Standard Project Report 2016
Cost Category
Capacity Dev. t and Augmentation 8,440,728
Direct Support Costs 38,243,315
Food and Related Costs 234,596,935
Indirect Support Costs 22,337,467
Cash & Voucher and Related Costs 37,825,688
Total 341,444,133
Project Activities
Component 1: Improving maternal and child nutrition( IMCN) Strategic Objective 4: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger
This year, the Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition( IMCN) programme involved phasing out from the direct implementation of existing activities, except in Cox’ s Bazar district where near emergency levels of malnutrition combined with a complex operating environment justified its presence. IMCN treats moderate acute malnutrition( MAM) through a targeted supplementary feeding for pregnant and lactating women( PLW) and children aged 6-59 months who are screened and diagnosed with MAM. IMCN is focused in selected sub-districts in rural areas and in urban slums where poverty is compounded by the high prevalence of global acute malnutrition. In 2016, MAM treatment under the Country Programme reached people in 14 sub-districts and urban slums in four districts; six sub-districts were phased out by the end of the year.
Extremely high rates of acute malnutrition among undocumented Myanmar nationals in makeshift settlements of Kutupalong and Leda under Cox’ s Bazar district( outside of the official refugee camps served by the PRRO), are addressed through MAM prevention interventions— blanket supplementary feeding for all children aged 6-59 months and PLW as well as behaviour change communication( BCC). Specialised food supplements enriched with vitamins and minerals— Super Cereal Plus( 200 g per person per day) and Super Cereal( 225 g per person per day) with fortified vegetable oil( 20 g per person per day)— were provided to all enrolled children and PLW in treatment and prevention programmes, respectively, following standard protocol.
For the most part, the IMCN interventions were delivered through the Government’ s community health service system, except in the makeshift settlements where centres were run by cooperating partner staff. Implementation followed guidelines for national community-based management of acute malnutrition( CMAM), using the mid-upper arm circumference( MUAC) measurements for both admission and discharge criteria for children and PLW. MAM rehabilitation services, increasingly implemented by government staff, consisted of nutrition status monitoring, nutrition education and bi-weekly supplementary food distribution. Cooperating partner and government staff received training on programme implementation and BCC delivery.
Under this component, WFP contributed to the national dialogue with the Government on nutrition policies and planning in collaboration with other United Nations agencies and nutrition stakeholders. Operational research was conducted to build evidence for project approaches and to inform programme design.
Component 2: School feeding Strategic Objective 4: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger
The school feeding component targeted schoolchildren of pre-primary( 3-5 years of age) and primary( 5-12 years of age) levels in areas with high poverty prevalence and low education performance. Each school day the schoolchildren received biscuits fortified with vitamins and minerals intended to cover 67 percent of their daily micronutrient requirements. The over-distribution of biscuits was related to the under-distribution of wheat, which was used to make, and exchanged for, the fortified biscuits by contracted biscuit producers. The school meals initiative, which was launched in 2013 in collaboration with the Government to test an alternative modality, targeted the same types of communities and students and provided schoolchildren with cooked meals made with centrally procured fortified rice, lentils and fortified oil, and locally purchased food items from female vegetable cultivators. These marginalised vegetable cultivators were trained and provided with a financial incentive.
The successful scale-up of school feeding by the Government has led to an impressive coverage of 2.5 million children in 72 sub-districts by 2016. Through a United States Department of Agriculture( USDA) McGovern-Dole contribution, WFP has been implementing a literacy component since 2015 in Gaibandha, Rangpur division( in
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