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Standard Project Report 2016
Project Objectives and Results
Project Objectives
The magnitude 7 earthquakes that struck Nepal in April and May 2015 caused widespread damage in many districts
of the Central Region and caused the deaths of over 9,000 people. Over 900,000 houses were fully or partially
damaged. The government-led Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), estimated the total damage and losses at
nearly USD 7 billion, a third of Nepal’s gross domestic product (GDP). WFP’s response through a Corporate
Response Emergency Operation (CR-EMOP) supported over two million people with urgent food assistance and
cash-based transfers over the period from May 2015 to January 2016. The PDNA emphasised the importance of
building resilience and integrating disaster risk reduction into recovery activities as relief gradually gave way to
recovery. The Government of Nepal's livelihood recovery strategy in earthquake-affected areas also highlighted the
importance of linking immediate assistance with long-term livelihood recovery. The significant detrimental effects of
food insecurity on the nutritional status of children living in earthquake affected districts were also highlighted in
assessments done by the nutrition cluster during the emergency, which revealed that stunting and wasting in
earthquake-affected districts ranged from six to 14 percent respectively. Based on these and other findings, WFP
was requested by the Government to further support the earthquake affected people in food and nutrition during the
recovery process.
Accordingly, WFP started the PRRO 200875 in January 2016 with a plan to support a total of 350,000
earthquake-affected beneficiaries through the dual objectives of:
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Implementing food-assistance-for-assets (FFA) activities to reconstruct damaged community assets, where
beneficiaries are assisted with cash-based transfers and food rations consisting of rice, pulses and vegetable
oil; and
Treating children diagnosed with moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) by providing the ready-to-use
supplementary food (RUSF) Plumpy'Sup through a targeted supplementary feeding programme.
The PRRO aimed to support the priorities identified in the PDNA and the Government’s livelihood recovery strategy
in the sectors of community infrastructure, agriculture, nutrition, and disaster risk reduction. The project aimed to
restore food and nutrition security and rebuild community infrastructure (WFP Strategic Objective 2) and support the
restoration of livelihoods while enhancing the resilience of communities to future shocks (WFP Strategic Objective
3). The PRRO also aimed to enhance government capacity to prepare for, monitor and respond to f