MSF Food Security Assessment Report, Chittagong Hill Tracts ...

3. Other coping strategies• Selling of livestock: 28.5% of the respondents never had livestock. From the ones whoown livestock (71.5%), 48.3% had to sell them.• Borrowing money: 86.1% of all the respondent households had to borrow money withinlast three months. It should be noted that the remaining 13.9% includes those householdsthat needed to borrow money but failed to find it.Food AssistanceAlthough food support has been given by few organizations (UNDP, Green Hill,Christian Mission), the amount and frequency are very small. 58.9% of the interviewed householdsnever received any kind of support. From the one that received majority received only once sinceJanuary.34%5% 1%60%NeverOnceTwiceThriceGraph 5 – percentage of families receiving assistance since crises onsetThe food ration given consisted in almost all the cases of rice and fish paste,traditionally consumed by the indigenous population. However, the amount distributed per familyvaried largely. Due to inconsistencies in planning, inner constrains and lack of awareness about thenumber of families affected the initial planned amount was inadequate and therefore shared betweena higher number of recipients.58%8%11%14%3%5%1%1 - 4 kg5 - 8 kg9 - 12 kg13 - 16 kg17 - 20 kg> 20 kgNeverGraph 6 – amount of rice received by the assisted families since crises onset19