Standard Project Report 2016
support for orphans at boarding schools( children 7-16 years) has continued. A prioritisation strategy is also in place in case funding shortfalls dictate a reduction of assistance. The first 1,000 days of a child ' s life have a significant impact on their health in the long term and is thus the main focus of WFP ' s assistance. Without essential nutrients during this period, physical and cognitive development are seriously and irreversibly impaired. Malnutrition can be life-threatening for children aged 6-23 months. WFP support to PLW also protects the practice of exclusive breastfeeding by providing additional nutritious food to women until their babies are ready for complementary feeding.
WFP delivered nutrition assistance through provision of fortified biscuits and fortified blended food( FBF, which are fortified cereals). These rations helped fill a vital nutrition gap by providing protein, fats, vitamins and minerals that many households do not consume in adequate quantities for a healthy life. For example, WFP’ s rations provided 100 percent of beneficiaries’ daily micronutrient requirements. Fortified biscuits were distributed as snacks, while field monitors reported beneficiaries used fortified cereals in a variety of ways, including making bread and porridge. As a result of the local operating context, the DPR Korea country office was unable to immediately produce Super Cereal Plus according to the latest WFP food safety standards introduced in November 2015 [ 2 ]. WFP therefore decided to produce a modified recipe for PRRO 200907. The country office is in the process of assisting the Government to upgrade local food production factory capacity to meet the requirements of the improved recipe, and the initial stage of upgrades is estimated to be finalised by March 2017. In the meantime, WFP continued to produce safe and nutritious FBF using the same recipe as the previous operation, PRRO 200532.
The food rations distributed to beneficiaries were produced at WFP-supported local food production factories. In agreement with and under oversight by WFP, the Government was responsible for transporting raw ingredients from the point of entry in-country to production facilities, and subsequently to distribution points. Children received food rations at nurseries, kindergartens, hospital paediatric wards and boarding schools( orphanages). PLW received FBF rations at public distribution centres on a monthly basis, using their WFP ration cards. This distribution system proved cost-effective, with the in-country transportation and storage services provided by the Government, and some other production costs, equalling USD 7.6 million in 2015. The distribution system is also time efficient, as most children attend Government-run institutions.
WFP was largely successful in meeting its target beneficiary and food distribution figures in 2016. More targets were reached during the first six months of 2016( when PRRO 200532 was in operation) as a result of WFP’ s scaling back of its programme under the new PRRO, including planned beneficiary targets, in light of consistent funding shortfalls in recent years.
In July 2016, there was a brief pause in assistance between the end of the previous PRRO 200532 and the launch of the new programme. During this period, WFP and the Government discussed the important programme adjustments under the new PRRO, as well as arrangements for an orientation on the new operation for provincial and county officials in provinces with WFP operations, and signed a new Letter of Understanding. WFP only distributed food to beneficiaries during the last week of July, which accounts for the lower than planned outputs. However, WFP was able to meet its planned beneficiary figures for the rest of 2016. Due to the implementation of emergency assistance following severe flooding in the country’ s north, a significantly higher percentage of beneficiaries were reached in September and October than planned( 122 percent and 120 percent respectively). This additional emergency assistance accounts for the significantly higher number of beneficiaries reached under general distributions than was planned in 2016. Dried whole milk and enriched dried skimmed milk, as well as wheat and wheat flour, were used interchangeably, hence the discrepancy in some of the planned and actual figures for distributed commodities.
• Strategic Objective: Support or restore food security and nutrition and establish or rebuild livelihoods in fragile settings and following emergencies( SO2)
• Outcomes: 2.2 Improved access to assets and / or basic services, including community and market infrastructure
• Activities: Food for disaster risk reduction( FDRR) [ 3 ]
To promote food security and community resilience against natural disasters, five FDRR projects were implemented in autumn 2016( FDRR is typically carried out twice a year, in spring and autumn). As can be seen from the annual project beneficiary chart, a smaller number of beneficiaries were targeted through FDRR projects compared to nutrition assistance.
WFP selected projects based on site visits conducted following proposals that were submitted. Four projects focused on river bank rehabilitation( three of the projects took place in counties which were seriously affected by flooding in late August), while one was focused on tree planting. Project participants were given take-home rations of cereal( mainly maize), pulses and oil at the beginning and end of projects. WFP also provided equipment such as
Korea, Democratic People ' s Republic of( KP) 11 Single Country PRRO- 200907