:	Reports , Updates , Situation Reports / Updates
Document Language:	English

Following the lift of the food pause by USAID on 29 September, UNHCR, WFP and its Cooperating Partner: and Ethiopia’s Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) jointly prepared for the food distributions in all refugee camps and sites in Ethiopia. This was conducted as per the segregated roles in the new Memorandum of Understanding signed by RRS, UNHCR and WFP. Across Ethiopia, there are 31 refugee locations targeted by the General Food Distribution (GFD), including 21 camps, five settlements, three sites, and two transit centres, where 878,320 are dependent on food assistance out of the total of 946,6821 refugees hosted in the country. As of 08 November, 11 480 mt of food has been dispatched of which, 7 330 mt was delivered across all regions in Ethiopia representing 64% of total dispatch. Presently 6,796 mt of food (93%) was delivered to 25 camps.