As part of the northwest flood response, WFP has transferred the third and final monthly unconditional cash entitlement of BDT 4,000 per household to 9,607 households through mobile banking.
For the October 2016 influx of undocumented Myanmar nationals, WFP has completed the second monthly cash-based transfer of Bangladesh Taka (BDT) 757 per person to 55,342 refugees.
Families with 1 to 3 members now receive rations once a month, households with 4 to 7 members twice a month and households with over 8 members receive two rounds of double rations per month. Rations have been increased from the seventh round to 30kg rice, 9kg lentils and 3 litres of vegetable oil to provide 2,100 kilocalories per person per day.
WFP has reached 829,400 Rohingya refugees with food assistance.
An estimated 655,500 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh from Myanmar since violence broke out in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State on 25 August 20172.
This assistance modality will increasingly replace in-kind distributions.
About 90,000 refugees are receiving food assistance through e-vouchers.
WFP is providing food assistance to the influx through the provision of a general food basket to families and SuperCereal to pregnant and nursing women and children under 5 years.
An estimated 655,500 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh since violence broke out in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State on 25 August 2017.
The WFP Level 3 Emergency Response for the refugee crisis in Bangladesh-Myanmar has been extended until 21 March 2018.