WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by project type | Seite 234

Standard Project Report 2016
such as the elderly and disabled. The use of cash-based transfers enabled a reduction in the risk of overcrowding at
retailers and the burden and safety risks of carrying heavy loads of food.
Seventy-eight percent of beneficiaries interviewed during post-distribution surveys were female and the results
showed that 54 percent of the households were headed by women. The use of the cash assistance was mainly
decided jointly by the husband and wife. WFP paid particular attention to aspects such as the impact of cash-based
transfers on existing domestic and social tensions, distance between household and in-kind food distribution
locations and between communities and markets.
Mitigation measures were determined based on risks identified and in consultation with beneficiaries. For instance,
the location of the distribution points were chosen to minimise travel distances and diminish the possibility of safety
incidents travelling to or from distributions; while community and beneficiary sensitisation sessions targeted WFP
beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries to lessen the risk of social tensions before they arose.
The beneficiary feedback and complaint mechanism was set up using a toll free number both at the country office
and area office during the last quarter of 2016, and will be fully implemented in 2017. Awareness raising