World Food Programme Uganda Annual Country Report 2020

WFP provided assistance to 1,689,634 beneficiaries including 1,270,257 refugees and 419,348  nationals with life-saving and development assistance. In refugee programming, major achievements included the continuous provision of lifesaving assistance, achieved through constant operational adaptation to the pandemic, and acceleration of the use of cash-based transfers (CBT) in Southwest settlements. By the end of 2020, 92 percent of supported refugees in the Southwest received CBT rather than in-kind food assistance. To alleviate the pandemic's impact on the livelihoods of vulnerable urban refugees, and upon the Government's request, WFP also provided a one-time CBT distribution to 54,097 Kampala-based refugees. To prevent acute food insecurity, increase school attendance and improve academic performance, WFP provided school feeding in Karamoja, reaching 126,840 school children (96 percent of the annual target) in 311 primary and secondary schools. As schools closed due to the pandemic, WFP adapted programme activities and provided alternative Take-Home Rations for school children in lieu of school feeding.