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Standard Project Report 2016
Annual Food Purchases for the Country (mt)
Commodity
Local
Regional/International
Total
Canned Fish - 129 129
Ready To Use Supplementary Food - 129 129
40 105 145
Total 40 363 403
Percentage 9.9% 90.1%
Sugar
Implementation of Evaluation Recommendations and Lessons
Learned
In 2016, two important evaluations were carried out: i) an impact review of school meals and water, sanitation and
hygiene (WASH) activities; and ii) a mid-term evaluation of the McGovern-Dole supported school meals programme.
The impact review on school meals and WASH activities found that the WFP school meals programme had a
positive effect on student enrolment, attendance and attentiveness. The greatest barrier identified to successfully
implementing the programme was access to water. WFP partnered with Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) to install hand-washing stations and promoted hygiene practices, which contributed to an
integrated programme implementation. The shift from the provision of mid-morning snacks to the lunch modality
was implemented in conjunction with a complementary package of support including literacy, the establishment of
vegetable gardens, facilities creation, water access and hygiene, fish pond construction, and community capacity
strengthening.
All the recommendations of the 2014 country programme (CP) mid-term evaluation were implemented, and
enhanced programme quality. Recommendations mainly focused on ensuring a more sustainable approach to
WFP's engagement in Lao PDR by strengthening the alignment of WFP's activities with national plans, building the
capacity of government counterparts at all levels, and providing an integrated programme of assistance. The
findings of the 2016 mid-term evaluation of the McGovern-Dole supported school meals programme will be
available in 2017.
Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA)
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