Delighted to share The Forgotten Faces, featuring deeply moving and incisive poetry from the brilliant Peter Kidi and the artistic talent of Victor Ndula. Available here: www.lse.ac.uk/africa/asset... @africaatlse.bsky.social

Several transit centres in Uganda are operating at >500% capacity despite ongoing conversations about repatriation. The scale of congestion and water stats are particularly concerning given that #UNHCR just deprioritised WASH and Health activities

Ayooshee Dookhee @kofiannanfdn.bsky.social

📢 Food is not just a tradable commodity. Food is a global public good

#N4Gparis

Malnutrition decreases vaccine efficacy
Limited immunization increases malnutrition

Making the case for immunisation-nutrition-integration --> thinking holistically delivers more impact

#N4Gparis

Francesca Erdelmann of World Food Programme:

We need more than anthropometric data, we need to understand contexts

+ remember the importance of local foods - foods that grow well in the relevant climates

#N4GParis

Yvonne Manka'ah IRC national nutrition advocacy coordinator Burkina Faso - Social workers can be trained in best approaches for ECD but they are overworked, lacking time and resources so cannot implement these approaches #N4GParis

Case worker to children at risk ratio in Uganda 1:229 in march 2024

*Prevention essential for improvements in nutrition outcomes*

As funds are cut, we cannot only focus on treatment in conflict zones

Dan Irvine
@worldvisionuk.bsky.social

#N4Gparis

Impact of aid cuts. In Uganda, from April 2025, those categorised as most vulnerable (13% of the 1.7m+ refugee population) will receive only 40% of a minimum expenditure basket. 18,000 Ugandan shillings per person per month. That's about 4.9 USD. Roughly 16 cents a day.

Great workshop at Muni University yesterday promoting knowledge-sharing on the history of cassava and scientific engagements in crop development in West Nile, Uganda.

Photographs from the comms team at Muni University