| Mission
Statement: |
As
a humanitarian aid organisation that uses food resources to
assist the hungry poor and the most vulnerable, we together
with our partners, will support the Government and people of
Rwanda in their policies, priorities and actions for alleviating
poverty, building self-reliance and saving lives. |
| Our Programmes: |
WFP
has played a pivotal role in the development and humanitarian
sectors in Rwanda since 1975. Initially, food was provided as
life saving emergency assistance to populations placed at risk
as a result of natural or man-made disasters. Since the genocide
in 1994, WFP has focused on providing relief assistance to populations
with immediate food assistance needs, while supporting a framework
for recovery and transition programmes to contribute to the
country’s gradual shift from emergency to the present
recovery and development phase. Within this framework, WFP food
assistance remains a key enabler in the process of development
in the country. WFP’s primary objectives in Rwanda are
to:
- assist the recovery process of the poor in targeted areas
by contributing to agricultural production and social and economic
infrastructure rehabilitation;
- improve the health and nutritional status of vulnerable
populations, mainly women and children;
- restore livelihoods and assets;
- contribute to sustaining refugees and returnees, and
encourage long-term solutions such as repatriation and resettlement;
- support self-reliance for HIV/AIDS-affected populations;
- contribute to increased primary school enrolment and
retention rates
WFP has also increased efforts in the advocacy of national
food security issues, including the establishment of a national
Disaster Management Unit within the Office of the Prime Minister.
WFP is playing a lead role in food needs and vulnerability
assessment, capacity building through training and empowerment
of local structures, and livelihood support to provide assets
to local communities.
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| Contacts: |
World
Food Programme
PO Box 1150
Kigali, Rwanda
Tel: 250 87611-15
Fax: 250 87620/21
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| Links: |
http://www.wfp.org |
United
Nations World Food Programme
