Standard Project Report 2016
and training for the Ministry of Education and the Food for Education Project( FFEP) on supply chain aspects, including commodity management, food storage and ownership were provided to 2,402 school cooks, 100 resource persons and 30 logistics staff of the FFEP. In addition, training on WFP’ s electronic special project report( eSPR) portal resulted in a decrease of reporting times.
Component 3: Nutrition Support Strategic Objective: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger( SO4)
Outcome: Reduced undernutrition, including micronutrient deficiencies among children aged 6-59 months, pregnant and lactating women, and school-aged children
Activity: Maternal and child health and nutrition( MCHN)— prevention of stunting and treatment of acute malnutrition programmes in seven districts( Jumla, Mugu, Kalikot, Humla, Dolpa, Bajura and Solukhumbu)
Although food was delivered and distributed on time, WFP could only reach out to 78 percent of planned beneficiaries in the stunting prevention programme, with only 20 percent of food distributed. This underachievement was mainly a result of challenges in getting beneficiaries to attend clinics regularly, as they have to walk long distances to reach the clinics from their remote high-altitude villages. However, the coverage of this programme was still well over the target. The minimum acceptable diet of children aged 6-23 months turned out to be significantly lower in 2016 than the previous year. This result could be attributed to reduced production of different agricultural food crops caused by drought conditions in 2016, leading to less availability of diverse food and reduced frequency of meals; two factors that directly contribute to this indicator.
The health- and nutrition-related services provided by the Government complemented WFP’ s Super Cereal distribution as a total package of services to the beneficiaries. Records of the Ministry of Health indicated that a majority of food distributions( 91 percent) took place as scheduled in 2016 and 9,368 pregnant women received de-worming tablets— 71 percent of the plan. Almost all women( including pregnant and lactating women, caregivers of children, community members) and a majority of men have been exposed to nutrition messages, contributing to improving the level of community awareness of nutrition.
Component 4: Capacity development
Strategic Objective: Reduce risk and enable people, communities and countries to meet their own food and nutrition needs( SO3)
Outcome: Risk reduction capacity of countries, communities and institutions strengthened. Activity: Capacity development
The National Capacity Index( NCI) exercise is held every two years to measure the capacity of government agencies to sustain the project outcomes. The last NCI exercises were held in 2015 when WFP measured the NCI for food security monitoring completing a rigorous capacity assessment, and the next exercise will be held in 2017. The average NCI score in 2015 was 16( out of 20), indicating that the government institutional capacity to manage and operate the national food security monitoring system, NeKSAP, was at a“ moderate” level against a baseline“ emergent” level in 2014. The NeKSAP is prominently mentioned in the Government’ s 14th National Plan( 2016-2017 to 2018-2019) to be institutionalised at the federal state and district levels. NeKSAP is an integral part of developing government food security-related plans and programmes, with budget allocations for 2017 and 2018.
The emergency preparedness and response( EPR) project was implemented in 2015( NCI value 12) and positive results were shown in policy and legislation, strong, effective, and accountable institutions as well as management of stakeholder participation.
WFP also conducted the Systems Approach to Better Education Results( SABER) exercise with the Government in 2015, to ascertain the current stage and develop a roadmap to create a consolidated national school meals programme and policy guideline. The results showed established capacities in the areas of institutional capacity and coordination, and community roles reaching beyond schools.
The humanitarian staging area( HSA) proved to be a timely and critical investment in 2015 as it facilitated a more rapid, efficient, and effective response from the onset of the emergency when the HSA served as the primary area for coordinating the movement of supplies and personnel with significant benefits to response time. This was also the first time in a sudden onset emergency that WFP did not need to fly in a single piece of equipment for the first weeks of the response. Furthermore, the relationships with government partners and other humanitarian actors were soundly built throughout the project.
Component 4: Capacity development Strategic Objective: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger( SO4)
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