Standard Project Report 2016
In the emergency preparedness project, WFP conducted surveys of the previous participants of trainings with regard to effectiveness and suggestions for improvements. Emergency logistics training sessions were evaluated using a standard course evaluation form, which focused on the training material content, feedback on trainers and participants’ suggestions for improvement. For quality control of the construction projects, WFP assigned a dedicated site engineer at the humanitarian staging area to monitor and supervise daily construction work and report on the daily, weekly and monthly progress of the infrastructure projects.
Results / Outcomes
The Country Programme went through its mid-term evaluation in 2016. Initial signs indicated an overall improvement in income and livelihoods, food consumption score, dietary diversity intake and fewer negative coping strategies compared to the baseline. WFP completed outcome monitoring at the country level through a third party monitoring agency in December 2016.
Component 1: Livelihoods and asset creation
Strategic Objective: Reduce risk and enable people, communities and countries to meet their own food and nutrition needs( SO3)
Outcome: Improved access to livelihood assets has contributed to enhanced resilience and reduced risks from disaster and shocks faced by targeted food-insecure communities and households
Activity: Food assistance for assets( FFA) in seven districts( Accham, Bajhang, Dailekh, Doti, Kalikot, Jumla and Mugu)
The outcome monitoring results indicated that the creation or rehabilitation of different assets broadly contributed to improving people’ s livelihoods, income generation and household food security, as evidenced by a continued improvement in the percentage of households headed by men and women with an acceptable Food Consumption Score( FCS)— for both groups, the target of 80 percent was achieved in 2016. The percentage of households headed by men and women with poor and borderline FCS decreased as more of these households moved to the acceptable FCS category. The Diet Diversity Scores( DDS) in 2016 for households headed by men and women continued the trend of improvement, as scores were high and had increased compared to 2015.
The Coping Strategy Index( CSI) could not be compared with the previous year because of differences in the calculation method. The results for 2016 indicated the index figure, while the results for 2015 indicated a figure that was based on the percentage of households with reduced coping strategies. CSI is calculated by surveying a panel population, and this was not possible in 2016 as many families often moved out of the programme areas at different times of the year. A very high proportion of communities that had functioning assets in 2016 indicated that communities were using the assets to re-establish their livelihoods.
Building rural roads, trails, irrigation canals, fish ponds and community service centres directly improved connectivity to services and markets and helped increase land productivity and food production. Drinking water systems not only increased the water supply for households but also helped to reduce the time taken to fetch water, and women could engage in improved childcare or income generation. Agroforestry helped turn barren land into cultivation, and irrigation facilities were constructed and helped to improve crop yield.
Component 2: Education Support Strategic Objective: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger( SO4) Outcome: Increased equitable access to and utilisation of education
Activity: School meals in 10 districts( Accham, Bajhang, Baitadi, Bajura, Dailekh, Dadeldhura, Darchula, Doti, Jajarkot and Rukum districts)
The decreased school attendance rate of both boys and girls in 2016 compared to 2015 could be because the data collection was done just before the start of major festivals, and children tend to stay away from school at such times. Similarly, only three months of attendance records were considered in 2016, whereas the full twelve months were considered in 2015. The average annual rate of change in number of girls and boys enrolled in WFP-assisted primary schools continued to be negative, which according to the FLASH I Report( number 2072) of the Ministry of Education was likely caused by a reduction in the fertility rate or an increase in the enrolment rate in private schools that are perceived to be offering“ better” quality services.
Despite these figures, WFP continued to provide early grade reading support and distribution of laptops and digital materials along with school meals. Improved learning outcomes were achieved through teacher trainings, establishment of libraries, and preparation of materials which resulted in significant increases in the literacy skills of school-aged children( 22 percent over the year), as indicated by partner monitoring reports. Technical assistance
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