Socio-Economic Assessment of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Malawi's Dzaleka and Luwani Camps 2017

This survey was conducted to help UNHCR's Malawi office in its multi-year, multi-partnership planning and programming. The main objective was to provide an overview of the livelihood and vulnerability situation of refugees and host families in Malawi. The survey covered Dzaleka and Luwani refugee camps as well as households living in villages surrounding the two camps. Dzaleka camp is well established and has been in existence since 1994 and hosts households from a number of neighboring countries, including Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and others. Luwani camp is relatively new and much smaller camp that hosts exclusively Mozambican asylum seekers whose status was not yet determined at the time of the survey. The survey covered 1,026 refugee households (802 in Dzaleka and 224 in Luwani) during March 2017.

The scope of this socio-economic assessment includes:
- Identification of the household
- Characteristics of household members (demographics, education/literacy, economic activity)
- Specific needs
- Dwelling characteristics
- Access to services
- Asset ownership
- Safety/security
- Sources of income
- Agricultural production
- Expenditure
- Food consumption groups
- Coping strategies
- Assistance
- Media use
- Subjective wellbeing