WFP Kenya - Refugee Operation Resourcing Update (23 Dec 2016)

WFP provides food assistance to refugees in Kenya as a combination of cash transfers and food distributions. From December, insufficient funding has forced WFP to cut rations by half for the 430,000 refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma camps. WFP urgently needs US$23.4 million to cover general food distributions and cash transfers

for its refugee operations from January to June 2017.

Funding for cash-based assistance will be exhausted by the end of January if new resources do not become available. Ration cuts, particularly if severe and prolonged, have serious consequences on refugees’ food consumption, nutrition and health.