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Standard Project Report 2016
envisaged supporting seven earthquake-affected districts in recovery activities, the insufficient resources that the
PRRO had received during the year limited WFP’s ability to offer broad programme coverage, and hence WFP had
to limit the operational plan of FFA activities to a maximum of two or three most vulnerable districts with focused,
more sustainable project activities. Although this was in contrast to the Ministry’s requirement of a broader, blanket
coverage of districts, the Ministry also recognised the need for sustainable interventions that contributed to
community resilience in future disasters.
While these extensive discussions were continuing, changes in Nepal’s political climate resulted in the handover of
governance to the political opposition party in the Constituent Assembly in early August 2016. Several changes to
key portfolios and personnel in government agencies took place, including in the Ministry of Federal Affairs and
Local Development and the NRA. After the approval of the PRRO by the Government in October 2016, WFP
planned to implement FFA activities and assist 70,834 beneficiaries (based on the reduced implementation plan) in
the most food insecure Village Development Committees (VDC) of three earthquake-affected districts - Gorkha,
Dhading and Nuwakot - instead of the seven districts originally envisaged, due to the insufficient funding situation of
the PRRO. The registration of beneficiaries continued through December 2016.
To implement the PRRO’s activities, WFP selected partner NGOs based on their previous experience in
humanitarian assistance in the earthquake-affected districts and their past collaborations with WFP. Out of the four
partners selected, Support to Poor Producers in Nepal (SAPPROS) had extensive experience in WFP’s FFA
activities in the far western region of Nepal and in the earthquake areas during the emergency response operation
(EMOP 200668). Similarly, Save the Children had worked with WFP in the CR-EMOP in 2015. The two new
partners—Deutsche Welthungerhilfe E.V (WHH) and Lutheran World Federation (LWF)—although not directly
involved with WFP’s FFA projects in the past, brought experience in delivering emergency services during the
earthquake along with several years in livelihood interventions in Nepal. WFP provided training on FFA
implementation, including technical monitoring, food distribution management and reporting to the partners,
focusing specially on the two new partners WHH and LWF to maximise the outputs expected from them. The
training was provided at both the central and district levels. All preparatory activities such as partnership
agreements, training, community mobilisation, deployment of WFP and partner staff in the implementing districts
and coordinating mechanisms with district and local government authorities were completed in 2016.
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