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Standard Project Report 2016
Project Objectives and Results
Project Objectives
Through this two-year transitional country programme (CP), WFP aimed to align itself with the Government’s
development priorities to address food insecurity, undernutrition and the impact of climate shocks on vulnerable
populations. The CP was in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, SDG 5 and SDG 17. It was also
aligned with the 2013-2017 United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) cycle, and was in line
with the WFP Strategic Plan (2014-2017), specifically Strategic Objective 3 (Reduce risk and enable people,
communities and countries to meet their own food and nutrition needs) and Strategic Objective 4 (Reduce
undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger).
The CP was implemented in partnership with the Government of Sri Lanka, United Nations (UN) agencies and
cooperating partners, and had the following objectives:
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2.
3.
4.
Reduce undernutrition among children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women (WFP Strategic
Objective 4)
Increase food intake and school attendance among primary schoolchildren in food-insecure areas (WFP
Strategic Objective 4)
Strengthen the resilience of vulnerable households to shocks and adaptation to climate change (WFP Strategic
Objective 3)
Strengthen government capacity to address food and nutrition insecurity (WFP Strategic Objective 3)
Informed by regular market conditions, crop production monitoring, feedback surveys and post distribution
monitoring, cash transfers were used for resilience strengthening activities, while in-kind food distributions were
used for nutrition and school meals programmes.
With expertise in vulnerability analysis and mapping, food security and market assessments, and food fortification,
WFP Sri Lanka provided technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of the Government and people to improve
their food security and nutrition status.
WFP's technical assistance and capacity development support to the Government through this two-year CP
contributed to transitioning WFP to a longer-term Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2017-2021) wherein a time bound
exit strategy will be determined.
Approved Budget for Project Duration (USD)
Cost Category
Capacity Dev.t and Augmentation
553,173
Direct Support Costs 4,324,561
Food and Related Costs 8,914,628
Indirect Support Costs 1,289,123
Cash & Voucher and Related Costs 4,623,680
Total
19,705,165
Project Activities
The three programme components carried out by WFP in 2016 were: 1) nutritional support for vulnerable groups; 2)
a school meals programme for primary and secondary schoolchildren; and 3) strengthening the resilience of
vulnerable communities to reduce the risk and impact of climatic shocks.
Strategic Objective: Reduce undernutrition and break the intergenerational cycle of hunger (SO4)
Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of (LK)
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