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KIGALI, Rwanda <\/strong><\/p>\n

The European Union, United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and World Food Program (WFP) have signed an agreement to cooperate in the implementation of a project aimed at helping refugees in Rwanda and host communities achieve self-reliance in meeting their basic needs, the organizations said Thursday.<\/p>\n

The three-year project to support 3,200 refugee families and 800 host community families will be financed through \u20ac10 million ($11.5 million) in funding from the EU, according to a joint statement.<\/p>\n

Interventions will include the delivery of physical toolkits and targeted cash payments as well as tailored training in entrepreneurship or climate-smart agriculture techniques in five refugee camps.<\/p>\n

It will also maximize its sustainable, long-term impact by, for example, providing key support to village savings and loans associations.<\/p>\n

Martin Seychell, deputy director-general at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships, said the initiative is a concrete demonstration of the EU’s support to Rwanda’s ambitions to enable refugee households to move from aid dependence to self-reliance.<\/p>\n

“This new initiative further strengthens our longstanding engagement in the Great Lakes region and reflects our broader commitment to the humanitarian\u2013development\u2013peace nexus, which is more essential than ever in a context of increasing pressure on limited resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Close to 20% of refugee households should advance towards economic inclusion.<\/p>\n

Rwanda currently hosts over 136,000 refugees, the majority from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi, according to latest UNHCR data.<\/p>\n

Many have relied on humanitarian aid for years.<\/p>\n

Officials said by embedding refugee support within Rwanda\u2019s development plans and linking beneficiaries to markets and financial services, the new project offers a replicable model for durable solutions.<\/p>\n

Ritu Shroff, the UNHCR Representative in Rwanda, said the move \u201creaffirmed something fundamental: that refugees and host communities alike deserve the opportunity to live dignified, productive and independent lives \u2014 and that with the right support, they absolutely can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rwanda\u2019s refugee sustainable graduation strategy aims to help 50% of refugee households in the country transition from dependence on humanitarian assistance to sustainable livelihoods by 2030.<\/p>\n


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