AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Peru - Flow Monitoring Tacna and Puno, Q2 2022

UNHCR Peru undertakes flow monitoring of Venezuelan refugees and migrants to analyze their movement dynamics at the border, their protection needs and vulnerabilities.
For the most part, families in transit are walking or asking for hitchhiking and crossing the borders using irregular routes, which increases protection risks along the way. The analysis of this information contributes to the design of responses to mitigate these protection risks.
The results are not statistically representative and should be considered as a general indicator of the trends.


Tags: logistics, protection, transportation
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Chad - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) KAP - BAGA SOLA 2021

This dataset contains WASH KAP survey data from interviews conducted on 406 Households in Nov 2021 in the refugee camp of Dar Es Salam hosting above 17000 refugees in the area Baga Sola in Chad. As part of its core protection mission, the UNHCR provides Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and other persons of concerns (PoC) and adequate shelters in humanitarian emergency settings. The UNHCR and the wider humanitarian community are more in favour of settlement solutions that offer a seemingly normal life to forcible displace population, other than camps, sites, or settlements. In a well-designed camp, displaced people do not have to walk too far to get food, water, or medical care. Water points and latrines are well-lit and close to homes so that girls and women, especially, will not be exposed to danger. All these arrangements are as well done to prevent the spread of hygiene and sanitation-related diseases in camps. To monitor this important situation the UNHCR regularly organizes Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Knowledge, Aptitude, Practises (KAP) surveys that monitor the WASH indicators.

Tags: food security, health, livelihoods, nutrition, protection, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Chad - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) KAP - BAGA SOLA 2019

This dataset contains WASH KAP survey data from interviews conducted on 818 Households in November 2021 in the refugee camp of Dar Es Salam hosting above 17000 refugees in the area Baga Sola in Chad. As part of its core protection mission, the UNHCR provides Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and other persons of concerns (PoC) and adequate shelters in humanitarian emergency settings. The UNHCR and the wider humanitarian community are more in favour of settlement solutions that offer a seemingly normal life to forcible displace population, other than camps, sites, or settlements. In a well-designed camp, displaced people do not have to walk too far to get food, water, or medical care. Water points and latrines are well-lit and close to homes so that girls and women, especially, will not be exposed to danger. All these arrangements are as well done to prevent the spread of hygiene and sanitation-related diseases in camps. To monitor this important situation the UNHCR regularly organizes Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Knowledge, Aptitude, Practises (KAP) surveys that monitor the WASH indicators.

Tags: food security, health, livelihoods, nutrition, protection, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Chad - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) KAP - GOZ BEIDA 2022

This dataset contains WASH KAP survey data from interviews conducted in January 2021 in three (03) refugee camps of Djabal, Goz-Amir and Kerfi in Goz Beida in Chad. As part of its core protection mission, the UNHCR provides Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and other persons of concerns (PoC) and adequate shelters in humanitarian emergency settings. The UNHCR and the wider humanitarian community are more in favour of settlement solutions that offer a seemingly normal life to forcible displace population, other than camps, sites, or settlements. In a well-designed camp, displaced people do not have to walk too far to get food, water, or medical care. Water points and latrines are well-lit and close to homes so that girls and women, especially, will not be exposed to danger. All these arrangements are as well done to prevent the spread of hygiene and sanitation-related diseases in camps. To monitor this important situation the UNHCR regularly organizes Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Knowledge, Aptitude, Practises (KAP) surveys that monitor the WASH indicators.

Tags: food security, health, livelihoods, nutrition, protection, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Chad - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) KAP - GOZ BEIDA - Jan 2021

This dataset contains WASH KAP survey data from interviews conducted in January 2021 in three (03) refugee camps of Djabal, Goz-Amir and Kerfi in Goz Beida in Chad. As part of its core protection mission, the UNHCR provides Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and other persons of concerns (PoC) and adequate shelters in humanitarian emergency settings. The UNHCR and the wider humanitarian community are more in favour of settlement solutions that offer a seemingly normal life to forcible displace population, other than camps, sites, or settlements. In a well-designed camp, displaced people do not have to walk too far to get food, water, or medical care. Water points and latrines are well-lit and close to homes so that girls and women, especially, will not be exposed to danger. All these arrangements are as well done to prevent the spread of hygiene and sanitation-related diseases in camps. To monitor this important situation the UNHCR regularly organizes Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Knowledge, Aptitude, Practises (KAP) surveys that monitor the WASH indicators.

Tags: food security, health, livelihoods, nutrition, protection, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Kyrgyzstan - Results Monitoring Survey 2023

The UNHCR Results Monitoring Survey (RMS) is a household-level survey on persons of concern (PoC) to UNHCR directly or indirectly assisted by UNHCR, including refugees and asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, returnees, stateless and others of concern. The objective of the survey is to monitor impact and outcome level indicators on education, healthcare, livelihoods, protection concerns, shelter, and water and sanitation. The results contribute to an evidence base for reporting against UNHCR’s multi-year strategies to key stakeholders.

The RMS can be implemented in any operational context. A standard structured questionnaire has been developed for the RMS, which can be conducted as a stand-alone survey or flexibly integrated with other data collection exercises. The data includes indicators collected at both the household and individual (household-member) level, and results are statistically representative.

Tags: education, health, livelihoods, nutrition, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Central African Republic - Protection Incidents Monitoring - Individual - Q4 2022

UNHCR continuously collects data on incidents for protection monitoring in the Central African Republic as the lead in the protection cluster. This dataset contains incidents reported on victims in the 5 prefectures of Haute-Kotto, Kemo, Nana-Gribizi, Ouaka and Ouham in the Central African Republic between October and December 2022. Protection incidents were continuously collected throughout the year by UNHCR partners INTERSOS, leveraging their network of community relay and protection committees across the 5 prefectures. A total of 2296 incidents allegedly perpetrated on individuals between October and December 2022 are recorded in this dataset.

Tags: health, protection
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Tajikistan - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Cash-Based Intervention 2022

THE CBI PDM Household Survey was conducted in Tajikistan in January 2023. Tajikistan hosts the largest number of refugees in Central Asia, predominantly from neighbouring Afghanistan. While some progress has been achieved in areas such as access to health and education for refugees, livelihoods and self-reliance, though, continue to pose a challenge. As the result of Covid-19, refugees faced a myriad of challenges, including the loss of daily incomes and livelihoods to cover basic needs such as rent, food and health care. For refugees in Tajikistan, who largely rely on daily work, the impact of Covid 19 has been devastating as it has led to widespread unemployment. As a response measure, UNHCR jointly with its NGO partner provided Covid-19 cash assistance to 183 refugee households over the course of six months. The results from this survey suggest that cash assistance provided as an immediate measure to support vulnerable refugee households has had a positive impact on the lives of the respondents. Cash assistance predominantly has been spent to cover food, medicines and rent costs.

UNHCR uses Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) as a mechanism to collect refugees' feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization and effectiveness of the assistance items they receive. The underlying principle behind the process is linked to accountability, as well as a commitment to improve the quality and relevance of support provided, and related services. UNHCR increasingly uses Cash-Based Interventions (CBIs) as a preferred modality for delivering assistance, offering greater dignity and choice to forcibly displaced and stateless persons in line with UNHCR's core protection mandate. In order to ensure that the cash assistance provided meets the intended programme objectives and that desired outcomes are achieved, UNHCR conducts regular post-distribution and outcome monitoring with a sample or all of refugee recipients.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, livelihoods, needs assessment, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Afghanistan - Social-Economic Vulnerability Assessment 2022

UNHCR through REACH/IMPACT Initiative, conducted a Socio-Economic Vulnerability Assessment (SEVA) in 47 Priority Areas of Return and Reintegration (PARRs) across the country. To understand the current status of reintegration for displaced groups prior to Co-PROSPER implementation in the PARR districts, REACH/IMPACT Initiative conducted a baseline evaluation of the 50 newly selected PARR locations across four different dimensions: 1) community leadership inclusivity, 2) community relations and stability, 3) strengthening public services and equitable access, and 4) livelihood and economic outlook. Indices were created to determine a baseline for these four key objectives.
The assessment covered 6,067 HH interviews in 47 PARRs and targeted refugee returnees, IDPs, IDP returnees and host communities. In addition, Neighborhood Maps (nMaps) were developed to identify key infrastructure and services in each PARR.

Tags: facilities-infrastructure, livelihoods, shelter
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Afghanistan - Protection Monitoring 2021

The people of Afghanistan are facing a humanitarian, human rights and protection crisis. The numbers are overwhelming: 97% of Afghans could potentially plunge into poverty by mid-2022 and half the country’s population is in need of humanitarian assistance. Following the record displacement of nearly 700,000 people in 2021, some 9.2 million IDPs and returnees remain in some form of displacement and in need of support to return where possible. These staggeringly high levels of displacement are fueling a range of protection risks, particularly for undocumented Afghans returning to the country, including those deported from neighbouring countries. 
  Massive economic contraction along with crisis in banking and financial system, severe drought and rising food prices, has meant people have resorted increasingly to negative coping strategies. Despite the significant decrease in the overall level of conflict and number of civilian casualties following the changes in the political environment since 15 August 2021, threats to the civilian population in Afghanistan persist including the killing and injury of civilians, high levels of explosive ordnance contamination, forced displacement, gender-based violence and violations against children.
  The report was prepared in collaboration with six partners undertaking protection monitoring: DRC, IOM, IRC, NRC, CORDAid and UNHCR, using the data collected in 2021 from 37,258 households.

Tags: needs assessment, protection
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Afghanistan - Voluntary Repatriation 2022

UNHCR monitors refugee returnees through the process of Voluntary Repatriation to Afghanistan. As part of this process, UNHCR interviews refugees willing to return to Afghanistan at the Voluntary Repatriation Centers in the country of asylum, monitors the return condition through household-level interviews at the Encashment Centers in Afghanistan and follows up on the returnees' situation in the areas of return one to six months later through phone surveys. Upon return to Afghanistan, returnees are assisted at four Encashment Centers with a cash grant to support their immediate humanitarian needs and transportation costs.
This dataset is from household interviews at the Encashment Centers. Other datasets from Encashment Centers are available for each year from 2010 to 2022. The objective of the interviews is to record details on the returnee households and family members including the amount of cash grant received.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, needs assessment
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Jordan - Quarterly assessment of the socio-economic situation of refugees, Q1-Q4 2022

The quarterly assessment of the socio-economic situation of refugees monitors changes in refugee vulnerability in Jordan over time. Using the results of the 2022 Vulnerability Assessment Framework (VAF) study as a baseline, this series collect information repeatedly from the same refugee families on a quarterly basis to examine variations at the household level for the following sectors: economic vulnerability (including livelihoods), food security, shelter, WASH and health. Since Q3 2022, the assessment has been expanded to include refugees from the two main Syrian refugee camps: Azraq and Zaatari.

Tags: food security, health, livelihoods, needs assessment, protection, survey
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Niger - Cash-based Intervention Post-distribution Monitoring in Tillabery Region of Niger in 2021

Cash-based intervention (CBI) is one of the protection activities conducted by the UNHCR to deliver assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers and returnees. Post-distribution monitoring (PDM) surveys generally follow CBI to assess whether the intended program objectives were met. The current dataset contains 203 observations of PDM survey microdata collected in December 2021 from refugees in 3 sites of the Region of Tillabery in Niger. The data represents a sample of the 1493 households that received a total of 134 Millions in local currency(XOF) from the UNHCR by means of money transfer. The refugees camps of Abala, Ayerou and Ouallam are those concerned by this activity.

Tags: cash voucher assistance-cva, protection
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Thailand - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Non-Food Items, 2022

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to mitigate the spread of the disease, UNHCR Thailand MCO procured Non-Food Items (NFI) items, namely soap, cloth masks and hand sanitizers, and distributed to vulnerable refugees who resided in the 9 camps along the border of Thailand-Myanmar. Additionally, blankets were procured and distributed to every household in 4 camps in Mae Hong Son province during the winter. These items were distributed in the second half of 2021 to first half of 2022. Following the distributions, UNHCR conducted the Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) in the 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2022 to collect refugees’ feedback on the distribution process and suitability of the items for further improvement in the future. The methodology used to determine sample size for this PDM exercise was the scientific method, with sample sizes calculated based on a confidence level of 90% and confidence interval of 5% and the results were entered into KOBO. The overall feedback received was satisfactory. About 98% of respondents faced no challenges in traveling to the distribution points to receive the items. 79% of the respondents reported receiving sufficient NFIs and 95% of respondents stated that the item quality was good.

Tags: health, needs assessment, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Bangladesh - Results Monitoring Survey (Bhasan Char Needs Assessment) - 2022

Since December 2020, the Government of Bangladesh has led the establishment of refugee facilities on the island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal and the delivery of relief services in partnership with civil society organizations. Currently nearly 27,000 Rohingya refugees live on Bhasan Char. With the continuous increase of the population on the island through relocations of Rohingya refugees from Cox’s Bazar, it has become imperative to have a more comprehensive view of the needs and capacities of the population on the island. Against this background, a joint multi-sector assessment was implemented by REACH under UNHCR leadership with the following objectives: 
(1) to provide a comprehensive baseline of refugee population needs on Bhasan Char; 
(2) to inform an evidence-based prioritisation and resource allocation to effectively plan and design programming activities around; 
(3) to harmonise data collection efforts to avoid duplication of efforts and resources, minimise intrusion into the lives of beneficiaries, and maintain compatibility, quality, and comparability; 
(4) to provide the basis for a joint multi-stakeholder needs analysis and interpretation process.
The survey found that almost all households (99%) reportedly faced challenges living on Bhasan Char, and almost two thirds (62%) would not recommend a relocation from Cox’s Bazar to Bhasan Char. Furthermore, the respondents information needs were not met, which included information on how to find work (as reported by 46% of households as an information need), how to visit Cox’s Bazar (39%), how to get food (31%), and family reunification (29%), what is happening in Myanmar (23%) and possible returns to their place of origin (20%). Almost 1 in 5 households (18%) reported areas considered unsafe by women and girls in their community, most commonly WASH facilities (75%)

Tags: education, facilities-infrastructure, health, livelihoods, protection, shelter, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Bangladesh - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Shelter Materials, 2021

More than 900,000 Rohingya refugees are living in extremely congested camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Since their arrival in Bangladesh, they have been dependent on humanitarian aid for their survival, including food, core-relief items, shelter and other basic services. Having provided households with initial shelter kits upon arrival, UNHCR is now supporting families providing the necessary materials to maintain their shelters and cover basic needs. From January to the end of August 2021, UNHCR distributed Upgraded Shelter Kits (USKs) consisting of muli-type2 and borak-type* bamboo poles, rope, plastic tarpaulins, sandbags and toolkits to 90,569 families. UNHCR conducts Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) to collect refugees’ feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization, and effectiveness of the assistance we provide, which helps improve and adapt the services as per the refugees’ needs. For this PDM exercise, a mixed methodology incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods was used. By qualitative method, FGD (Focus Group Discussion) disaggregated by gender and age were conducted with recipients of shelter material in 16 camps. 23 groups discussions for shelter material recipients took place between 03 and 20 October 2021. The PDM survey found that shelter materials distributed by UNHCR and partners generally met the declared household needs and the minimum quality standards as approved by the Bangladesh Shelter/NFI Sector in Cox's Bazar. The respondents rated the overall quality of NFI items as good with a score of 4.26 with an average 94% of respondents rating them good or very good which is a decrease of 0.14 compared to last year PDM. All shelter material items were found useful by 99.50% of respondents.

Tags: facilities-infrastructure, needs assessment, non-food items-nfi, populated places-settlements, shelter, transportation
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Bangladesh - Post-Distribution Monitoring of Non-Food Items, 2021

More than 900,000 Rohingya refugees are living in extremely congested camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Since their arrival in Bangladesh, they have been dependent on humanitarian aid for their survival, including food, core-relief items, shelter and other basic services. From January to the end of August 2021, UNHCR distributed 726 Core Relief Item kits to newly arrived refugee families. Each such kit includes tarpaulins for shelter construction, a kitchen set, blanket, jerry can, bucket, sleeping mat and solar lamp. UNHCR conducts Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) to collect refugees’ feedback on the quality, sufficiency, utilization, and effectiveness of the assistance we provide, which helps improve and adapt the services as per the refugees’ needs. For this PDM exercise, a mixed methodology incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods was used. By qualitative method, FGD (Focus Group Discussion) disaggregated by gender and age were conducted with recipients of NFI in 16 camps. 49 groups discussions for NFI recipients took place between 03 and 20 October 2021. The PDM survey found that items distributed by UNHCR and partners, including NFI items, WASH Hygiene kits, Female Hygiene kits and LPG generally met the declared household needs and the minimum quality standards for NFIs as approved by the Bangladesh Shelter/NFI Sector in Cox's Bazar. LPG, NFI, WASH and female hygiene kit distribution has considerably improved from last year’s PDM with an average of 97% satisfied with the organisation of the  distribution. 81% of respondents reported receiving enough quantity of NFI which represents 4% decrease compared to last year.

Tags: health, needs assessment, water sanitation and hygiene-wash
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency
Central African Republic - Protection Incidents Monitoring - Individual - 2021

UNHCR continuously collects data on incidents for protection monitoring in the Central African Republic as the lead in the protection cluster. This dataset contains incidents reported on victims in 12 of the 15 prefectures of the Central African Republic through the year 2021. Protection incidents were continuously collected through the year by UNHCR partners INTERSOS and COOPI, leveraging their network of community relay and protection committees across the 12 prefectures. A total of 6499 incidents allegedly perpetrated on individuals from January to December 2021 are recorded in this dataset.

Tags: health, protection
Organization: UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency