WFP Rwanda Country Brief, October 2020
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US$1,042,983.42 m cash-based transfers made
US$11 m six months (November 2020-April 2021) net funding requirements, representing 70% of total
134,227 people assisted in October 2020
Operational Updates
Refugee Assistance: WFP reached 134,227 people with food assistance in October, including 75,172 Congolese refugees, 59,039 Burundian refugees, and 16 returnees.
School feeding activities planned to resume in November following the Government’s decisions to re-open higher primary and secondary schools.
The voluntary repatriation of Burundian refugees continued in October. Since 27 August 2020, 3,729 individuals from 1,269 households have repatriated.
According to UNHCR planning figures, an estimated 8,000 Burundian refugees are expected to repatriate by the end of 2020, and an additional 40,000 by the end of 2021. Refugees repatriating received hot meals while in camp transit centers with WFP food commodities, and a packed lunch