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Standard Project Report 2016
in MAM operational health facilities have increased compared to previous years. Religious leaders who have been
given accurate information about health services and the benefits for women and their families from WFP and its
partners, played an important role in changing community behaviour.
WFP provided training to enhance the capacity of the Government and cooperating partners to deliver quality MAM
treatment programme at scale using standardised guidelines and common implementation modalities. WFP
facilitated the Nutrition in Emergency training of trainers for provincial nutrition officers and cooperating partners in
December.
Outcome: Increased equitable access to and utilisation of education.
Activity: School Meals - take-home rations (THR).
WFP continued to support equal education for students by promoting increased enrollment and attendance of girls
in areas with high gender enrollment disparity. Through its school meals programme, WFP provided a monthly
take-home ration of fortified vegetable oil for children in grades one to six and girls in grades seven to nine in
selected public schools of the districts with high food insecurity, low enrollment and attendance, especially among
girls. Despite reduced funding, insecurity and lack of access to the conflict-affected districts, WFP reached more
students than the overall planned target (127 percent of actual versus planned).
High-energy biscuits (HEB) were introduced to the school meals programme through a pilot project in two provinces
such as Nimroz and Zabul. Primary schoolchildren of grades one to six received a HEB ration during each day they
attended school and also a monthly take-home ration of fortified vegetable oil. Experience and lessons learned from
the pilot project were reflected in the national school feeding policy, on which WFP supported the Ministry of
Education. This policy was an important step to sustain the school meals programme.
Activity: Vocational Skills Training (VST)
The VST mainly targeted vulnerable women (70 percent of the total) to be trained on basic vocational skills such as
tailoring and sewing, which helped women to earn some income. In 2016, WFP managed to reach 87 percent of
beneficiaries planned for VST. The target areas for the VST were both urban and peri-urban, and all VST
beneficiaries received cash-based transfers.
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