Standard Project Report 2016
Project Activities
Strategic Objective: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies( SO1)
Outcome: Stabilised or reduced undernutrition among children aged 6 – 59 months and pregnant and lactating women( PLW)
Activity: Nutrition support to women and children aged 6-59 months with moderate acute malnutrition( MAM) in targeted districts across Pakistan
Under the current PRRO, the geographic scope of the nutrition support interventions was reprioritised and reduced, with greater focus placed on prevention in order to align with the overall transitional approach of the project. A key recommendation from the 2014 programme evaluation was that the success of the community-based management of acute malnutrition( CMAM) intervention was contingent on maximising coverage in the hotspot areas where the programme was operational. Therefore, CMAM activities across the country were scaled down with more focused geographic concentration on priority areas.
In addition, WFP expanded the programme ' s scope in the areas where it was operational and resources were available, to support all eligible PLW and children aged 6-59 months with MAM. As a result of this expansion, the number of beneficiaries reached under this intervention in 2016 was higher than planned.
During the year, WFP continued to enhance coordination and programmatic alignment with relevant government counterparts. CMAM programme reviews to monitor progress and share lessons learned were conducted in Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir( AJK). In order to maximise complementarity with other programmes, WFP implemented the CMAM intervention in all the districts of Balochistan, KP and Sindh provinces where the Government was implementing a nutrition support programme for women and children suffering from severe acute malnutrition( SAM) and promoting micronutrient supplementation.
Strategic Objective: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies( SO1)
Outcome: Stabilised or improved food consumption over assistance period for targeted households and / or individuals
Activity: Provision of monthly relief food assistance to internally displaced persons( IDPs) and returnee households in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa( KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas( FATA)
The Government of Pakistan envisioned the return of all families that remained displaced in the country’ s north-west by the end of 2016 under its FATA Return and Rehabilitation Strategy. However, this did not come to pass, and the trend of slower than projected returns continued. Since all WFP operations were aligned with the Government ' s plans and strategies, the scope of the relief and recovery assistance operations were redefined twice during the year to accommodate the larger than projected number of people who remained displaced and required continued food assistance. As a result, WFP assisted a greater number of people than were planned under this intervention in 2016. However, as a result of robust and consistent coordination with the relevant authorities, the continuation of in-kind assistance from the Government and positive donor support, WFP was able to sustain the provision of monthly relief rations to all eligible families throughout the year. In 2016, in-kind contributions of dates were also incorporated in the relief rations which were distributed during the month of Ramadan.
Strategic Objective: Support or restore food security and nutrition and establish or rebuild livelihoods in fragile settings and following emergencies( SO2)
Outcome: Adequate food consumption reached or maintained over assistance period for targeted households Activity: Food assistance for assets( FFA) using both food and cash-based modalities in FATA
During the year, WFP reached more beneficiaries than planned through its FFA interventions, despite the fact that planned beneficiaries in Balochistan could not be supported. The food-based FFA intervention exceeded its planned targets due to the short duration of activities to keep pace with the IDP return process in FATA. The project aimed to maximise coverage in the new return areas to keep pace with IDP returns. Implementation in Balochistan was not started, as this was the first time WFP planned to implement a cash-based FFA intervention in the targeted district, which required extensive preliminary work including sectoral assessments to set up a cash-based transfer( CBT) system to assist in geographic prioritisation.
Interventions in KP and FATA focused on early recovery, for which the work schemes were mostly labour intensive and focused more on the structural needs of the community, therefore resulting in a low participation rate among women. Female participation in WFP ' s FFA interventions in FATA continued to be a challenge due to the prevalent cultural norms and social customs. Under a joint agreement, WFP through its CBT platform supported the United Nations Development Programme( UNDP) in the launch of its cash-based recovery interventions in FATA. The human resources support provided by UNDP under this agreement contributed to strengthening the capacity of the
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