Standard Project Report 2016
Cost Category
Capacity Dev . t and Augmentation 8,440,728
Direct Support Costs 38,243,315
Food and Related Costs 234,596,935
Indirect Support Costs 22,337,467
Cash & Voucher and Related Costs 37,825,688
Total 341,444,133
Project Activities
Component 1 : Improving maternal and child nutrition ( IMCN ) Strategic Objective 4 : Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger
This year , the Improving Maternal and Child Nutrition ( IMCN ) programme involved phasing out from the direct implementation of existing activities , except in Cox ’ s Bazar district where near emergency levels of malnutrition combined with a complex operating environment justified its presence . IMCN treats moderate acute malnutrition ( MAM ) through a targeted supplementary feeding for pregnant and lactating women ( PLW ) and children aged 6-59 months who are screened and diagnosed with MAM . IMCN is focused in selected sub-districts in rural areas and in urban slums where poverty is compounded by the high prevalence of global acute malnutrition . In 2016 , MAM treatment under the Country Programme reached people in 14 sub-districts and urban slums in four districts ; six sub-districts were phased out by the end of the year .
Extremely high rates of acute malnutrition among undocumented Myanmar nationals in makeshift settlements of Kutupalong and Leda under Cox ’ s Bazar district ( outside of the official refugee camps served by the PRRO ), are addressed through MAM prevention interventions — blanket supplementary feeding for all children aged 6-59 months and PLW as well as behaviour change communication ( BCC ). Specialised food supplements enriched with vitamins and minerals — Super Cereal Plus ( 200 g per person per day ) and Super Cereal ( 225 g per person per day ) with fortified vegetable oil ( 20 g per person per day ) — were provided to all enrolled children and PLW in treatment and prevention programmes , respectively , following standard protocol .
For the most part , the IMCN interventions were delivered through the Government ’ s community health service system , except in the makeshift settlements where centres were run by cooperating partner staff . Implementation followed guidelines for national community-based management of acute malnutrition ( CMAM ), using the mid-upper arm circumference ( MUAC ) measurements for both admission and discharge criteria for children and PLW . MAM rehabilitation services , increasingly implemented by government staff , consisted of nutrition status monitoring , nutrition education and bi-weekly supplementary food distribution . Cooperating partner and government staff received training on programme implementation and BCC delivery .
Under this component , WFP contributed to the national dialogue with the Government on nutrition policies and planning in collaboration with other United Nations agencies and nutrition stakeholders . Operational research was conducted to build evidence for project approaches and to inform programme design .
Component 2 : School feeding Strategic Objective 4 : Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger
The school feeding component targeted schoolchildren of pre-primary ( 3-5 years of age ) and primary ( 5-12 years of age ) levels in areas with high poverty prevalence and low education performance . Each school day the schoolchildren received biscuits fortified with vitamins and minerals intended to cover 67 percent of their daily micronutrient requirements . The over-distribution of biscuits was related to the under-distribution of wheat , which was used to make , and exchanged for , the fortified biscuits by contracted biscuit producers . The school meals initiative , which was launched in 2013 in collaboration with the Government to test an alternative modality , targeted the same types of communities and students and provided schoolchildren with cooked meals made with centrally procured fortified rice , lentils and fortified oil , and locally purchased food items from female vegetable cultivators . These marginalised vegetable cultivators were trained and provided with a financial incentive .
The successful scale-up of school feeding by the Government has led to an impressive coverage of 2.5 million children in 72 sub-districts by 2016 . Through a United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA ) McGovern-Dole contribution , WFP has been implementing a literacy component since 2015 in Gaibandha , Rangpur division ( in
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