Situation in Numbers Highlights

On 30 May UNICEF RRMP (Rapid Response to Movements of

Population) partner IRC (International Rescue Committee) launched

an emergency vaccination campaign to immunize 66,823 refugee and

host family children aged between 0 and 59 months against polio and

59,752 between 6 and 59 months against measles.

Uvira territory, where the majority of refugees are living, is a cholera-

endemic area. No cases have yet to be reported among the refugee

population. UNICEF and Oxfam have set up 10 chlorination points

along rivers and lake areas where refugees and host community

members are getting water.

UNICEF and partners have assisted the integration of 1,800 refugee

children into primary schools in Uvira and Fizi territory.

The Common Humanitarian Pooled Fund will allocate up to 3 M USD

to national and international NGOs for the Burundi refugee response

with a focus on WASH, NFI/Shelter, Education, and Nutrition.

Next week, UN agencies will be finalizing proposals to CERF for funds

to cover four months of activities focusing on gaps in Health, Nutrition,

Food Security, Protection, and Logistics; UNICEF will submit

proposals in Health/Nutrition and Protection.

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9,932 Burundian refugees have arrived in South Kivu since the beginning of the crisis; 8,799 (89%) are living with host families.

629 refugees have been relocated to the Lusenda site since the start of relocation activities on 1 June.

2,386 refugees is UNHCRs target for relocation by mid-June. The total capacity of the site is 5,000 people. UNHCR and government authorities are looking at options for a second site. 15-20% of refugees are not favorable to relocation according to UNHCR relocation intentions surveys.

190 families (455 people) are living in precarious conditions at the Luvungi spontaneous site in Uvira territory. 30 families (80 persons) are living in classrooms in Lubarika.

9 unaccompanied children have been placed in temporary foster care by UNICEF partner, AVREO

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For more information Pascal Villeneuve, Representative, pvilleneuve@unicef.org Aude Rigot, Chief of Emergencies, arigot@unicef.org Yves Willemot, Chief of Communication, ywillemot@unicef.org

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Summary Analysis of Programme Response

Health and nutrition

From 30 May to 3 June, UNICEF and its RRMP partner, IRC conducted an emergency vaccination campaign

aimed at immunizing 66,823 refugee children and host family children aged 059 months against polio and

59,752 between 659 months against measles. The campaign covered 28 health areas in the health zones of

Fizi, Nundu, Lemera, Ruzizi, Uvira and Nyangezi.

Access to quality health care for refugees and host families: Free medical assistance via RRMP started

on 30 May in Luvungi health center 2, Mulongwe and Bwegera. Coordination with other health actors is under-

way with the likelihood that UNICEF and IRC will expand the RRMP response to other health structures.

Management of severe acute malnutrition: 225 cartons of RUTF / PNNP, 30 cartons of therapeutic milk

have been made available to government partner, PRONANUT, for the care of up to 1,096 malnourished. On 2

June, IRC started training nutrition care providers to begin nutritional screening and care activities in Luvungi,

Katokota, Lubarika (Lemera health zone) and Nazareno (Ruzizi health zone).

UNICEF has pre-positioned to the refugee influx areas 2,000 litres of Ringer Lactate and 15,000 litres of oral

rehydration salts (ORS) for cholera treatment and enough medicines to treat 2,000 malaria patients.

Essential medicines and supplies for treatment of another 9,000 people have also been pre-positioned in the

area.

Monitoring activities: IRCs RRMP health teams have deployed in all six health areas for monitoring ac-

tivities in the supported structures.

WASH

As part of a cholera prevention campaign, on 2 June, UNICEF and Oxfam opened 10 chlorination points in Uvi-

ra territory where there are the highest concentrations of refugees and host families. Six of the chlorination

points are on the rivers of Mulongwe, Kavimvira and Kalimabenge while four others are on the shores of Lake

Tanganyika.

Education

UNICEF has assisted more than 1,800 Burundian refugee children to be integrated in 35 schools in Fizi and

Uvira territories. In partnership with sub-provincial Ministry of Health partners, exam fees were paid for 85 repat-

riated Congolese children (previously refugees in Burundi) to take the end of primary studies exam or ENAFEP

on 4-5 June. Once refugees are relocated to Lusenda, accelerated learning classes will be organized for chil-

dren who followed Burundian curriculum.

Child Protection

Nine unaccompanied children have so far been placed in foster families under the supervision of

UNICEF partner AVREO. Working together with UNHCR and ICRC, coordination mechanisms have been put

in place with child protection actors and border authorities at strategic crossing points in order to rapidly identify,

register, and assist unaccompanied and separated children. UNICEF partner AVREO has the capacity to pro-

vide interim care to 130 children using a network of 50 foster families trained and equipped to provide care and

assistance to children until they are reunified with their families. Although children constitute an important part of

the refugees arriving, to date the vast majority of them are accompanied by family members or community

members, although some of them are under the responsibility of young adults (19-20 years old).

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