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Standard Project Report 2016
Annual Project Food Distribution
Commodity
Planned Distribution (mt)
Corn Soya Blend
Ready To Use Supplementary Food
Total
Actual Distribution (mt)
% Actual v. Planned
555 261 47.0%
94 127 134.3%
649 387 59.7%
Operational Partnerships
WFP worked with it main partner, the Ministry of Health, to develop its capacity to implement a treatment
programme for moderate acute malnutrition (MAM). Although the Ministry’s budget for nutrition was small in
2016 and WFP bore the cost of project implementation, the Ministry contributed funding for the salaries of the 114
nutrition focal points across six municipalities, support from the Ministry’s monitoring and evaluation adviser to
integrate nutrition indicators into national systems, and the development of behaviour change communication tools.
In addition, the health promotion unit engaged a graphic designer to develop posters on nutrition and pregnancy,
and nutrition for infants. This support was estimated at 5 percent of the total programme budget for 2016, or USD
450,000.
The Ministry of Health also supported a number of outreach events in 2016, including World Breastfeeding Week
events in Oecusse, which were organised by WFP's partner Alola Foundation and were supported by the United
Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Quizzes and other activities were
organised to raise awareness of the importance of breastfeeding for caregivers, and to inform health workers about
the new Sustainable Development Goals related to infant and young child feeding (IYCF).
The Ministry of Health in the autonomous region of Oecusse and the national nutrition department also supported
the pilot project to provide all children aged 6-23 months with specialised nutritious food (SNF), by providing a car
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of (TL)
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