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Standard Project Report 2016
Project Objectives and Results
Project Objectives
In April 2015, WFP launched a corporate response emergency operation (CR-EMOP) in response to a 7.8
magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that struck the country in April and May 2015. Almost 9,000 people died as
a result of the earthquakes, and the Government of Nepal requested international assistance. The overall objective
of the CR-EMOP was to “Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies” in line with Strategic Objective 1 of the
WFP Strategic Plan (2014-2017). More specifically, the CR-EMOP aimed to:
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Meet the urgent food and nutrition needs of vulnerable people and communities and reduce undernutrition to
below emergency levels;
Protect lives and livelihoods while enabling safe access to food and nutrition for women and men; and
Prevent deterioration of acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating
women.
The CR EMOP lasted from April 2015 to January 2016. The objective of the one month duration in 2016 was to
allow for the payment, with in kind food or cash, to beneficiaries for work they performed in December 2015 under
the cash for assets and food for assets activities.
Approved Budget for Project Duration (USD)
Cost Category
Direct Support Costs 12,898,454
Food and Related Costs 35,372,627
Indirect Support Costs
5,583,433
Cash & Voucher and Related Costs
31,492,246
Total
85,346,760
Project Activities
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Strategic Objective
: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies (Strategic Objective 1)
Outcomes
: 1.1 Stabilized or reduced undernutrition among children aged 6–59 months and pregnant and lactating women
Activity:
Treatment of moderate acute malnutrition for target groups
The programme for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition of target groups was not implemented, even in
January 2016, the closing month of the project. The reasons that the programme was not implemented were
twofold. First, the training of government and cooperating partner staff-members on integrated management of
acute malnutrition had not been completed. Second, health posts were not ready to undertake the programme
activities. WFP therefore did not reach the 3,000 nutrition programme beneficiaries as planned in 2016, and WFP
did not carry out complementary activities such as nutrition counselling on infant and young child feeding practices
or activities for communicating behavioural change. Instead, the moderate acute malnutrition treatment programme
was included in the new PRRO 200875, which was continued in 2016. A stock of 9 mt of specialized nutritious food
remaining after the conclusion of CR EMOP 200668 on 31 January 2016 was transferred for use under PRRO
200875. WFP then worked with the Government of Nepal to revise the guidelines and training manual for integrated
management of acute malnutrition to help guide district health staff-members to implement a moderate acute
malnutrition treatment programme.
Nepal, State of (NP)
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Single Country EMOP - 200668