A write up based on the pathetic condition of refugees in the refugee camp. Based on the given indicators :
. No privacy . Torn clothes . No sufficient food . Malnutrition . Dirty surroundings . Lack of livelihood . Insecure life
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Executive Summary
Introduction:
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Executive Summary
Introduction:
This Global Strategy Report is the product of two independent international food security and
nutrition experts hired by UNHCR and WFP to develop a global strategy to address acute
malnutrition rates in protracted refugee situations1
. This report represents the global aspect of
a three part mission that assessed and reviewed the food security and nutritional situation in
Kenya and Ethiopia between the 17th of November and the 17th of December 2005. The two
country reports2
can be obtained from UNHCR/WFP Headquarters. The mission and
subsequent reports came out of a concern by both UNHCR and WFP over high malnutrition
rates including micronutrient deficiencies (hidden hunger) among refugee women and
children. Continuing gaps in the provision of food to meet all of the refugees’ daily needs,
including macronutrient and micronutrient requirements, and provision of related non-food
needs, are unwelcome realities in many operations throughout the world. As such, a joint
UNHCR/WFP session on malnutrition was held during UNHCR EXCOM in October 2005
where the worrying trends and consequences of increasing acute malnutrition amongst
refugees in selected camps were discussed in-depth.3
In the opening statement to the
EXCOM, the High Commissioner Antonio Guterres said that tackling malnutrition would be
a priority goal for UNHCR in 2006, a sentiment seconded by the Executive Director of WFP,
James Morris.
“Many refugees in Africa and Asia live in a unique harsh environment for extended
periods while being heavily dependent on continuous international food, and other
forms of assistance, often confined to camps. The international support needed to
sustain their basic livelihoods has not always been forthcoming. These situations create
precarious nutrition and protection situations.”
Oluseyi Bajulaiye, Deputy Director of UNHCR Africa Bureau, EXCOM Nutrition
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Consequently, prevention of malnutrition in refugee settings is included in the UNHCR High
Commissioner’s strategic objectives of 2006, 2007-2009.
In preparation for the mission, the Country offices of UNHCR/WFP in Ethiopia and Kenya
drafted their own papers to assess the current problems surrounding malnutrition and
examining specifically the use of complimentary foods to address the nutritional crisis. This
mission was able to use those papers as a statement of many of the current nutritional and
technical issues overwhelming the country offices, and the papers provided a background to
and analysis of many of the issues addressed in this report.5
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Refugee situations that have existed more than five years. UNHCR EXCOM.
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Addressing High Malnutrition Rates in Protracted Refugee Situations: The Nutrition and Food Security
Situation in Selected Refugee Camps in Ethiopia: .A Joint UNHCR and WFP Mission from 2nd to 16th of
December, 2005 Corbett and Oman, January 2006 and Addressing High Malnutrition Rates in Protracted
Refugee Situations: The Nutrition and Food Security Situation in Selected Refugee Camps in Kenya: .A Joint
UNHCR and WFP Mission from 2nd to 16th of December, 2005 Corbett and Oman, January 2006
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TOR for the 2005 Mission
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TOR for the 2005 Mission
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Nutritional Strategy papers, UNHCR/WFP Kenya and Ethiopia, October/November 2005