WFP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific - 2016 SPRs RBB 2016 SPRs by project type | Page 769

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
25 9 35.2%
6 5 89.3%
30 14 45.5%
Operational Partnerships
The main partner in this emergency project was the Ministry of Health in the three targeted municipalities,
particularly since the provision of Plumpy'Doz and locally produced Timor Vita was planned through the existing
health structures, community health clinics and village level health posts. Through this partnership, the Ministry of
Health's ability to implement nutrition programmes will be strengthened in the areas of supply chain management,
testing beneficiaries for signs of moderate acute malnutrition, monitoring, and behaviour change communications
around nutrition.
Given the delay in the production of the specialised nutritious food (SNF) for women, Timor Vita, and with the delays
in the import of Plumpy'Doz for children, WFP advocated with the Ministry of Health to import an alternative SNF for
women and for children, as well as using the existing in-country stock of Plumpy'Sup. However, no agreement was
reached for the IR-EMOP.
In addition, WFP Timor-Leste partnere