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Standard Project Report 2016
Annual Project Food Distribution
Commodity
Planned Distribution (mt)
Corn Soya Blend
Ready To Use Supplementary Food
Total
Actual Distribution (mt)
% Actual v. Planned
25 9 35.2%
6 5 89.3%
30 14 45.5%
Operational Partnerships
The main partner in this emergency project was the Ministry of Health in the three targeted municipalities,
particularly since the provision of Plumpy'Doz and locally produced Timor Vita was planned through the existing
health structures, community health clinics and village level health posts. Through this partnership, the Ministry of
Health's ability to implement nutrition programmes will be strengthened in the areas of supply chain management,
testing beneficiaries for signs of moderate acute malnutrition, monitoring, and behaviour change communications
around nutrition.
Given the delay in the production of the specialised nutritious food (SNF) for women, Timor Vita, and with the delays
in the import of Plumpy'Doz for children, WFP advocated with the Ministry of Health to import an alternative SNF for
women and for children, as well as using the existing in-country stock of Plumpy'Sup. However, no agreement was
reached for the IR-EMOP.
In addition, WFP Timor-Leste partnered with three non-governmental organizations (NGOs), CARE International,
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and HIAM Health, to mobilise the community, attend health clinics to assist with the
registration of children and pregnant and lactating women (PLW) receiving SNF, and to contribute to increasing
community awareness on good nutrition and health practices.
Partners were chosen based on their presence in the targeted areas, experience in the implementation
of nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions, strong efforts to encourage gender equality, as
well as experience working with local communities and government structures in these municipalities.
CRS had a large network of mother support groups to improve maternal and child nutrition through the promotion
of good infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices. CRS agreed to inform PLW and caregivers about the
availability of SNF at health facilities, as well as to use WFP's nutrition messages and tools, free of charge.
Together, WFP's partnerships with NGOs aimed to: 1) enhance community and informal leaders' engagement to
prevent undernutrition in the selected villages; 2) strengthen the capacity of caregivers to prevent malnutrition
through good (IYCF) practices and improved hygiene for children and PLW; 3) strengthen the knowledge of
communities on healthy behaviours and signs of danger for common illnesses; and 4) reinforce the existing
community support groups which could promote healthy behaviours to reduce malnutrition (particularly the mother
support groups).
Performance Monitoring
Together with the Ministry of Health, WFP monitored the number of pregnant and lactating women (PLW), as well
as children aged 6-23 months who were provided with specialised nutritious food (SNF). In addition, the project
monitored the number of cases of acute malnutrition in PLW and moderate acute malnutrition in
children. Preliminary results showed relatively high rates of both acute malnutrition and moderate acute malnutrition
(MAM), with an average of 27 percent of PLW found to have acute malnutrition and 11 percent of children found to
have MAM.
Partners such as CARE, HIAM Health, and Cinema Loro Sa'e also monitored the number of people attending health
promotion events. However, as most of these events were delayed until January, with the exception of cinema
screenings conducted by Cinema Loro Sa'e, no figures were available for health promotion conducted at the end of
2016.
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of (TL)
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