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Standard Project Report 2016
Project Objectives and Results
Project Objectives
The overall goal of the EMOP was to provide life-saving food assistance to the populations most-severely affected
by the El Niño phenomenon, in line with WFP Strategic Objective 1, Save lives and protect livelihoods in
emergencies, and with Sustainable Development Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition
and promote sustainable agriculture. The specific objectives of the project were to:
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ensure that severely affected communities who lack food, access to food and have exhausted other viable
means of subsistence are supplied with sufficient food to meet their urgent basic needs and;
protect livelihoods and limit the incidence of negative coping strategies of individuals and families who are faced
with inadequate access to food.
The activities carried out under the EMOP involved distribution of fortified rice to communities identified as severely
food insecure and in need of urgent assistance, while working in partnership with the National Disaster Centre and
in line with the existing humanitarian response.
Approved Budget for Project Duration (USD)
Cost Category
Direct Support Costs 1,924,667
Food and Related Costs 9,823,671
Indirect Support Costs
822,384
Total
12,570,721
Project Activities
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Strategic Objective
: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies (Strategic Objective 1)
Outcome 1
: Stabilised or improved food consumption over assistance period for targeted households and/or individuals
Activity
: General distribution in Enga, Hela, Western, Milne Bay, and Southern Highlands Provinces
In March 2016, WFP provided mobile vulnerability analysis and mapping (mVAM) support to a nationwide
assessment to identify the populations that were unable to meet their food needs following the drought. WFP's
assessment supported the overall government assessment implemented through the National Disaster Centre and
in consultation with the Disaster Management Team and humanitarian partners. WFP worked with partners to
develop a food security questionnaire for the assessment and a training for the local mobile phone service provider.
The mVAM assessment identified that 180,000 people were ‘severely food insecure’ across six Local Level
Governments in Western, Chimbu, Enga and Hela Provinces and required emergency food assistance. It became
evident after further assessment that the targeted areas required further refining—while the food security status of
the population in Chimbu was initially considered 'sever