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Standard Project Report 2016
Project Objectives and Results
Project Objectives
There are four components under WFP’s country programme (CP) in Bangladesh:
Component 1: Improving maternal and child nutrition (related to Strategic Objective 4)
Component 2: School feeding (related to Strategic Objective 4)
Component 3: Enhancing resilience to natural disasters and the effects of climate change (related to Strategic
Objective 3)
Component 4: Strengthening government safety nets (related to Strategic Objective 4)
Through the Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition (IMCN) programme, WFP sought to reduce the prevalence of
undernutrition among women and children to break the intergenerational cycle of undernutrition, through its direct
interventions and support to the Government.
School feeding aimed to contribute to the Government's overall goal of achieving universal primary education by
increasing enrolment and attendance of pre-primary and primary schoolchildren through the distribution of vitamin
and mineral fortified biscuits. In addition, the quality of education is enhanced by implementing an essential learning
package and by providing technical support to the Government. The essential learning package includes the
establishment of school vegetable gardens to promote home-grown vegetables aiming to improve the diet among
the community, and a water and sanitation awareness programme with de-worming as one of the activities.
Women’s leadership and engagement in different activities is encouraged during the discussions and meetings with
members of local communities.
The Enhancing Resilience to Natural Disasters and the Effects of Climate Change (ER) programme, aimed to
enhance the resilience and food security of vulnerable communities and households through the creation of
community assets. It focused on achieving four key aspects: physical and environmental resilience, social
resilience, economic resilience, and capacity enhancement of ultra-poor women and men and their families. The
objective of ER also extended to meet the food and other emergency needs of disaster-affected people during
crises.
After the first two years of the CP, ER expanded into ER+, in which women from households enrolled in ER
received a one-off cash transfer for investment in a productive asset of their choice. The ER+ women were
supported by a monthly subsistence allowance for six months over the initial investment phase and received
guidance on the selection and running of a viable business activity so that they were able to generate a return within
a short period of time and contribute to household income in a sustainable manner.
In 2011, the Government took over the full management and funding of the Vulnerable Group Development (VGD)
programme, a safety net for ultra-poor women and their families. WFP aimed to strengthen the Government’s ability
to enhance social safety nets that address hunger and household food insecurity by providing technical assistance
to the VGD programme. Additionally, by applying best practices and implementing a safety net called Enhancing
Food Security (EFS) in Cox's Bazar district, WFP and partners implemented an integrated package of nutrition
assistance for children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women, school feeding, and grants for
investment to ultra-poor women regardless of status as host community member or undocumented Myanmar
national (not registered refugees).
Approved Budget for Project Duration (USD)
Bangladesh, People's Republic of (BD)
12
Country Programme - 200243