Standard Project Report 2016
northern Bangladesh ) which includes teacher trainings , extra-curricular activities , school gardens , de-worming , establishment of reading corners , development of wall magazines and organization of cooking demonstrations and aims to improve literacy of school-age children as well as health and dietary practices . Apart from the operational support , technical assistance to the Ministry to initiate preparation of the National School Feeding Policy and Strategy was a priority engagement for WFP in 2016 .
Component 3 : Enhancing resilience to natural disasters and the effects of climate change ( ER / ER +)
Strategic Objective 3 : Reduce risk and enable people , communities and countries to meet their own food and nutrition needs .
Through the Enhancing Resilience to Natural Disasters and the Effects of Climate Change ( ER ) programme , participants , the majority of them women , worked to construct or repair community assets and took part in comprehensive training sessions in return for compensation with cash ( cash assistance for assets and cash assistance for training , respectively ). Women from participating households benefitted from a one-off cash grant for investment in income-generating activities ( IGA ), a monthly living allowance and follow-up support . The Government directly funded 95 percent of the IGA participants and WFP provided technical support to enhance the quality of services .
For emergency distributions under ER , WFP had originally planned to distribute specialised nutritious foods , rice , oil , fortified biscuits and cash but ultimately only rice and cash were distributed , which accounted for the over-distribution of cash and under-distribution of food for this component .
Component 4 : Strengthening government safety nets . Strategic Objective 4 : Reduce undernutrition and break the inter-generational cycle of hunger .
The Vulnerable Group Development ( VGD ) programme is the longest standing social safety net programme in Bangladesh . WFP has supported the Government in implementing VGD since its initiation in 1974 . VGD aims to improve the food security of ultra-poor women and their households through life skills and awareness training and income generation support . It is now entirely run and funded by the Government ( since 2011 ) with technical support from WFP to help it enhance implementation standards . The investment component of VGD ( ICVGD ) is a pilot aiming to support women with a cash grant for investment , rations of fortified rice and additional training , thus combining income and nutrition support for enhanced sustainability .
The Enhancing Food Security ( EFS ) programme empowered vulnerable women to engage in economic activities to achieve food security , building on best practices for social safety nets . WFP distributed a monthly subsistence allowance which covered essential household consumption needs , while women invested their one-off cash grants in IGAs . This scheme is supported by skills trainings , the formation of ‘ self-help ’ women ’ s groups , and BCC to facilitate women ’ s economic and social empowerment with a focus on improved nutrition practices , implemented through WFP-contracted partners . BCC was a substantial cross-cutting activity delivered in various formats across all programme interventions that aimed to harmonise messages on nutrition . Disaster risk reduction was mainstreamed across the interventions to ensure the activity ’ s sustainability . EFS formed part of an integrated approach , which included school feeding and IMCN in the same community project areas . The integrated package aimed to address the underlying causes of food insecurity and undernutrition in Cox ’ s Bazar district .
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