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Table 1 Themes approached with Mentao camp refugee representatives

From: Critical assessment of refugees’ needs in post-emergency context: the case of Malian war refugees settled in Northern Burkina Faso

Intangibles themes

Question items

Tangibles themes

Question items

Occupation

- Daily business of residents

- Residents’ former occupation

- Job opportunities

Camp infrastructures (tents, space, common areas…)

- Residents’ opinion on:

• Shelter versus family size, intimacy

• Life setting

• Security

Healthcare

- Specific program benefitted (eg.: vaccination)

- Benefits of a routine vaccination program

- Other programs:

 • Curative

 • Emergency

 • Reproductive

 • Specific groups (women, children, elderly)

- Physical access (distance, time) and financing mechanism

Water and sanitation

- Physical accessibility

- Perceive quality and quantity supplied

Participation in projects developed for the camp

- Role of the committee in food items distribution

- Formal existence and regularity of meeting between humanitarian organizations (HOs) & camp representatives committee

Food items and cooking

- Supply interval of foods items

- Itemized list of foods items distributed

- Quantity & quality of foods items distributed

- Other services provided

Relationship with neighborhood

- Within camp neighbor

- Within camp culture and people

- Camp site neighbor

- Existence of conflict resolution mechanism

Education & Entertainment

- Children education program

- Entertainment program

Official (politic, aid agencies) visits

-Refugee status proceedings with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

- Domestic, National & international authorities field visit

- HOs field visit