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Standard Project Report 2016
WFP continued to co-lead the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster together with the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the DSWD, as well as the Logistics Cluster and the Office of Civil
Defense during emergencies. As was shown during Typhoon Haima (October 2016) and Typhoon Nock-ten
(December 2016), WFP has worked with these main government agencies and United Nations agencies to conduct
emergency preparedness activities, needs assessment and analysis, monitoring and reporting, planning and
strategy development, and prioritising cross-cutting issues including gender, accountability to affected populations,
protection, disaster-risk reduction and climate change adaptation. WFP also continued to promote and apply
international standards and guiding principles for humanitarian interventions.
Under the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016, which indicated the country's national development policies,
strategies, and targets, WFP complemented the Government's priorities related to food and nutrition security and
the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 2: End Hunger through the United Nations Development
Assistance Framework (UNDAF), where WFP is the lead convener of the food and nutrition security outcome group.
This undertaking is continuously being reviewed and enhanced together with the United Nations Country Team and
the National Economic and Development Authority.
Also within the umbrella of the UNDAF, WFP is actively involved in the United Nations Network for Scaling Up
Nutrition (SUN) to support the Government in its effort to upgrade the nutrition programme in the country such as
the integrated management of acute malnutrition, nutrition in emergencies, food fortification, nutrition cluster
coordination, strategic planning, monitoring, advocacy and communication, among others.
Parallel to the UNDAF, WFP also supported the development of the Government's Philippine Plan of Action for
Nutrition (PPAN). PPAN is the Government's framework to address malnutrition in its various forms (child stunting,
wasting, overweight, obesity and micronutrient deficiency) and targets pregnant women and nursing mothers,
infants, and children 1-2 years old; families with pregnant women and children 0-2 years old; underweight children
0-5 years old; and cities, municipalities, and provinces with or at-risk of high levels of child undernutrition. The plan,
which was built on past national plans implemented with varying degrees of success, comprised of programmes and
projects implemented by member agencies of the National Nutrition Council.
The Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition was reinforced by the School-Based Supplementary Feeding Programme
being implemented by the Department of Education and DSWD-run day care centres. WFP collaborates with both
agencies by providing hot and nutritious meals for over 65,000 school children in almost 270 schools in remote,
conflict-affected areas of central Mindanao.
At the national level, WFP continued to provide technical assistance in several working groups related to food
security and nutrition. At multiple levels, WFP continued to provide capacity development for nutrition programmes
in case of an emergency.
Summary of WFP Operational Objectives
WFP continued to be a strategic ally of the Government of the Philippines in addressing food insecurity and
malnutrition—prevention of stunting—in the country. WFP continued to focus on: enhancing the resilience of
vulnerable disaster-affected communities in order for them to be better prepared in responding to shocks and
withstanding future potential disasters; strengthening the capacity of local health systems to prevent stunting; and
strengthening the response capacity of national government partners in the areas of logistics and supply chain
management. Efforts have also been made to bridge the link between scientific information, early warning and
disaster preparedness and readiness through forecast-based financing.
PRRO 200743: Enhancing the Resilience of Communities and Government Systems in Regions Affected by
Conflict and Disaster (2015-2018) with an approved budget of USD 73.8 million supported people in Central
Mindanao to enhance their resilience to conflict and natural disasters through market-sensitive
food-assistance-for-assets (FFA) options, school meals, and specialized nutrition products directed at pregnant and
lactating women with children aged under 6 months and children aged 6-23 months as part of a stunting prevention
programme. The PRRO also included the provision of nutrition education to all pregnant and lactating women and
care providers of children aged 6-23 months. In coordination with the authorities of the Autonomous Region in
Muslim Mindanao, WFP helped food-insecure people affected by El Niño to meet their emergency food needs and
generate alternative sources of income through asset-creation activities.
Work with the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the area of emergency preparedness included the
drafting of a pre-disaster agreement on emergency cash transfers, and the organization, together with the World
Bank, of a roundtable involving stakeholders to discuss the possible development of a national framework for
emergency cash transfers.
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