WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by project type | Page 766

Standard Project Report 2016
Project Objectives and Results
Project Objectives
WFP's emergency response project focused on communities affected by El Niño, with the aim of preventing
moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in the most vulnerable segments of the population, as well as raising awareness
on the importance of dietary diversity and good nutrition for children aged 6-23 months and pregnant and lactating
women (PLW).
The specific objectives were to:
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enhance community and informal leaders' engagement to prevent undernutrition in the selected villages;
strengthen the capacity of caregivers to prevent malnutrition through good infant and young child feeding
practices and improved hygiene for children and PLW;
strengthen the knowledge of communities on healthy behaviours and signs of danger for common illnesses; and
reinforce the existing communities' support groups which can promote healthy behaviours that reduce
malnutrition (such as mother support groups).
To this end, the expected outputs of the project in 2016 were:
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targeted communities exposed to nutrition, and health messaging appropriate for communities with low
education levels;
community and informal leaders engaged to prevent undernutrition, through urging families to visit health clinics
for supplementary feeding support and promotion of healthy behaviours;
socialisation sessions for male and female community