refugees during 2014 with the existing modality of electronic food card ... WFP/TRC officially expanded the e-Food Card
TURKEY: RRP6 MONTHLY UPDATE - MAY
FOOD SECURITY
19 camps (out of 22) implement a joint WFP/TRC e-
NEEDS ANALYSIS:
Food Card Programme.
Provision of food assistance in camps (and if requested by the Government to vulnerable Syrians outside of camps) is considered to be a key priority of the response, as it is life-saving and prevents immediate risk of harm to health.
MAY HIGHLIGHTS:
The entire population living in camps is expected to be vulnerable and will be assisted with a monthly ration of 80 Turkish Liras per person from WFP and GoT. In addition, assistance will be extended to some of the most vulnerable Syrians, living outside of camps in Turkey, with a pilot programme, if requested by Government. This population will be selected based on need and only households that are highly vulnerable to food insecurity will be targeted.
WFP/TRC officially expanded the e-Food Card Programme to three more camps: Beydagi camp in Malatya, Elbeyli camp in Kilis and Akcakale camp in Sanliurfa, bringing the total number of camps implementing the joint programme to 19, with a total beneficiary caseload receiving food assistance in camps over 195,000 Syrians. With the newly expanded programme, WFP contributes 60 Turkish liras per person per month on the WFP/TRC e-food card and AFAD contributes 20 Turkish liras for food allowance on their e-Card which brings the total amount provided to each refugee per month to 80 Turkish liras. Until now in these camps, AFAD had fully funded the food security programme. Further expansion of the cost-sharing modality of the e-Food Card Programme is planned to include Nusaybin and Viransehir camps in June. In May, direct transfers to beneficiaries' e-Food cards in refugee camps amounted to about US$ 6.7 million. * T* There are approximately 217,000 Syrians living in 22 camps across Turkey. Through its e Food Card Programme with TRC, WFP is currently reaching 120,000 Syrians in 14 of the 22 camps in Turkey. In early February, WFP will fully expand to Ceylanpinar and cover an additional 20,5000 beneficiaries. here are approximately 217,000 Syrians living in 22 camps across Turkey. Through its e-Food Card #Programme with TRC,byWFP is currently reaching 120,000 Syrians in 14 of the 22 camps in of Syrians assisted e-Food Card Programme Turkey. In early February, WFP will fully expand to Ceylanpinar and cover an additional 20,5000 beneficiaries. # of beneficiaries
Key intervention areas include:
A Syrian woman making bread- Kahramanmaras camp / WFP 2014
The Government of Turkey takes the lead role for determining and implementing assistance provided to Syrian refugees, through the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD). AFAD reports spending 3 billion USD on the Syrian Refugee Response in Turkey.
Provision of assistance to the full estimated camp population of 300,000 refugees during 2014 with the existing modality of electronic food card assistance. Provision of food assistance for vulnerable Syrians living outside of camps in Turkey through a mechanism to be worked out between GoT and WFP. Through collaboration between GoT and FAO, implementation of a microgardening project, with the objective of improving refugees’ diet through a holistic approach that takes into account production, preparation and composition of nutritious food.
PROGRESS AGAINST TARGETS:
250000
Refugees in Camps
Refugees outside camps
Host communities & others
End-2014 Target
197,630 200000
0
Syrians outside of camps receiving food assistance
140,097
150000 118,875
141,409
138,488
100000
Syrian families who receive horticulture training
50000
2,000
0
0 Jan-14
Feb-14
Mar-14
Apr-14
May-14
Syrians inside camps who receive food assistance
0%
Leading Agencies: WFP - Jean-Yves Lequime, Senior Liaison Officer:
[email protected]; Christina Hobbs, WFP Emergency Programme Officer:
[email protected]; Mustapha Sinaceur, FAO Representative in Turkey:
[email protected]; Felicia Mandy Owusu, UNHCR Snr. Programme Officer:
[email protected].
10%
20%
30%
40%
300,000
0
197,630
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Targets based on expected population of 1,000,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey by end-2014. There are currently 765,563registered refugees in Turkey.
