Start Network [to 16 May 2015]
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Start Fund disburses £442,327 for displaced people in Burundi
May 11, 2015
Posted by Tegan Rogers in News.
Following a recent injection of funding from the Start Fund for Burundian refugees in Rwanda, the Start Fund was alerted again last week to provide support to hundreds of thousands of people affected by violence in Burundi itself. On Friday 8 May a local project selection committee agreed to fund four agencies to respond for a total of £442,327.
The alerting agency explained the current situation in Burundi:
“The roots of the current insecurity relate to the nomination of the incumbent President Nkurunziza for a third Presidential term and the recruitment and training of former rebels and youth to support his political party to pressure communities to vote in favour of their party. As reported by media and human rights organisations, security threats against those perceived as opposing Nkurunziza and unrest in the capital have already prompted people to move across the border. To date, 24,795 people have crossed to Rwanda, 4,000 people to DRC and 2,105 to Tanzania. There have been some reports of people travelling north within Burundi to try and cross the border but not succeeding.”

Start Fund double alert supports response to conflict in Yemen and Burundi
May 11, 2015
Posted by Tegan Rogers in News.
On Friday 1 May the Start Fund disbursed a total £891,613 in a double allocation for Yemen and Rwanda. £616,332 of this went to support a response to the ongoing violence in Yemen, where the Start Fund has already been activated once this year in April. The remaining £275,281 was allocated to agencies supporting the recent influx of refugees from Burundi into Rwanda. Both alerts were received at 11am on Tuesday 28 April, meaning funding was transferred to agencies to begin their responses within 72 hours.