In Uganda’s refugee policy framework, food aid targets the most vulnerable – among them people with disabilities – using a categorization system. This article explores the entanglements of this technology of food distribution with disabled people’s socialities. It reveals that the system does not achieve its proposed rationale of creating equal opportunities for people who are disadvantaged within Uganda’s refugee policy of self-reliance, and that it falls short in enabling disabled people to fulfil roles and responsibilities. Nevertheless, food aid is a significant contribution that allows refugees with disabilities to cultivate family and non-kin relationships. Exploring these interdependent relations around food aid calls into question the ideas of equality and independence as fundamental principles of living together.

在乌干达的难民政策框架中，食品援助使用分类系统针对最脆弱的群体——其中包括残疾人。本文探讨了这种食物分配技术与残疾人社会性的纠葛。它揭示了该系统没有实现其建议的基本原理，即在乌干达的自力更生难民政策中为处于不利地位的人创造平等机会，并且在使残疾人能够履行角色和责任方面存在不足。然而，粮食援助是一项重大贡献，它使残疾难民能够建立家庭和非亲属关系。围绕粮食援助探索这些相互依存的关系，让人质疑将平等和独立作为共同生活的基本原则的观念。