How a World Food Program food aid revamp has gone wrong for refugees in Uganda

About this investigation: Much of the world is experiencing an unprecedented food crisis. As needs grow and costs soar, aid organisations have had to make difficult decisions about assisting even those most in need. What if better policy planning could make those decisions less painful? That was the idea behind WFP’s “prioritisation” policy, implemented on top of ration cuts.

[...]

“Prioritisation, as such, is a good policy,” one humanitarian worker told The New Humanitarian, requesting anonymity because they weren’t authorised to speak to reporters. “But if people get less food or cash, they need to get more support to be self-reliant. You need to drastically rethink your policy, and think of major ways to support refugee livelihoods. And this is not [being] done [in Uganda].” The aid worker also described the current levels of assistance as “absolute madness”.

Google Maps isn't doing a great job of finding these places.

I think this is Imvepi, Uganda: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/search/imvepi+uganda/@3.262239,31.2825176,13.06z?entry=ttu

I think this is Bidibidi, Uganda: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Bidibidi+Refugee+Settlement,+Zone+1,+cluster+1,+village+6/@3.4955066,31.3778489,12.84z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x176ded1f6fcf6401:0x516dc6363b40f8df!8m2!3d3.4634193!4d31.3586118!16s%2Fg%2F11vj8__xx_?entry=ttu

I think this is Kyangwali, Uganda: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Kyangwali,+Uganda/@1.1793586,30.7753918,13.48z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x1764639034294fff:0x5ac6fbfcc9be9b94!8m2!3d1.2210399!4d30.8183077!16s%2Fg%2F11bz0zs98t?entry=ttu

In terms of population, 1.4m people is about the number of people in San Antonio Texas, or San Diego California, or Calgary Alberta, or Adelaide South Australia.