Standard Project Report 2016
WFP reached 83 percent of the pregnant and lactating women planned to be supported in 2016, despite the phase-out of the prevention of moderate acute malnutrition programme in July 2016. WFP also successfully reached all TB clients( including children under five), well over the planned number for 2016. This over-achievement happened because WFP was able to support an increased number of TB clients detected during routine medical check-ups and who were subsequently included in the programme. Similarly, WFP was able to support the people living with HIV( adults, as well as children under five) as planned for 2016.
Out of the 41 mt of Super Cereal planned, only 30 mt were available for distribution to beneficiaries, as no further procurements were made as a result of the discontinuation of the prevention of acute malnutrition programme from July 2016. Out of the total available Super Cereal, a transfer of 5 mt was made to the country programme’ s education support component as a repayment of commodities previously taken on loan. Because of these reasons, the actual distribution achievement of Super Cereal in 2016 appears lower than planned.
WFP’ s micronutrient powder( MNP) distribution to all children who attended the growth monitoring clinics earlier supported by UNHCR, covered the age groups of 6-59 months. As a result of the discontinuation of the growth monitoring programme from 2015, the number of beneficiaries receiving MNP decreased significantly, hence in 2016 only two thirds of the beneficiaries were reached against the plan for children aged 6-59 months. However, WFP delivered the full amount of MNP planned for 2016 by including 1,395 higher-aged children( 5-11 years) as beneficiaries before the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies programme was phased out, as a result of the funding situation, very low attendance levels, and because the MNPs were quickly approaching their last " best if used by " date. The slight over-achievement in MNP distribution was not recorded in WFP’ s main database because of a technical issue. The maternal child health and integrated management of childhood illness volunteer staff supported the distribution of MNPs, while community health workers followed up and monitored the consumption at the household level.
Although WFP carried out monthly post distribution monitoring with the support of Association of Medical Doctors of Asia, the indicator on participation in an adequate number of distributions of both the prevention of moderate acute malnutrition programme as well as the prevention of micronutrient deficiencies programme, was not measured in 2016 because of limitations in capacity. However, the coverage of the acute malnutrition prevention programme was higher than planned as shown by the over-80 percent result of both pregnant women and lactating women who had collected their distributions up to the phase-out of the programme in mid-2016. The results were calculated through a desk review of available data provided by Association of Medical Doctors of Asia.
The results of the antiretro-viral therapy( ART) programme implemented by Association of Medical Doctors of Asia showed that there were no dropouts of people living with HIV who participated in that programme( zero ART default rate). This finding was evidenced further by the higher than planned achievement of WFP’ s support to people living with HIV during 2016. All the beneficiaries who participated in the prevention of moderate acute malnutrition and prevention of micronutrient deficiencies programmes received information on the importance of good nutrition, hygiene and infant and young child feeding practices.
• Strategic Objective: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies( SO1)
• Outcomes: Stabilized or improved food consumption over assistance period for targeted households and / or individuals
• Activity: General distribution
WFP succeeded in supporting over 95 percent of the planned beneficiaries with food assistance rations that met the minimum daily 2,100 kcal requirements. WFP also distributed nearly all food items, leaving only a small percentage because of the unavailability of a few beneficiaries in the camps during some of the distributions.
The post distribution monitoring results of November 2016 show that WFP’ s interventions ensured that the majority of the households had an acceptable food consumption pattern, as no families were found to be in the poor food consumption category. This finding meant that the families regularly consumed food from the four major food groups, which contributed to balanced nutrition. The vegetable production from the reclamation gardening programme was likely a key contributor to the diversity in their diets, which is also reflected in their high diet diversity scores, despite these scores being lower than the baseline.
The reclamation gardening programme addressed the need for vegetable consumption among the camp community, as it enabled them to easily have vegetables produced in their own home gardens. In 2016, 3,000 families were engaged in kitchen gardening, and WFP supported them with seeds, seedlings, saplings, manure, agricultural tools, skills training, irrigation, and other technical support. Moreover, the training provided to the selected participants increased their technical skills, resulting in increased production of vegetables, the surplus of which they sold and gained additional income. The planned beneficiary targets for 2016 under the programme were not fully reached because of the rapid decline in the refugee population residing in the camps. However, as more
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