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Standard Project Report 2016
Annual Project Food Distribution
Commodity
Planned Distribution (mt)
Wheat Soya Blend
Total
Actual Distribution (mt)
% Actual v. Planned
192 128 66.5%
192 128 66.5%
Operational Partnerships
WFP partnered with the Ministry of Health and the non-governmental organizations—Manahari Development
Institute and Support for Poor Producers of Nepal—to deliver nutrition services during the IR-EMOP. The Ministry of
Health contributed the Super Cereal while WFP supported the transport, handling and distribution of the food to
beneficiaries through government health posts. Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) activities were also
strengthened in spite of the emergency situation, through the timely supply and distribution of vitamin A, de-worming
tablets and iron or folic acid supplements by the Government, as well as nutrition counselling and education
activities.
The Ministry of Health took the overall responsibility of food procurement and food delivery up to the external
distribution points in coordination with the District Health Officers. WFP provided overall support for logistics
handling starting with the receipt of food at the extended delivery points, storage, transportation and distribution of
Super Cereal to the beneficiaries at the health posts. MDI and SAPPROS provided technical assistance and
support on logistics handling and ensured that beneficiaries received their food rations and adequate services in
accordance with the schedule.
At the end of August 2016, the Ministry of Health sought to continue WFP’s stunting prevention programme by
including it in the Government’s regular Community Management of Acute Malnutrition programmes and supporting
it under the longer-term Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition component of WFP's country programme in Nepal.
Performance Monitoring
Performance monitoring plans included a three-tier monitoring strategy involving WFP and the Government at
central and regional levels, and the partners at the district and health facility levels. WFP carried out two joint
performance monitoring missions to Mugu district and one mission to Jumla district with central and regional level
stakeholders during the three-month implementation period. The missions focused on progress updates and the
constraints faced by the ongoing stunting prevention programme supported by WFP and the Government in the
region. WFP also continued to separately monitor the programme through its sub-office in Jumla district, which was
responsible for overall monitoring and reporting in the two districts. The sub-office provided regular feedback on
weekly monitoring findings and recommendations for improvement through fortnightly and monthly situation reports.
WFP’s partners—Manahari Development Institute and Support for Poor Producers of Nepal—appointed food
distributors and field supervisors to support government health workers in the distribution of food and the delivery of
basic health services. In addition to regular field-level monitoring and supervision of overall IR-EMOP activities, the
partners provided support for registering beneficiaries into the Health Information Management System database.
Partner staff also supported the government health workers in the preparation and submission of timely field and
district level monthly reports to the Ministry of Health.
The Government carried out its own regular monitoring of the activities at district and health facility levels. The
nutrition focal point in each district agreed upon a monthly monitoring plan with each of the health facilities and
linked this plan with the ongoing monthly food distribution schedule and reviewed overall performance of health
facilities. This level of monitoring helped identify issues such as absenteeism of health staff, poor physical
infrastructure of the health posts, lack of basic medicine and health equipment and other urgent logistical issues
pertinent to the implementation of the IR-EMOP.
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