Tag: Rations cuts

Refugees in the two Karenni Refugee Camps are set to face further cuts to their rations. In the past month, The Border Consortium (TBC), an NGO that supports provisions to the refugee camps along the border, has confirmed to residents of the camps that due to funding cuts they will be forced to further reduce rations, starting in August 2015. TBC has already confirmed that the new round of cuts will only affect rice and charcoal rations. The stark reality for refugees is that, due to previous cuts of basic food stuffs, any cuts other than to rice would leave the refugees with a diet that is not nutritious enough to survive on. Since the previous cuts, households are separated into different status groups. These are self-reliant, standard, vulnerable and most vulnerable households. The cuts will affect all but the most vulnerable households along with children aged between 6 months and 5 years. The cuts will mean that the first member of...