Community mobilzers go door to door to screen and capture biometric data for beneficiary registration for the USAID-FFP food assistance program. Background: Funding from USAID-OFDA and USAID Office of Food for Peace enables CRS provide food assistance and WASH support to conflict affected households in Yobe state. Using e-vouchers, CRS provides food items and Non Food Items (NFIs) such as jerry cans, soap and cooking utensils to registered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable households. Beneficiaries also recieve improved knowledge of good nutrition and WASH practices. The Boko haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria has affected traditional food sources and livelihoods for IDPs and host communities. Population explosions in host communities, an interruption in agricultural and economic activities because of the insurgency has put a strain on limitied resources. An estimated 7 million individuals are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. In particular water, sanitation, protection, education, shelter and health services.

Photo by Dooshima Tsee/Catholic Relief Services