WFP Uganda
Country Brief, July 2024

In Numbers

55%45%

1,536,578 people assisted in July 2024
4,433 metric tons (mt) of food assistance distributed
USD 3.303 million in cash-based transfers
USD 149 million six months (Aug 2024 – Jan 2025) net
funding requirements.

Operational Updates

Operational Context

Food Assistance to refugees:
Uganda has a longstanding history of hosting refugees. Uganda• In July, WFP reached 500,940 refugees with 3713 mt of in-kindhosts over 1.6 million refugees, mainly from South Sudan,
food assistance and disbursed USD 3.2 million in Cash Based
Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi who are currently
Transfers (CBT) to 803,487 food insecure people in Uganda.
residing in the country. Despite Uganda’s agricultural potential• WFP also provided nutrition support to children, as well as
and significant exports, its food insecurity levels remain classified
pregnant and breastfeeding women. This included distribution ofas ‘serious’ by the 2019 Global Hunger Index which indicates that439 mt of specialised nutritious foods under the Maternal Child
Ugandans consume 400 kcal less than their daily need.
Health and Nutrition (MCHN) programme reaching 81,597
Malnutrition is widespread across the country with 29 percent ofpeople. Additionally, through the Targeted Supplementarychildren under the age of 5 years stunted and 53 percent are
Feeding Programme (TSFP), 8,130 women and children received
anaemic and at risk of not reaching their full mental and physicalnutrition support to treat moderate acute malnutrition.
potential.
WFP’s Country Strategic Plan 2018-2025 has 6 strategic outcomes
which are fully aligned with national development policyobjectives, including Uganda’s Vision 2040 and the Third National
Development Plan (NDP III). Through the CSP, WFP addresses theroot causes of food insecurity and malnutrition by supporting
the refugee response and strengthening social protection
systems. WFP assistance is provided through direct
implementation, evidence generation, knowledge sharing andcapacity strengthening as well as building strategic partnerships,
including through the South-South and Triangular Co-operation.

Financial Literacy and Scaling up of Digital Cash-BasedTransfers (CBT):• By the end of July, WFP had successfully transitioned 72 percent
of its entire general food assistance caseload (82,828households) to cash assistance including digital cash delivery
channels such as mobile money or agency banking. With thescale-up of mobile money, 10,608 households (52,530 people)
received assistance through mobile money during the July cycle.
New enrolments are ongoing with plans to introduce mobilemoney to new refugee settlements.
• In July, 83,751 households receiving in-kind food assistance weretrained on digital and financial literacy training with a second
cycle planned to commence in August. This is in line with WFP'srefugee financial inclusion strategy seeking to enhance refugees’
access to financial services and products as well as to better
manage their limited financial resources.

Social Protection and System Capacity Strengthening

Income Level: Lower-middle

Population: 45.7 million

2021 Human Development
Index: 161 out of 191

Stunting: 29 percent ofchildren between 6-59
monthsContact info: Swalehe Masoud (swalehe.masoud@wfp.org)
Country Director: Abdirahman Meygag (abdirahman.meygag@wfp.org)
Further information: https://www.wfp.org/countries/uganda
Photo Caption: A cook preparing a hot meal for Refugees and Asylum Seekers inKiryandongo Refugee Settlement courtesy of WFP.
Photo credit: WFP/Moses Oguti.

• WFP provides technical assistance to the Government instrengthening policy frameworks and beneficiary assistanceinformation systems for social protection. In July, WFP provided
technical support in the validation of key social protection
policies and frameworks including the National Shock Responsive
Social Protection Framework, the Assessment Report on ShockResponsive Social Assistance Grant; and the Social Protection
Communication and Advocacy Strategy. Additionally, WFP
supported the Government in developing the NutriCash
Management Information System.
• In partnership with the Government, WFP successfully oriented
stakeholders from district and settlement of Koboko and Yumbeon the Pilot Social Cash Transfer for Elderly Refugees. The Pilot
aims to include 500 elderly refugees, aged 80 years and above,
into the national social pension (senior Citizen’s Grant).

* Figures on people reached are based on estimation methodologies.

WFP Country Strategy
Country Strategic Plan (2018-2025)
Total Requirement(In USD)

1.94 bAllocated Contributions(in USD)

Six Month Net Funding
Requirements (in USD)

1.18 b149 mStrategic Result 1: Everyone has access to food
Strategic Outcome 1: Refugees and other crisis affected people in Uganda
access adequate and nutritious food in times of crisis.
Focus area: Crisis responseActivities:• Provide food and nutrition assistance and promote financial inclusion ofrefugees.
• Provide food and nutrition assistance to crisis-affected households
Strategic Outcome 2: Food insecure populations in areas affected by climate
shocks have access to adequate and nutritious food all year.
Focus area: Resilience building
Activities:• Provide technical assistance to the Government, women and men
participating in community-level asset creation projects and strengthen thenational social protection system to deliver livelihood and resiliencebuilding programmes.
• Provide nutritious hot meals to children attending school and technicalassistance to the Government through South–South cooperation, forincreased national ownership
Strategic Result 2: End malnutrition
Strategic Outcome 3: Children aged 6-59 months in food-insecure areas
have acute malnutrition rates in line with national targets by 2030.
Focus area: Root causes
Activities:• Provide specialized nutritious food and nutrition-sensitive interventions topopulations at risk
Strategic Result 3: Smallholder productivity and income

To

Strategic Outcome 4: Smallholder farmers, especially women, in targetedareas have enhanced and resilient livelihoods by 2030.
Focus area: Root causes
Activities:• Strengthen the capacity of the Government in post-harvest management
and link smallholder farmers to markets.
Strategic Result 5: Capacity strengthening
Strategic Outcome 5: Institutions have increased capacity to coordinate andmanage food security and nutrition programmes and respond to shocks by2030.
Focus area: Root causes
Activities:••

Strengthen the capacity of selected national and subnational
institutions and their underlying systems to provide direct income
support.
Strengthen the capacity of selected national and subnational
institutions and their underlying systems to respond to shocks

Strategic Result 8: Global partnerships
Strategic Outcome 6: Humanitarian actors have access to cost-efficient
supply chain services when needed.
Focus area: Crisis response
Activities:• Provide supply chain services and expertise to enable all partners to deliverhumanitarian assistance.

WFP Uganda Country Brief
July 2024• Through WFP's Child Sensitive Social Protection Programme, WFP
held engagements with government officials at the district level toplan and align strategies for extending Social Behavioural Change
Communication (SBCC) and for building capacity for householdsupport groups in the West Nile sub-region. Following this,training on Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) was
conducted to support efforts in integrating nutri-cash savings into
the care group approach, aimed at enhancing financial literacyand stability.

School Meals Programme (SMP)• In July, WFP conducted a physical headcount in all the 315 schools
participating in the school feeding programme across theKaramoja sub-region to plan and allocate resources for the third
term of 2024. Following this, WFP plans to reach approximately
169,596 learners (89,866 male and 79,730 female).
• In July, WFP monitored schools producing orange Fleshed Sweet
Potatoes (OFSP) as part of the Home Grown School Feeding
Programme. During these visits, WFP checked on the progress ofvines distributed in April 2024 and offered guidance on
incorporating the upcoming harvest into school meals tosupplement the food that WFP will supply in the third term.

Nutrition• WFP implements integrated nutrition programmes in the
Karamoja sub-region focusing on the treatment of moderate acutemalnutrition (MAM) and the promotion of kitchen gardening in the
Karamoja sub-region. In July, WFP supported 3,068 pregnant andbreastfeeding women and girls, and 4,158 children with 34 mt ofspecialized nutritious foods to help them recover from moderateacute malnutrition. In addition, WFP supported deworming,
Vitamin A supplementation and antenatal services reaching 1,923
adults, 1,115 children under five and 161 pregnant and breastfeeding women respectively.
• WFP collaborated with health facilities to deliver 57 nutrition andhealth information sessions reaching 6,030 caregivers (195 male,5835 female), 58 Village Health Team members and 22 Healthworkers. These sessions focused on meal preparation, growthmonitoring and prevention of malnutrition in children.

Agriculture and Market Support (AMS)• To enhance knowledge and agricultural practices of smallholder
farmers (SHF) for improved livelihoods and income, WFP
facilitated 47 farmers (24 female and 23 male) from refugee
hosting districts and Karamoja sub-region to take part in theannual National Agricultural Show, themed "Innovating Pathways
to Farm Business Led Agro industrialization,". Throughinteractions with model farmers and agribusiness companies,
participants gained insights into various skills and technologies
including Post Harvest Management equipment such as threshers
and chippers, while learning about a range of agro input products
such as seeds. The Small Holder Farmers also leveraged theplatform to market their products ranging from ground nuts,beans, sunflower seed oil, soybeans, maize to apiary products.

Donors (in alphabetical order)
Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, European Commission,Italy, Japan, Norway, Private Donors, Republic of Ireland, Republic ofKorea, Sweden, UN CERF, United Kingdom, and USA.