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Standard Project Report 2016
Country Resources and Results
Resources for Results
WFP Pakistan received support from a wide array of donors, (representing thirteen countries) towards the
2016-2018 PRRO. The resource partnership with the Government of Pakistan was central in implementation of the
operation.
At the end of 2016, planned activities under the PRRO were 87 percent funded against the total programme
requirements for the year, which constituted 39 percent of the total funding requirement of the PRRO. However,
towards the end of the year, delayed allocation of funds led to shortfalls for the relief and nutrition support
interventions requiring internationally-procured food items. Capacity development and augmentation activities also
remained inadequately funded. Under the special operation 200707, WFP was unable to construct two out of the
three planned humanitarian response facilities as a result of lack of resources. Several other support activities for
the Government in other sectors were also affected during the year. WFP made use of strategic resource
allocations, through multilateral grants and advance financing mechanisms, to avert potential pipeline breaks
periodically throughout the year, particularly for the life-saving relief and nutrition interventions.
The Government of Pakistan continued its sizeable in-kind contributions in 2016, as in previous years, providing
wheat and fulfilling the cereal requirements for the year. International donors such as Australia, Canada, Germany,
Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America continued to provide funding for twinning with
government-provided wheat, as well as for purchasing other essential commodities for the school feeding and relief
programmes in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The school feeding activity faced significant funding
constraints which resulted in reduced implementation. These constraints were primarily a result of increased donor
focus on more pressing development issues, including recovery support to internally displaced people (IDPs) and
malnutrition interventions across the country. With this in mind, WFP has refocused its efforts on securing increased
government ownership by providing technical assistance to government-led initiatives in this sector. Contributions
secured from Australia and Canada in 2016 will fully fund the cash component of the school feeding programme for
2017 and 2018.
Saudi Arabia and Qatar made in-kind contributions to the relief activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. A joint
United Nations proposal between WFP, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization, for the return and rehabilitation of IDPs was
supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Government of the United
Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), and the Government of Japan.
Multiyear grants from DFID and USAID for twinning, stunting prevention and disaster preparedness and response
provided critical support allowed for more effective planning and resource utilisation. Switzerland and the United
Kingdom contributed towards disaster risk reduction (DRR) focused food assistance for assets (FFA) in FATA and
Chitral. Additional financing for strengthening disaster preparedness and response capacity from the Government of
Norway, and for disaster response capacity of vulnerable, drought stricken communities in Sindh from the European
Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and USAID, proved to be a sound investment in the country's
resilience.
Achievements at Country Level
In 2016, WFP Pakistan supported 2.9 million people with 178,000 mt of food and approximately USD 8.6 million in
cash-based transfers. The provision of relief food assistance to displaced and newly returned families affected by
law and order operations in the country's north-west continued in eight districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and
five Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) agencies. This assistance was provided through 30 distribution
hubs, 19 of which were situated in KP and 11 in FATA. As the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) was
slower than anticipated, WFP was able to implement the programme without interruptions and to support a larger
number of people in the latter half of the year than was planned.
Food assistance for assets (FFA) was implemented in four FATA agencies, and provided in-kind assistance to
participants. WFP was the first United Nations (UN) agency to implement conditional cash-based FFA interventions
in FATA. These FFA interventions were implemented in collaboration with other UN agencies and development
actors, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). In three drought-stricken districts of Sindh,
cash-based FFA was implemented in conjunction with the community-based management of acute malnutrition
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