Protracted Relief & Recovery Operations (PRRO II)
Annual Report
2016 Transition towards Resilient and Food Secure FATA
World Food Programme & FATA Secretariat
2016
CONTENTS
PART I INTRODUCTION a. 2016 in review Background & Contextual Analysis b. v Introduction v Objectives of PRRO v Recommendations put forth by Mid-term evaluation/Govt. consultation c. Formal partnership between WFP & Government v Implementation arrangements PART II Achievements by WFP target Objectives d. WFP achievements under PRRO in 2016 (Infographic) v Focus on women and children v Integration of activities with other UN agencies Objective 1: ensure food security and nutrition among displaced people and support their voluntary return into FATA's de-notified areas 1.1 Relief v What we achieved in 2016? v Relief support to returnee and displaced families v Distribution mechanism in place v Protection and gender mainstreaming in Relief Operations v Coordination mechanism v Grievance redressal mechanism v Contributing to behavioral changes and improved practices v Public Information campaign v Assistance to refugees returning to Afghanistan v Life Saving Food support to the displaced/returnee families v Sucess Story 1.2 Nutrition v What we achieved in 2016? v WFP targeted supplementary feeding program in FATA v Boosting capacity of Lady Health Worker / Visitors v Promoting improved health and nutrition v Stabilizing nutritional status of Acute MAM children v Filling the Nutrition gap in the FATA Public Health System v Community mobilizing & awareness to improve practices
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Objective 2: stabilize, restore and improve the nutritional status of vulnerable populations, and rebuild livelihoods through food assistance for assets (FFA) 2.1 Food Assistance for Assets (FFA): Improved livelihoods, disaster risk reduction and management v What we achieved in 2016? v Project overview v Cash Based Transfers v Livelihoods Food for Asset initiative in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) v Success Story v Livelihoods Food for Asset initiative in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) v Food/Cash for Training v Capacity augmentation of Government Staff 2.2 Scaling up School Feeding: Keeping Children in School While Improving Their Learning and Health v Cash incentive to encourage children return to schools v Capacity building of focal teachers v Expansion of WFP's School Feeding Programme v WFP Children's Design Competition 2017 Objective 3: build community resilience to climate change through nutrition-sensitive disaster risk reduction and livelihood activities (DRR) v Bringing resilience towards Bajaur & Mohmand agencies v Community Based Disaster Risk Management Approach e. Internal controls v Multi cluster rapid assessment v Livelihoods & Beneficiary Information Management (BIM) Database System v Monitoring layers f. Support to RRU g. Food Security & Strategic Review Annual Review 2016 Annual Livelihoods Review KP FATA 2016 Priorities for 2017 Box on KP / FATA Donors
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GLOSSARY AND ABBREVIATIONS WFP
World Food Programme
SDG
Sustainable Development Goals
PRRO Protracted Relief & Recovery Operations
LHWs Lady Health Workers
TDP
Temporarily Dislocated Persons
LHV
PMU
Project Management Unit
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MT MoU
Metric Ton Memorandum of Understanding
IPC
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
MoH
Ministry of Health
Lady Health Visitors
CMAM Community based management of acute malnutrition
MoED Ministry of Education
MAM
Moderate Acute Malnourished
MoAg Ministry of Agriculture
IYCF
Infant young child feeding practices
PCNA Post Crisis Needs Assessment
CP
Cooperating partner
PC-1
Planning Commission Performa-1
FFA
Food Assistance for Asset
P&D
Planning and Development Division
FFT
Food for Training
RUSF
Ready to use supplementary food.
CFT
Cash for Training
SDPI
Sustainable Development Policy Institute
PIU DRR
Project Implementation Unit Disaster Risk Reduction
SUN
Scaling Up Nutrition3
RRU
Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Unit
TSFP
Target Supplementary Feeding Programme
R&R
Rehabilitation & Reconstruction
DNA
Damage and Needs Assessment
VDC
Village Development Committee
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FSA
Food Security Analysis
KP
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DoP
Directorate of Projects
VDMP Village Disaster Management Plan
UNICEF United Nations International Children Emergency Fund UNFPA United Nations Family Planning Association WB
World Bank
WFP
World Food Programme
WHO
World Health Organization
SRSP
Sarhad Rural Support Programme
Foreword Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) The post conflict era in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan is marked with many challenges which is recognized as a gigantic task and managing it during the transition amidst internal and external circumstances is even more challenging. Our strategy never remains oblivious to the emerging and expected challenges in the future. Mindful of the facts and consequent to multiple extensive rounds of consultations, FATA Secretariat has prioritized key areas needing collaborated actions to support affected people of FATA. Under this strategic direction, FATA Secretariat has established multiple partnerships, out of which World Food Programme is one of the milestone. I feel very delighted to highlight and appreciate the significance of the collaboration to address prioritized areas including food security, improved nutrition of the vulnerable groups of the population, nutrition status of school children, building resilience of the communities against shocks and, initiating the process for peace and revival of indigenous economic activities. We recognize the fact that we cannot transform the lives of the hungry, if we cannot first transform the way we do business; thus WFP contribution is of paramount importance. In program implementation, there are unprecedented challenges which are optimally responded with, through adaptation of new program designs, implementation methodologies and transparency in the delivery system in coordination with FATA Secretariat. This has been made possible through enhancement of bilateral governance structure and its commitment to institutional accountability and transparency. The untiring efforts of the Planning & Development Department and relevant departments are admirable in sustaining necessary actions with commitment. Today, we are more focused and determined to help people to re-stitch the lives of families returning to FATA and have envisioned to reshape our collaboration with World Food Programme and other partners in this regard.
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Message Director General (Projects) Directorate of Projects, FATA Secretariat World Food Programme (WFP) is a vital part of the United Nations' partnership with Pakistan. Over the years, it has played an important role in relief and rehabilitation of marginalized community, and creating an environment in which all partners in society contribute towards national development. Working as Director General Projects here at Directorate of Project FATA Secretariat, I have been impressed by the successes of the past year. These demonstrate the contribution of WFP towards developing resilience against shocks, rebuilding after insecurity, and preparing for the impacts of disasters. Tireless work of my team and WFP's colleagues has helped to build inclusive and effective interventions. WFP's work brings together the different elements of development and helps link up humanitarian assistance with sustainable development. Through this, it has a key role as part of the UN Pakistan team in helping FATA to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. As we look forward to the year ahead, WFP will join its partners in celebrating its achievements in 2017, committing to build on those to assist FATA on its journey towards sustainable development for all.
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Message BaiMankay Sankoh Head of Provincial Office KP World Food Programme Under the Government’s leadership, WFP has provided critical food assistance and relief support to more than one million people living in displacement and to those returning to FATA. WFP has shift its focus to the families returning to their homes in FATA to help provide them their food security needs and also, to rebuild their lives through its relief and recovery operations. Together with the FATA Secretariat, WFP is working hard to bring stability to the path of FATA people and improve their resilience in the face of hazards and disasters. These efforts are being successfully implemented due to the vision and planning by FATA Secretariat and also, due to cooperation and strong partnership between the FATA authorities, WFP and partners. I applaud the FATA Secretariat for its notable ownership and commitment towards achieving the goal of food security in FATA, and for the overall leadership and vision that it takes to obtain promising achievements till date in this monumental return and rehabilitation process; it has been a privilege to work alongside the Government of Pakistan providing critical humanitarian and recovery support to the displaced and returning families. I would like to extend my thanks to FATA Secretariat for their hard work, strong partnership and cooperation in formulating this Annual Report.
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WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
WFP Logistic operation supports programme in ensuring timely food assistance to entitled beneficiaries.
2016 2016 IN REVIEW
WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
2016 in Review WFP Pakistan started implementation of its new three year programme Protracted Relief & Recovery Operations (PRRO) 200867 in 2016 . The programme continues to situate all its operations alongside the development priorities of the Government of Pakistan. All activities under this project have been endorsed by the federal and provincial governments and are implemented either in collaboration with, or directly through, relevant line departments at the provincial and agency level. WFP ensured that 'Provincial annual work plans' were prepared in consultation with the relevant departments and has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Provincial level departments of Planning and Development (P&D) and the FATA Secretariat for the implementation of PRRO in FATA. The host government's commitment to the food and nutrition security is demonstrated by its continued support to WFP's ongoing relief food assistance to the temporarily dislocated people of FATA through their inkind contribution of 124,000 metric ton (MT) of wheat in 2016. Since 2013, the Government of Pakistan has contributed nearly 700,000 MT of wheat to WFP worth USD 267 million. In January 2016, World Food Programme under Year – 1 of its new operational model “Transition: Towards Resilient and Food-Secure Pakistan” has continued working in close partnership with the government at different levels to reinforce the resilience of communities living in the most hazard-prone areas, address malnutrition among the most vulnerable segments of the society, particularly pregnant and nursing women and children under the age of five and support a favorable environment for women to achieve social and economic equality. The geographic coverage of these activities spans across seven agencies of FATA and KP. WFP's operation prioritizes the transition from relief to recovery, integration of activities, and implementation of holistic interventions with greater thematic, geographic and beneficiary integration among activities. In 2016, more than half of WFP beneficiaries were assisted with
life-saving food rations mostly in areas of return, and some in areas of displacement to meet their dietary needs. The relief activity was smoothly conducted through 30 distribution hubs, 19 of which were situated in KP and the remaining 11 in FATA. In addition, WFP also implemented a range of conditional assistance programmes aimed at stimulating post-shock recovery, including education support through the school feeding programme in FATA; livelihoods recovery through Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) – using both cash and food based modalities- in areas of return in FATA and nutrition support programmes for vulnerable women and children in FATA. Concurrently, community-based disaster risk reduction interventions in the most hazard-prone and food-insecure locations continued alongside efforts to develop the government's capabilities in disaster risk management and other areas linked with food security and nutrition. Food for Asset (FFA) activities, providing in-kind assistance, were implemented in four FATA agencies. WFP was the first organization to implement conditional cash-based FFA interventions in FATA. With a focus on cash modality in 2016, WFP has offered beneficiaries a greater choice. These FFA interventions were implemented in collaboration with other UN agencies (UNDP, FAO and UNICEF) and development actors. Female participation in WFP's FFA interventions in FATA continued to be a challenge due to the prevalent cultural norms and social customs. The school feeding intervention was operational in six FATA agencies targeting 1,635 primary schools contributing to increased enrolment and retention in targeted schools, while CMAM activities were implemented across seven FATA agencies through 1,008 nutrition sites. The WFP nutrition support provided a platform to further encourage malnourished mother's access to health centers for antenatal & post-natal checkups, awareness and advocacy on improved feeding practices. Mother support groups formed at community level acted as a forum for better advocacy and social mobilization. In 2016, 62% of beneficiaries of WFP Nutrition programme were pregnant and nursing mothers and 38%
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were moderate acute malnourished children. During the last quarter of 2016, WFP conducted a School Art Competition in one hundred targeted schools. The competition provided a platform for the children to brainstorm and share ideas and thoughts on zero hunger, school feeding, and peace and stability. In addition, training sessions were organized in collaboration with UNICEF for teachers on the implementation and management of a school feeding programme to improve commodity handling and reporting. In 2016, WFP also planned to initiate cash based transfers targeting secondary girls, but its implementation was delayed because of extensive preliminary work required to operationalize this intervention. In 2016, WFP facilitated the completion of the first round of provincial food and nutrition strategic review consultations with the government, civil society, development partners and other relevant stakeholders. This exercise was carried out to identify the key challenges faced by communities in FATA in achieving food security and improved nutrition, particularly in the context of achieving SDG 2, and to provide prioritized areas for action to guide future development initiatives. During the year, WFP continued to support the National Zero Hunger initiative, the Scaling-Up Nutrition (SUN) and the Provincial Fortification Alliances. WFP was also engaged in the Government's food security and nutrition-related evidence-base assessments and analysis for informed programming and policy decision-making. WFP remained active in capacity augmentation of Country Programmes and government counter parts by providing IT and communication equipment, furniture, HR support (NIS staff ), trainings, mobility support and exchange visits (to Sindh) and annual and mid-term reviews.
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BACKGROUND & CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS
b.Background and contextual analysis Introduction: Recently an advanced wide range of policies and programmes have created new transformational opportunities to ensure Pakistan's growth, including achievements in prioritizing and addressing food insecurity and malnutrition. WFP's three-year transitional project is designed with the aim of ensuring that the Government's plans and successes are supported. While, Pakistan continues to grow, a number of complex, interconnected challenges face the country, creating needs among the most vulnerable parts of the population and impacting the Government's ability to achieve its development agenda: vulnerability to frequently occurring, large-scale natural disasters; ongoing law and order operations in the northwest to combat militancy; temporary population displacement; and acute and chronic malnutrition in parts of the country. Situated between Afghanistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) has geographical, linguistic and cultural ties to both countries. Because of that, it became the hotbed of conflict in the worsening security situation. This region had always suffered from poverty and the deteriorating security made it even worse. Soon people had to flee their homes and become migrants in their own country. This state-of-affairs had many implications including deterioration of nutrition and enhanced food insecurity within FATA. Through its Protracted Relief & Recovery Operations (PRRO Transition: Towards Resilient and Food-Secure Pakistan), WFP will continue to respond to the Government's request for collaboration as it shapes its response to these complex challenges, while assisting the most vulnerable people. The transitional project situates WFP alongside Government priorities, working in partnership to ensure the success of Government-led efforts to improve food security and nutrition among communities affected by law and order operations and the effects of recurring climatic events; build
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resilience among communities in the most hazard-prone parts, address malnutrition; and support an enabling environment for women to increase their social and economic equality. The PRRO positions WFP to work with the Government to support the voluntary return of the displaced in the northwest, as well as those still in displacement, until mid-2017. The project will provide the flexibility to continue WFP's capability enhancement activities to prepare for and respond to future shocks, to transition to more technical support and recovery work, while also maintaining its unique ability to respond quickly and effectively, and prioritize relief or recovery windows. Through this transitional three-year period, the operation will ensure WFP's support to recovery needs is achieved through a comprehensive and integrated approach at provincial and federal levels and aligned with Vision 2025.
Objectives of PRRO With a goal to support existing positive trends in addressing malnutrition among women and children; ensure food and nutrition security among displaced communities; enable communities to build resilience in hazardprone areas and contribute to Strategic Objectives 1, 2 and 3, MDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7, the Zero Hunger Challenge, SUN and One UN II, objectives of the PRRO are to: v Ensure food security and nutrition among displaced people and
support their voluntary return into FATA's de-notified areas (Strategic Objective 1); v Stabilize, restore and improve the nutritional status of vulnerable
populations, and rebuild livelihoods through food assistance for assets (FFA) (Strategic Objective 2); v Build community resilience to climate change through nutrition-
sensitive disaster risk reduction and livelihood activities (Strategic Objective 3).
Recommendations put forth by Mid-Term Evaluation The focus of WFP's previous programme of work “Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) 200250 (2013–2015) was enhancing food security and nutrition among displaced and vulnerable populations, reducing risk through preparedness and mitigation measures, and the reduction of malnutrition. The mid-term evaluation assessed the operation as appropriate and coherent for the context and noted that it had delivered significant results at its midpoint, reaching over four million beneficiaries in 2013–14 through general food distribution, CMAM, stunting prevention, food for education and food assistance for assets. Cash transfers were used in post-shock recovery to help short-term food insecurity and encourage market functionality.
Alongside the Government's vision for growth and development, in FATA WFP will focus assistance on food insecurity and malnutrition, disaster management, education, and gaps that exist for the most vulnerable. Prioritization will emphasize the transition from relief to recovery, integration of activities, and a holistic nutrition
WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
The mid-term evaluation recommended that stunting prevention should be aligned with other interventions to increase its effectiveness and that provincial disaster risk management capacities should be enhanced. The gender and protection approaches in many activities were noted. The FFA activities improved food security and contributed to risk reduction. An efficient cash-transfer system was developed with potential for scaling up in the succeeding project. Overall, PRRO 200250 contributed to meeting the needs of vulnerable groups and promoting long-term recovery.
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intervention: with a greater thematic, geographic and beneficiary integration among activities – supplemented by a supporting body of policy work – for greater visible impact on improving overall food security and nutrition, preparedness, disaster mitigation and resilience-building. WFP's interventions will concentrate on recovery and social cohesion. Based on in-depth consultations with the Government, activities will be concentrated in areas identified with federal and provincial authorities as crucial to ensuring improvements in food security and nutrition over the next three years, contributing to achieving Vision 2025. These include areas where high food and nutrition insecurity and low socio-economic indicators coincide, in districts that are hazard prone, and where government capability can be further increased.
c.
Formal Partnerships
3.1
MOU signed between WFP & Government
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 7, 2016 was signed between the World Food Programme (WFP) Pakistan and Directorate of Projects (DoP), Planning and Development Department, FATA Secretariat, for the implementation of WFP's supported activities in FATA under the PRRO 200867. Under the MoU, the following components of the PRRO are implemented in seven agencies of FATA (Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur, SWA, Orakzai, Kurram and NWA) and Frontier Regions through food and Cash Based Transfers (CBT). During the three year period (2016-2018), with a total project cost of USD132 million including 82,964 Metric ton (MT) of food (food cost 102 million US$) and cash based transfer (CBT) of US$30.39 million, WFP plans to assist 328,532 families under the Food for Asset (FFA); 461,986 students (2485 schools) in School Feeding and 246,994 and 632,007 Pregnant & Nursing Women and children under the Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) and stunting programme respectively in all seven agencies of FATA, and Frontier Regions subject to security, access
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and availability of the planned resources. Both WFP and FATA Project Management Unit (PMU) work closely together and continue to look for additional resources to cover the FR regions in consultation with potential donors.
PRRO interventions in FATA
Food Assistance for Assets –improved livelihoods, DRR & management
School Feeding and Cash Based Transfers
General Policy Support and Capacity Enhancement
Nutrition Programme: CMAM & Prevention of stunting
WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
WFP works in collaboration with FATA Secretariat to support the affected people of FATA
WFP/Hassan Raza
IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS
WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
Implementation arrangements WFP continues to work in close coordination with FATA Secretariat, relevant line departments and cooperating partners to ensure local participation, ownership and integration of activities. WFP provides support to the FATA Secretariat as per the allocated budget under the MoU, for enhancing the capacity of Project Management Unit (PMU), Programme Implementation Unit (PIUs) and partner Directorates for effective monitoring, supervision and reporting of PRRO activities as per agreed modalities for annual plan mutually agreed between WFP and FATA Secretariat, subject to availability of resources.
To meet WFP's standard for safety, dignity and integrity, the implementation strategy includes collaboration with protection mandated agencies, engagement with local communities to understand decision-making patterns and power structures and their effects on the rights of vulnerable people. Specific mitigation measures prevent exclusion, misappropriation or manipulation of WFP assistance; within the scope of participation in food for assets activities, measures ensure that beneficiaries who are unable to take part (by reason of health, age or disability) still receive assistance, either unconditionally or through light conditionality by adjusting work norms.
Directorate of Heath Services, FATA
WFP FATA Sectt., FDMA & PDMA
Directorate of Education, FATA
FAO INGOs, Cooperating Partners
UN Agencies
UNICEF
NGO
UNHCR OCHA
UNDP
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KEY OUTPUTS PRRO ACHIEVEMENTS
d. What WFP achieved in 2016? In 2016, WFP supported 2.3 million beneficiaries in its relief and recovery operations in seven agencies of FATA, distributing a total of 170,189 mt of food commodities to families either displaced from FATA or recently returned to their respective areas of origin in KP and FATA. Furthermore, WFP has successfully assisted 1.1 million beneficiaries in support of nutrition, education and livelihoods rehabilitation activities with 13,498 metric ton (mt) of food. Under Livelihood support, a total amount of PKR 620 million has been disbursed to community members engaged in community infrastructure and capacity building schemes.
RESPONSE
Strategic Objective Save lives and Protect livelihoods in emergencies
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WFP’s response under Relief Assistance
Beneficiaries
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Strategic Objective Restore food security & nutrition & establish or rebuild livelihoods
WFP’s response under FFE-Education (FATA)
2.3 m
Returned families
117,395 Phase out families
95,166
Cash Distribution
PKR 620 million
7 Agencies
Partnerships -CP
20 CPs
16%
Geographic coverage
8 districts of KP 5 Agencies of FATA
84%
1,635
Partnerships-CPs
Boys assisted schools
MUJAZ,PRC,HUJRA, 10 PAWT,FRD,CHEF
1,027
WFP’s response under Nutrition-CMAM (FATA)
122,590 Nutrition Sites
1,013
Health centers:115 Health houses: 898
Malnourished PLW
75,761
Food Distribution
1,503 MT Geographic coverage
7 Agencies of FATA
3,283 MT
31KP=19 & FATA=11
Strategic Objective Save lives and Protect livelihoods in emergencies
Assisted Beneficiaries
282,116 Assisted Schools
In 2015,FDMA returned 112,773 families (73% )against 154,436 planned caseload. In 2016 retuned was 69% against planned 170,000 families. IDPs from Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, S.W.A and N.W.A are receiving relief assistance. The standard food basket is consists of WF, Pulses, Oil & Salt.
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Food Distribution
Established Hubs
CERD,CRDO,LHO,SRSP,
Including 49,600 phase out returnees of year 2015
Assisted Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries by gender
62%
46,829
Partnerships-CPs CERD, DoH, 06 PEACE, SSP,RP, PF
Under PRRO, Nutrition-based Targeted Supplementary Feeding (TSFP) will continue in KP and FATA. Stunting programme will be initiated in two agencies of FATA MAM children will receive 3 kg Acha Mam and PLW will receive 1 Kg oil and 5 kg FBF (Fortified blended food) as a monthly ration
girls boys
Girls assisted schools
608
Partnerships-CPs
1DoE-FATA
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Strategic Objective Restore food security & nutrition & establish or rebuild livelihoods
WFP’s response under Livelihoods-FFA (FATA)
*116,068
FFA-Food: 63,426 FFA-Cash: 55,835
MAM Children
39% 61%
On-Site Feeding: Provision of 75 Grams High Energy Biscuits to students from Kachi-5th in Boys and Girls Primary Schools for 22 Schools Days. Take-Home Ration: Provision of 4.55 Kgs Veg. Oil to all students from 1st-5th in Boys and Girls Primary schools.
Engaged Participants 38%
Geographic coverage
6 Agencies of FATA
Beneficiaries by gender
Completed Schemes
6,481 FFA-Food: 4,092 FFA-Cash: 2,389
Targeted villages
1,301
FFA-Food=692 FFA-Cash= 609
Food Distribution
8,712 MT Geographic coverage
7 Agencies 18 Tehsils
Beneficiaries by gender
10% 90%
Cash disbursed
620 m PKR as of 8th Jan-2017
Partnerships-CPs
3 SRSP,FRD,HUJRA
FFA-Food: Food Assistance for Assets focusing on improved livelihoods, disaster risk reduction management continued in all seven agencies. FFA Food participants household will receive 85.5 kg food package (80kg WF, 4.5kg oil & 1kg salt) while FFA-cash participants HH will receive Rs. 6000/- per month.
FATA: 98% Food (169,948 mt) & 90% Benef: (2.3 m)
170,189 MT
Beneficiaries by gender
156,691 MT
1.2 m Food Distribution
Food Distribution
* In FATA, 3,193 participants swapped in different months & cycles between FFA-cash and food activities inside Bajaur & SWA For your feedback and queries, please do contact at baimankay.sankoh@wfp.org & Naimat.Ullah@wfp.org
Assisted Beneficiaries
WFP focus on Women & Children: As per WFP Gender Policy (2015–2020), WFP ensures that women and men are consulted throughout the planning and implementation phases of all activities and encourages female participation at all levels of implementation. This implementation ensures that women are represented in community leadership committees.
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WFP FOCUS ON WOMEN & CHILDREN WFP acknowledges women are central to food security holding the key to building a future free of malnutrition.
WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
In 2016, women and children remained the primary focus of WFP's support, accounting for 49 % of total beneficiaries of food assistance.
Altogether beneficiaries in 2016:
CMAM and stunting prevention specifically cater for pregnant and nursing women and children; activities have been conducted under the project that contribute towards achieving gender equality results such as awareness raising messages for both men and women on project activities and maternal and child nutrition.
533,824 women (23%) 596,545 girls
(26%)
In program design and implementation, WFP ensured women heads of households were specifically facilitated at distribution points and humanitarian hubs, addressing not only the gender considerations but also respecting the cultural norms.
Category of assisted beneficiaries 619,835
640,000 596,545 555,750
WFP works in close collaboration with other UN agencies in order to develop synergies and reap mutually beneficial programmatic complementarities within FATA. Livelihoods rehabilitation activities were implemented in partnership with UNDP, UNICEF, FAO and IOM, whereas collaboration between WFP, UNICEF and WHO continued for the CMAM programme.
533,824
Girls
Livelihood programs focus on women empowerment by providing Food For Training (FFT) and Cash For Training (CFT), ensuring that women have better livelihood opportunities and become a part of decision making processes at the household and community levels. It is important to note that in the areas where these activities have been implemented, the gender gaps are huge due to very challenging social and cultural circumstances.
Integration of activities with other UN agencies:
480,000 Men
both girls and boys were targeted; however, this activity is a strategic tool to indirectly address the gender discrimination against girl education. The activity is also foreseen to lead to women empowerment in the long run as eventually it will lead to increasing the literacy rate among women in FATA.
Girls
Boys
In order to facilitate access of women to WFP services, all CPs have female staff for community outreach as well as at the distributions points. Separate waiting areas, queues for data processing and collection points for men and women were organized. School feeding programme implemented in FATA aimed at achieving enrolment and learning objectives at primary levels. At primary levels
As co-lead of the provincial food security cluster, WFP continued to coordinate with relevant Government authorities, other UN agencies and development actors in periodic meetings to minimize programmatic overlaps and ensure coordination between all actors working in this sector. WFP also co-leads the Cash Working group. This is a good platform for information sharing, capacity building and harmonization of CBT approaches within the cash practitioners.
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WFP/Hassan Raza
Objective 1: ensure food security and nutrition among displaced people and support their voluntary return into FATA's de-notified areas
RELIEF 2016 IN REVIEW
What we achieved in 2016?
RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO TDPS IN KP & FATA 2016
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE: 5 AGENCIES OF FATA & 8 DISTRICTS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA
BENEFICIARIES Assisted TDPs
Humanitarian Hubs
1.2 million
31hubs
250,000 200,000 150,000
Phase-out TDPs
100,000
95,166
Food Distributed
(Families)
Reached-Relief 191, 142 175,787 158, 222 133,038 151,355 148,025 129,731 142,598 129,873 97,243 111,165 101,098
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2
3
4
5
6
18,000
% of Origin wise assisted families
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8
9
10
11
% of distributed food (MT)
% gender of assisted families
14,000
17,873 14,144 16,444 14,800 14,156
Orakzai
21,341
SWA
(11%)
37,283
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Food (in mt)
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(Families)
13,403 12,446
10,000
12,318 12,162 10,399 9,454 9,092
(19%) 120,253
N.W.A
Khyber
80,225
42,642
(40%)
6,000
FATA
KP
(77%)
36,459
Female
(23%)
28,378
Male
172,291
(86%)
(14%)
(21%)
2,000 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
0 Distributed-MT
Kurram
19,178
(9%)
Trend analysis of WFP Relief assistance (2013-16)
Assisted Families in KP & FATA In 2016, 69% of returns completed against the planned return of 170,000 families. WFP provides returnee populations with six-month food baskets, followed by recovery assistance.
89,630
Assisted Beneficiaries
KP Interconnected humanitarian hubs and food distribution points through centralized Online Verification Database System
111,039 FATA
5.7%
Poor food consumption score of FATA TDPs reduced from 5.7% base line figure to 4% .
Partnerships-CPs
117,395
4%
50,000
156,691 mt Returned TDPs
Food Consumption Status
Distributed Food MT
1,800,000 176,260 1,600,000 1,400,000 1,200,000 1,165,031 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 100,000 2013
1,601,051
1,674,612 1,204,014
214,565
2014
268,330
2015
156,691 2016
in 2016, 69% of returns completed against the planned return of 170,000 families. WFP provides returnee populations with six-month food baskets, followed by recovery assistance. Relief output: Poor Food consumption score reduced: 4% (reduced from 5.7%): The percentage of families that were recorded as having poor consumption decreased slightly from the baseline assessment conducted in March to the fourth quarter of 2016. This reflects the fact that families were already receiving assistance at the time of the baseline data collection.
Relief assistance focused to displaced & returning families: A major chunk of returns to FATA was marked during 2015-16 wherein the government and its humanitarian partners scaled up their efforts and continued to provide relief to the Response vulnerable population (shelter, food, water, protection, cash grants, etc.). in response to As all WFP operations were aligned repatriation situation, with the government's plans and the FATA Secretariat has strategies, the scope of the ongoing taken the lead in relief and recovery assistance developing a Sustainable operations had to be redefined twice return and rehabilitation during the year to accommodate the Strategy to ensure the larger than projected number of progressive and sustainable return of the people remaining displaced and entire TDP Population to requiring continued assistance. This FATA. is also why WFP supported a greater number of people that were planned under this intervention.
However, due to the robust and consistent coordination mechanisms with relevant authorities, the continuation of in-kind assistance from the government and positive donor support, WFP was able to sustain the provision of monthly relief rations to all eligible families throughout the year. During the year, in-kind contributions of dates were also incorporated in the relief rations, which were distributed during the month of Ramadan. To support the government efforts, WFP was determined to meet its immediate challenge in providing life-saving food assistance to these families to mitigate the negative impact of the crisis on food security, while also preventing decline in the nutritional status of the most vulnerable. WFP also addresses protection issues under the WFP gender policy 2015-2020 and extends preferable assistance to the women and children headed households, as well as extremely vulnerable and disabled individuals. Distribution points were carefully selected in consultation with the stakeholders including the community keeping in view the principles of safety, dignity and integrity. WFP monitoring results indicate that almost 100 percent of beneficiaries were able to receive assistance without any safety problems while travelling to/from the hubs. Women, children,
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Success Story: 53 years old widow, Sakina bibi struggles to financially support her two children. Sakina's husband, Amjad used to earn a living by cutting woods and barely managed to meet the basic needs of life. She lost her husband to the intense fighting between militants and law enforcement agencies in Orakzai agency in 2011, which further increased her miseries. After Amjad's death, Sakina along with her two little children moved into a smaller house of a relative in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa so as to be able to bear the rental cost.
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Identified as a female headed household by the Social Welfare Department, Sakina was registered for humanitarian assistance; ever since, Sakina has been receiving WFP's monthly food assistance from WFP humanitarian hub at Jalozai, Nowshera.
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Possessing dignity, Sakina never compromised on her selfrespect, nor did she compromise for any form of charity in her struggle. Rather, she worked hard to manage the rent of her house by sewing clothes for people and working as a maid in the neighborhood. The monthly WFP food assistance to Sakina helped her in such difficult situations and was a great help in meeting the dietary needs of her family. “Many women like myself are in need of such assistance for our families to live a hunger-free life, and with WFP's assistance, I feel blessed to be able to feed my children with nutritious food every month. WFP has lessened my burdens and I am so thankful to the organization.�
WFP is transitioning from from relief to recovery under the new programme, the unconditional return packages are provided to returnees for a period of 6 m o n t h s, s u p p o r t i n g families to resettle in their homeland.
elderly and persons with special needs were prioritized during food distribution to internally displaced persons and Afghan refugees. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are in place in this respect.
To assist the families returning to FATA, WFP established six hubs out of which the returned families were assisted with unconditional WFP return relief packages for a period of six months. In 2016, a total of 161,189 families were successfully phased out of WFP relief assistance further to receiving relief assistance for six months in area of return. In 2016, Government of Pakistan donated 124,000 mt of wheat valued at USD 100 million to WFP for the assistance to families affected by law enforcement operations in the country's north-west through the provision of relief food assistance complemented by early recovery interventions in support of livelihoods in areas of return.
Distribution mechanisms by WFP WFP provides its assistance to TDPs through humanitarian hubs at areas where they are concentrated through an online distribution and verification system, wherein all hubs are interconnected and centralized at WFP Provincial Office. WFP is well coordinated with civil military, FDMA, PDMA, UNOCHA, UNHCR (for concerns including registration/protection/grievances) to conduct its relief assistance to families in displacement and returned to FATA. WFP was able to respond in time to the immediate food needs of 117,395 families that returned to Khyber, Kurrum, Orakzai, South Waziristan and North Waziristan agencies of FATA as well as to families still in displacement from FATA.
Protection and gender mainstreaming in Relief Operations In case of TDPs, WFP effectively worked with UNHCR/Protection cluster/FDMA in order to address protection and Gender based violence (GBV) concerns of the beneficiaries as well as other concerns such as issues with CNIC or other documentation and ensured UNHCR partner presence at the humanitarian hubs.
Coordination mechanism WFP participated in Return Task Force (RTF), Humanitarian Country Team (HCT), Humanitarian Regional Team (HRT), Operational Coordination Meeting (OCM) and bilateral meetings with P/FDMA and internal UN agency meetings to be kept well abreast of TDP and return situation and plans it's assistance to returnees accordingly. WFP, being the lead in Food Security cluster participated in six Inter cluster assessment missions to FATA with a purpose to identify needs of the newly planned returnees. Accordingly, the cluster determines the assistance as per the actual requirements of the returnees. In addition to receiving a six month return package, these TDPs are included in WFP's early recovery activities from transition towards resilience. Also, Inter agency mission to Khyber agency was conducted to assess the security situation, market functionality and local economy of the government de-notified villages of Tehsil Bara in Khyber agency and accordingly, monthly food assistance is currently being provided in the areas of displacement. Monthly coordination meetings chaired by WFP brought together all cooperating partners on one platform to share experiences, concerns and work out plans for smooth assistance to beneficiaries.
Grievance redressal mechanism WFP welcomes observations and complaints of its beneficiaries through the Grievance Redressal Mechanism operating as a dedicated desk with
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female and male responders. The idea was to establish a mechanism at each humanitarian hub to record and address grievances and concerns related to WFP operations. The Grievance Redressal Mechanism is set up at all WFP food hubs to ensure access to information and has proven instrumental in addressing over 3,000 cases which were referred to the relevant stakeholders. A proper coordination mechanism has been maintained with the protection cluster, UNHCR and FDMA to ensure the resolution of recorded issues. This desk was used to jointly verify grievances.
WFP SUPPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PAKISTAN in distribution of Wheat to Afghan Refugees returning to Afghanistan Food Distribution Location
Assisted Refugee Families
Peshawar
516
Contributing to behavioral changes and improved practices
Distributed Wheat (mt)
155 Date wise Assisted Families
300 242
250 200 150
18 15 11-30
11-27
11-26
11-28
5
2
11-29
38 11-25
16 15 11-24
11-22
11-20
11-21
35 23
5
11-23
45 10
11-19
50
30
16
11-18
100
11-17
% Assisted Families by Gender
11-16
In order to ensure that all TDP families are aware of the plan and timeline of returns, WFP in coordination with government and IOM executed a communication campaign to send out clear messages to all TDP families (through radio, TV, mobile phone, community elders and local organizations) to inform them in advance about the proposed plans for return and to make sure that they have required information.
2,662
LHO
11-15
Public information campaign
Assisted Individuals
Cooperating Partner
11-14
WFP food distribution process at the humanitarian hubs in FATA is aligned with the protection measures. This includes separate waiting for male and female and preferences extended to elderly and disabled individuals, women and children headed households. At the waiting areas, the people are given a briefing about the importance of nutrition, nutritional value of the WFP food items through key messages and also cooking demonstrations. These have proven influential in improving their attitude towards food preferences, specifically of wheat flour and yellow split peas.
0
138;27%
Province of Afghan assisted returned refugee’s families
Female
378; 73% Male
Assistance to refugees returning to Afghanistan In 2016, WFP upon the request of ministry of SAFRON started assistance of refugees returning to Afghanistan after three decades in the form of wheat grain. WFP has been working closely with Afghanistan's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation to effectively reach out to the refugees still in Pakistan. To ensure that no-one is left behind, WFP monitors the situation through its online database management system. After getting a Voluntary Return Form (VRF)
Afghanistan Boundary Assisted Returned Refugees Families Province Source: WFP Provincial online refugees system
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from UNCHR, 300 kgs are provided to each family as a one off in-kind assistance. With WFP assistance, a total of 155 MT of wheat was distributed to 516 afghan refugee families in Pakistan. From March 2017, the assistance to left over refugees will resume based on government decisions.
Life Saving Food suppor t to the displaced/returnee families WFP reached out to give critical relief and life support to returnees for initial six months with unconditional food support. The monthly family food basket to TDP and returnees consists of key dietary staples (fortified wheat flour, vegetable oil, pulses and iodized salt). In addition, the nutritional needs of acutely malnourished pregnant and nursing mothers and moderate acute malnourished children of returning families were addressed with main aim to manage and improve their nutritional status. . With the support of Govt. /FATA Health Directorate, Secretariat and CERD, PEACE, RP, PF, SSP NGOs, WFP has operationalized 104 Nutritional TSFP sites in the returning areas of FATA and is providing monthly food assistance to Pregnant and nursing mothers and children. The food package includes Acha mum for moderate acute malnourished children and wheat soya blend and oil for pregnant and nursing mothers.
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Success Story: A tragic road accident had left Bibi Gul widowed last year. All of a sudden, she became the sole breadwinner for her family of four children and an elderly mother-in-law. With the help of distant family members and produce from a small family farm, she and the children managed their day to day living. But when people in their village were told to leave the area for security reasons, it was every man for himself. Bibi Gul and her family had no choice but to flee their home with nothing but the clothes on their back, some dry food and a goat make to make the arduous journey to Bannu on foot. “I knew it would be a long journey, so we took what little food we had in the house and our last surviving goat. It was very hot, the children were hungry, thirsty and tired, and to add to our troubles, our goat died half way to Bannu. I could not do anything for my family so I just kept pushing them forward in the hope that if we got to Bannu we would find some help. I don't even know how we managed to cover the last few miles,” she lamented. The military operation in North Waziristan Agency has forced many women like Bibi Gul to leave their homes and fend for themselves, a concept that is against traditional norms.. Once in Bannu Bibi Gul registered with WFP to receive food assistance and now receives monthly food basket containing 80 kg fortified wheat flour, 8 kg pulses, 4.5 kg fortified vegetable oil and 1 kg iodized salt. Emergency relief rations of High Energy Biscuits were also distributed in the initial distribution rounds.
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In addition to the family food basket, WFP distributed 2.5 kg of Wheat Soya Blend (WSB) per child for two children per family to prevent deterioration in nutritional status of the affected population. Through the distribution of fortified commodities WFP relief food assistance also facilitated a stabilization of the nutritional status of typically vulnerable groups to preclude further deterioration in their food and nutrition security. These commodities provided critically needed micronutrient supplementation to the targeted beneficiaries. “It was such a relief to know that there was someone concerned about our wellbeing. The food distributed by WFP is such a blessing” said Bibi Gul. With WFP's support my child has gained his strength back and so have I.” said Bibi Gul In the three months that had passed she turned almost unrecognizable. Not because her appearance had changed much but the confidence with which she carried herself was so apparent. She stood up straighter, looked stronger and there was no trace of the resignation in her features.
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WFP/Affsheen Yousaf As the leading organization providing food assistance to the world's most vulnerable people, improving nutrition is at the core of WFP's work.
NUTRITION
What we achieved in 2016?
FATA NUTRITION FACT SHEET WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
- Total 1013 TSFP sites (115 HF and 898 HH) were established in Govt. Health Centers and Heath Houses.
Assisted Beneficiaries
122,590
Agency wise Assisted Beneficiaries
Agency wise Planned vs Assisted Beneficiaries
RESPONSE
30,000 Planned
Kurram SWA NWA Bajur Orakzai Khyber Mohmand
25,261
Assisted
14,068 10,092 9,202 25,033 10,103 22,982 14,882
25,000
20,435 14,012 5,786
22,017
20,435
16,132
18,947
14,012
15,000
0
22,017
18,987
20,000
30,000
25,261
10,000
16,132
5,786 5,000
Food Distribution
Beneficiaries by type PLW: 62% MAM-Children: 38%
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Agency wise planned vs distributed food (mt)
1,503 MT
Kurram Planned
Kurram SWA NWA Bajur Orakzai Khyber Mohmand
268 192 175 477 192 438 284
NWA
SWA
Geographic Coverage
7 agencies
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600
293
% of assisted MAM children & PLW
0
264
Mohmand 16,132 13%
321 209
27%
73%
5,039
13,908
Kurram 20,435 17% SWA 14,012 11%
31%
69%
4,927
11,205
Khyber 22,017 18%
Orakzai 22,017 18%
32%
68%
MOHMAND
% of assisted MAM children Mohmand 16,132 13%
63%
KHYBER
8,227
46,829
ORAKZAI 9,779
49%
52%
10,656
51%
6,848
49% 2,854
7,164
Partnerships -CP
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PEACE, CERD, DoH, SSP,RP, PF
KURRAM
SWA
2,932
Orakzai 8,227 18%
NWA 38%
TOTAL
46,829
62%
75,761
2016-coverage against plan (%):
Khyber 8,200 17% SWA 6,848 15%
51%
Malnourished PLW
75,761
NWA 5,786 5%
MAM
PLW
Food
133 %
106 %
75 %
Bajaur 5,039 11%
NWA 2,932 6%
% of assisted PLW Mohmand 11,205 15%
Kurram 10,656 23%
13,790
MAM Children
48%
Bajaur 18,947 15%
8,200
17,061
37%
BAJOUR
Mohmand
Reached Benef
194
Agency wise break-down of assisted MAM & PLW
Health centers:115 Health houses: 898
Khyber
179
Nutrition Sites
1,013
Orakzai
Bajur
Distributed
Kurram 20,435 17%
SWA 7,164 9% NWA 2,854 4%
Khyber 17,061 23%
Orakzai 13,790 18%
Bajaur 13,908 18%
WFP's Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) is functional in FATA since 2011-12. During 2013-2015, the programme was delivered through the extensive network of 900 health houses and 83 Health facilities. Through the program activities, moderately acute malnourished children (6-59 months) and Pregnant and nursing mothers in FATA are timely identified for acute malnutrition and treated accordingly.
WFP's Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme in FATA Under the New PRRO 200867 (2016-18), WFP continued to implement CMAM based TSF programme in the LHW covered areas through government and in non-LHW covered areas through NGOs; this was achieved with support and in close coordination with FATA Health Directorate and Project Management Unit, housed at DoP and under the overall supervision and coordination of FATA Secretariat. (Diagram) The programme is based on three pronged approach in collaboration with the Project Management Unit of FATA, led by the Directorate of Projects (DoP), through i. Lady health workers (LHWs) of Department of Health within the communities,
WFP Partnership with Project Management Unit (PMU)-FATA, led by the Directorate of Projects (DOP)
Director Health Services FATA
Nutrition Programme Implementation approaches in FATA
Health Facility Level: Lady Health Visitor (LHV)
Community Level: Lady Health Workers (LHV)
Nongovernment organizations (NGOs) Community Level: NGOs Staff: Community Outreach Workers
Health Facility Level: NGOs staff: (Nutrition Assistancts, IYC counselor.
ii. Lady Health Visitors (LHVs) at the health facilities and Non-government organizations (NGOs) in the areas that were previously not covered by LHW. Seven Project Implementation Units (PIUs) were established in six agencies of FATA to implement the TSFP, and also were responsible for monitoring of nutrition activities. PIU established in NWA, yet the functionalization is still awaited from the Health Directorate. At village and community level, Lady Health Workers were responsible for screening, referral and follow up of pregnant and nursing mothers, and Severe Acute Malnourished (SAM) and Moderate Acute Malnourished (MAM) children. Screening, registration and exit of beneficiaries as cured were based on CMAM national guidelines and protocols. CMAM indicators
At its extremes, nutrition can be a matter of life and death: malnutrition is the underlying cause of nearly half of all deaths of children under 5.
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are captured through Nutrition Information System reporting tools. Further to referrals, acutely malnourished pregnant and nursing mothers were treated at health facility level, whereas identified moderate acute malnourished children were treated at health house level. WFP remained active in capacity augmentation of CPs and Govt. counter parts by providing IT and communication equipment, furniture, HR support (NIS staff ), trainings, exchange visits (to Sindh) and annual and mid-term reviews. About 1,200 Healthcare providers including LHWs & LHVs were trained on TSFP guidelines, on entry/exit points, food distribution modalities, its reporting etc through a series of trainings starting from 2011, 2015 and 2016.
Boosting capacity of lady health workers and visitors to serve acute malnourished Pregnant & nursing mothers & moderate acute malnourished Children effectively
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The most innovative aspect of the programme is that this approach to health care is implemented at the community level. Lady Health Workers are community based and work from their homes (called health houses) known as 'Lady Health Houses'. These are residents of the community in which they work, who register the population of their service area whilst acting as a liaison between the formal health system and the community and disseminate health education messages on hygiene and sanitation along with treating the MAM children. Part of WFP's nutrition programme emphasizes boosting the capacity of health care service providers including lady health workers and lady health visitors, who are better equipped to provide health care services to the community including, antenatal and postnatal care and referral service to mothers for safe motherhood.
Promoting improved health, nutrition and hygiene amongst Pregnant and Nursing Mothers During 2016, 75,761 acutely malnourished Pregnant & Nursing Mothers in 2016 were referred to health houses, out of which 57,666 were successfully cured with th e support of WFP nutritious food. WFP provided fortified blended food (corn soya blend, wheat soya blend) and vegetable oil to acutely malnourished pregnant and nursing women to treat acute malnutrition through LHV at health facility level. These malnourished mothers were identified through a screening process done by LHW at community level and LHV at health facility level through anthropometric measurement comprising of MUAC (Mid Upper Arm circumference). Pregnant and Nursing mothers with MUAC <21 cm were registered at health facility where LHV was responsible for treating the identified pregnant and nursing mothers and distribution of fortified blended food and vegetable oil. Pregnant and nursing mothers were also offered health care services including antenatal and postnatal check-ups, vaccinations and also deliveries through trained birth attendants. The mothers visiting the health facility get to learn a lot about importance of health and nutrition and are happy to avail the awareness sessions which have in turn promoted their Knowledge attitude and practice towards improving their nutritional status.
Stabilizing nutritional status of Acute malnourished children 46,829 moderate acute malnourished children were referred to health houses, out of which 27,534 moderate acute malnourished children were successfully cured with the support of WFP nutritious food. Moderate Acute Malnourished children age 06â&#x20AC;&#x201D;59 months with MUAC 11.5-12. 4cm were registered by LHW at Health House Level and assisted with RUSF-Acha Mum. In addition to food assistance, LHW mobilized the mothers of these children for improved IYCF practices and provide health and nutrition key messages. The child is retained in the programme until her/his recovery, i.e. an improved MUAC measuring 12.5 cm.
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Filling the Nutrition gap in the FATA Public Health System: Malnutrition in children is not affected by food intake anlone; it is also influence by access to health services, quality of care for the child and pregnant mother as well as good hygience practices.
During 2016, WFP continued to support the provision to much needed life-saving nutritional care to the Children 6-59 months of age and Pregnant and lactating women across all agencies of FATA. The delivery of CMAM based Targeted Supplementary Feeding services entail the existing human resource and public health structure of FATA through enhanced capacity development of extensive network of community based Lady Health Workers and & LHVs in FATA. The approach is effectively contributing to sustaining the impact of current investments through FATA's own human resource. In LHWs uncovered areas, emergency nutrition needs are provisioned through engagement of national Non-governmental organizations, mainly supporting the warehousing and supplying chain component.
The active engagement of female community based healthcare service providers of government effectively contributed to addressing the protection and gender sensitivities in the context of FATA, thereby building population's trust and reach to the vulnerable groups mainly children and mothers. The regular follow-ups are effectively contributing to promoting the Infant and Young Child Feeding practices (IYCF) access to the Ante-natal and post-natal care in the targeted health facilities, resulting in optimal utilization of the health and nutrition services at these facilities. In 2016, a total of 27, 534 acute malnourished children and 57, 666 pregnant and nursing women were successfully managed through
timely provision of specialized nutritious food commodities. The WFP supported Nutrition Information System (NIS) which is contributing to strengthen the data flow management from all seven agencies. The NIS analyses the data on monthly basis and provides timely access to emerging trends of malnutrition at respective agencies. The 2016 data analysis reflects optimal adherence of the key performance indicators to global emergency standards, with cure rates greater than 90% for the identified malnourished children and women. The upcoming plans include gradual transition from CMAM based curative approach to stunting prevention, preventive approach with universal coverage of children less than 5 years of age. The approach is initially planned for two agencies with an inbuilt research component to document the evidence for future scale-up. The quality of nutrition services are monitored through a multi-layered Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) mechanism, under the umbrella of PMU FATA, beneficiary's feedback mechanism and independent third party monitors besides WFP internal M&E support.
Community mobilizing & awareness to improve infant feeding practices Health care service providers are mobilized and contribute towards raising awareness for improved Infant young child feeding practices (IYCF) in the community. This mainly includes, early initiation of breast feeding (within one hour of child birth), exclusive breast feeding for the first six months, initiation of complementary feeding after six months, along with continuation of breast feeding till the age of two years. In addition to IYCF, the health care providers also promote â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knowledge, Attitude and Practiceâ&#x20AC;? (KAP) of pregnant and nursing mothers and children. KAP practices mainly include health and hygiene messages, birth spacing, vaccination, deliveries through Trained Birth Attendant (TBA), services of ante/post-natal checkups at health facility level and safe cooking methods to avoid loss of minerals and vitamins.
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WFP/Amjad Jamal
Objective 2: stabilize, restore and improve the nutritional status of vulnerable populations, and rebuild livelihoods through food assistance for assets (FFA)
LIVELIHOODS 2016 IN REVIEW
FATA LIVELIHOOD FACT SHEET WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
What we achieved in 2016? RESPONSE
38,225
28,885
SRSP
SRSP
M: 36,907 F: 1,318
116,068
M: 24,366 F: 4,915
387
422
Khyber
S.W.A
4.474 m
2,595
Male: 88% Female: 12%
1
5 4.474 m 1,467
1,591
428 13,768
8,464 mt
SRSP 8,902
3,012
HUJRA
HUJRA
M:13,670 F: 98 119
M:7,258 F: 1,644
6.15 m US$
M: 2,046 F: 966
61
Bajaur
Mohmand
1,136
2,308
2 1,070
2
0.453 m
6,482
0.450 m
4.474 m
2 Activities
N.W.A
38
154
177 194
7 agencies
116,068 7,875 15,401
3
FRD
FRD
M: 102,693 F: 13,375
M: 5,599 F: 2,276
M: 12,847 F: 2,554
1,301
92
Total
Orakzai
182
Kurram 1,388
18 3
6.153 m
3
4,092 573 828
8,464
1,036
2,390
2.1 Food Assistance for Assets (FFA): Improved livelihoods, disaster risk reduction and management Project overview: FFA programme has been implemented in seven agencies in FATA in collaboration with three cooperate partners: SRSP, HUJRA and FRD. WFP provided assistance to 116,068 participants. Total beneficiaries of the FFA programme in 2016 were 928,544. Soon after availing WFP's life-saving relief rations upon return to FATA, the returnee population remained vulnerable to food insecurity and this being closely linked to livelihood required WFP's further food assistance, through Food for Assets Programme, under both food and cash
Agency
Project Name
modalities. This was much needed to enhance their food security as well as to create durable assets and improve livelihoods. Therefore in 2016, WFP u n d e r t h e P R R O, c o n t i n u e d livelihood activities in all seven agencies to support early recovery and rehabilitation of livelihoods among returnees, non-displaced people and extremely food insecure households in targeted FATA agencies. The activity focused on assets rehabilitation/ creation and e n h a n c i n g re s i l i e n c e a m o n g communities to cope with impending disasters.
CP
Donor
#of Months
Modality
Participants
WFP's food assistance for a s s e t s ( F FA ) a c t i v i t i e s particularly target highly vulnerable groups who have lost their productive assets and livelihoods during crises resulting from natural or human induced disasters. FFA ac tivities are implemented using a combination of cash and food assistance depending on the availability of infrastructure, services and food in the targeted areas and local markets.
Main Activity
Khyber
Food Assistance for Assets/ Cash
SRSP
USAID
12 months
Cash
38,225
CFT: DRR training CFW: Irrigation, Link Roads
S.W.A
Food Assistance for Assets/ Food & Cash
SRSP
USAID
11 months
Food and Cash
28,885
CFT/FFT: Kitchen gardening, DRR CFW/FFW: Link Roads, Irrigation
Bajaur
Food Assistance for Assets/ Cash
HUJRA
AUSAID / SDC
10 months
Food and Cash
8,902
CFT/FFT: DRR, Kitchen Gardening CFW/FFW: Protection wall, Link Roads
Mohmand Food Assistance for Assets/ Cash
HUJRA
AUSAID / SDC
9 months
Cash
3,012
CFT: DRR, Kitchen gardening CFW: Protection wall
N.W.A
Food Assistance for Assets/ Food
SRSP
Various
11 months
Food
13,768
FFT: Kitchen gardening, DRR FFW: Irrigation, Link Roads
Kurram
Food Assistance for Assets/ Food
FRD
Various
10 months
Food
15,401
FFT: Handicraft FFW: Link Roads, Irrigation
Ora kzai
Food Assistance for Assets/ Food
FRD
Various
10 months
Food
7,875
FFT: Handicraft, DRR FFW: Kitchen gardening, Link Roads
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In FATA, the cash based FFA intervention was implemented in four agencies, namely Khyber, Bajaur, Mohmand and South Waziristan. WFP was the first UN agency to initiate recovery interventions in South and North Waziristan Agencies. The intervention in Bajaur and Muhmand agencies were implemented in collaboration with SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and corporation); replicating the implementation model
employed in Chail valley, district Chitral, under the former PRRO. WFP implemented its response in Khyber agency as part of a UNDP led consortium where all member agencies ensured maximized program and geographic alignment in their respective responses. WFP was the first agency to implement a livelihood support intervention in South Waziristan agency to assist the recovery of the newly returned IDPs.
Engaged Participants In FATA, FFA programme had implemented in seven agencies such as Khyber, South Waziristan, Bajaur, Mohmand, North Waziristan, Kurram and Orakzai. The Khyber agency had biggest number of participants of 38,225 followed by South Waziristan. 45,000 40,000
38,225
35,000 30,000
28,885
25,000 20,000 13,768
15,000 10,000 5,000
8,902
15,401
7,875 3,012
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Number Big
Developed based on WFP Pakistan KP Office (2017). FATA Livelihoods Factsheet World Food Programme, KP Office
Small
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Given that 60 percent of the FATA population relies on agriculture as a source of livelihood, the prioritization, revival and improvement of the agriculture sector was realized to be crucial in order to provide contextually appropriate support to livelihoods and food security. Under the food modality, schemes like rehabilitation of roads, irrigation channels, construction of houses, flood protection walls, animal drinking water ponds etc. have engaged the men of FATA into structural activities, while under the Food for training modality, the men and women of FATA undergo awareness sessions to help them to be prepared in the face of future disasters. In exchange of the activities, WFP provides these participants with monthly food rations. Alongside, WFP conducts regular market and price monitoring, which provides information necessary to ensure that cash transfers are in line with prevailing market prices and wage rates. In remote areas with limited market access or where markets are unable to absorb additional cash, or in the case where the cash pipeline is not adequate, food assistance remained the default modality.
Major achievements/out puts in 2016 under WFP PRRO
WFP successfully implemented livelihood activities in 1301 villages, 18 tehsils of seven agencies of FATA and has efficaciously set its pace in promoting food security, early recovery and rehabilitation of livelihoods and assets among the most food-insecure groups in return areas. The interventions included small-scale agricultural activities (vegetable production); labor-intensive work including rehabilitation of community physical infrastructure, livelihoods based skills enhancement through modalities of food and cash for work and training activities implemented through three NGOs, SRSP, FRD and HUJRA. The impact of the program on the engaged participants not only reflects a sense of value for peaceful co-existence, unity in diversity, development of positive attitudes towards rehabilitation and economic development, but also has enabled the community members to be more resilient/resistant in the face of future shocks. Not only have these interventions helped the vulnerable communities in restoring their livelihoods after return, but this has also improved the overall access and communication issues within their locality which remained a great hurdle in the lives of FATA people.
In 2016, more than 116,068 participants (116,068 families) have u benefitted in lieu of their participation in food/cash for work/training activities for 15 days per cycle through WFP FFA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; food and cash activities. u Under cash modality, WFP livelihood operations reached Bajaur,
Khyber, Mohmand and SWA, wherein a total cash amount of 6.15 million US$ was disbursed among 55,835 families/ participants. u Under food modality, 8,464 MT food has been provided to 63,426
families/participants. 4,374 livelihood activities were completed during 2016; these u include rehabilitation of irrigation channels, link roads, bridle path, protection wall, check dams and more than 900 DRR trainings have been imparted to community members of FATA.
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Jirga (community dialogue) with tribal elder and local villagers to understand essential needs soon after their return to FATA
Success Story: Abdul Nazir is a farmer residing in Tehsil Tiarza in SWA and was selected for participating under WFPs livelihood programme wherein he along with other vulnerable community members together, rehabilitated an irrigation channel in their residential locality. The water channels are now irrigating his lands; this has cultivated maize on his 18 kanal land. He is of the view that "now I will not have to work outside the village. I now can enroll my children in school; this land will fulfill my domestic needs as well as it will be a source of earning by selling a large portion in down markets".
Before
After
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WFP/Khalid Rasul
Cash based Transfers WFP innovated the use of
With a focus on cash cash transfers to deliver modality in 2016, WFP has assistance faster to the people who need it the most. offered beneficiaries a Where possible, people greater choice. Not only receive cash via mobile does this mean giving money or e-cards to beneficiaries purchasing purchase the food they want. power as per their preference, but also the cash boosts beneficiaries' morale and helps them make diets more nutritionally tailored, with food baskets that are locally rooted; special dietary needs can be accommodated
Distributed Cash (US$ M) In FATA, FFA programme distributed US$ 6.153 million of cash. More than two third of money was delivered in Khyber. There was no cash distribution in N.W.A, Kurram, Orakzai.
5 4.5
4.474
4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1
0.776
0.5
0.453
0.45
Bajaur
Mohmand
0
0
0
N.W.A
Kurram
Orakzai
0
Khyber
S.W.A
Number Big
Developed based on WFP Pakistan KP Office (2017). FATA Livelihoods Factsheet World Food Programme, KP Office
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Small
Cash Based Transfer in Khyber Agency WFP supports the returnee populations of Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency through its cash based - FFA activities in order to enable communities to recover their livelihoods and assets after a protracted period of displacement. With agriculture as their main source of income, the communities within Bara were in a fix since the lands were adversely affected because of the military operation. This also impacted the blockage of water supply from Spera dam which was once the main source of water for irrigation. After the families return to Bara Tehsil of Khyber agency, the government scaled up its work to restore the water supply from Spera dam and in this
Before
regard, the vulnerable community members in 387 villages were engaged in desilting of main irrigation canals activity to help them restore their source of income. WFP in regular coordination with the government was requested to provide its support in implementing the much needed agro activities. The program has not only increased the water access for agricultural and non-agricultural usage but has increased the capacity of the community members to financially meet their needs by providing livelihood opportunities through cash transfers. Under DFID consortium, WFP coordinated with FOA and UNDP for integration of activities till May 2016. The assistance to the community was provided with support from USAID between June to October 2016.
After
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With dedicated efforts vested by the community members in rehabilitation of irrigation channels and link roads in return areas of Bara tehsil of Khyber agency, 38,225 families were assisted with US$ 4.4 million cash under WFP FFA cash component. Under FFA project, increased crop production, sufficient water supply after restoration of irrigation channels and enhanced income generation has altogether contributed towards improved food security. Through strengthening of social infrastructure, social cohesion and dignified and rewarding work, the effort of saving women, children and vulnerable from the never ending chronic poverty is continued. With project's promising output in the area of return whilst ensuring a sustainable livelihood for the local people in post-crises Bara, it is anticipated that in the long run, WFP FFA project in Khyber agency may successfully contribute to the key pillars of the Zero Hunger Challenge of the United Nations and also to the goal 2 of the SDGs.
Cash Based Transfer in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) Returns towards SWA initiated towards Sarwakai and Sararogha tehsil in 2011, while the major influx of return was met during years 2015 and 2016. WFP accordingly aligned its livelihood interventions to respond to the needs of the returned population and initiated asset restoration activities in the return villages. For the first time ever, WFP has implemented a cash based intervention in SWA, FATA wherein 9,572 households are provided each with a cash amount of PKR 6,000 in response to their engagement in physical schemes under the community livelihood restoration project. During 2016 livelihood activities were conducted in five tehsils of SWA. These activities undertaken were under the work norms developed by WFP and activities were decided after several meetings held with community elders. These activities include rehabilitation of streets, drains, damaged houses, link roads, walking tracks, bridle paths, irrigation channels and protection walls, removal of solid wastes in concerned villages, promotion of kitchen gardening practices among the female segment, agriculture and vocational trainings and awareness amongst communities regarding different approaches for Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR). In total, under food and cash modality, WFP's Food for Asset programme has assisted 28,885 families (72%) out of 40,397 families. Kash Cards were presented to the community members engaged under WFP livelihood activities
Success Story: Gulzaman, from Akakhel tribe is completely paralyzed. He lives in a small home with his wife and three children. Due to his disability, he remains dependent on his brothers who help him in moving around. Prior to his return to Bara Tehsil of Khyber agency, he was residing in Jalozai camp for six years after losing his house to the atrocious crisis in his hometown. Soon after returning to his homeland, his immediate assignment was to repair the damaged house and provide his family with essential and basic needs for their comfort. With no income, unfortunately he was unable to support his family properly. “In these conditions of need, WFP's partner, SRSP team visited my house and enrolled me to supportme under the cash project. It was unbelievable to be considered for assistance, since other participants hired under the same project participated in physical schemes.” said a hopeful Gulzaman. Twenty days later, Village Development Committee (VDCs) members informed Gulzaman of cash cards from SRSP-WFP teams. “I was surprised when I got my Cash card worth PKR 6000/-since I was facilitated without any physical involvement along with other working beneficiaries. “ Said Gulzaman. To add to my gladness, I was well facilitated at the Cash point by the security personnel at the entrance gate and in swiping my cash card. The WFP cash assistances has helped me to repair my damaged house and also fulfill the needs of food of my families. Gulzaman was very thankful and appreciated the efforts of WFP for an unimaginable assistance provided to him and other EVIs along with Cash for Work participants.
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Livelihoods Food for Asset initiative in North Waziristan (NWA)
Participants engaged: 13,768 Food for Training: 330 In May 2016, WFP extended its livelihood interventions in the de-notified villages of Tehsils Mirali & Miran Shah of North Waziristan agency (NWA) titled as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Supporting Livelihood of Crisis Affected Communities Through Building Their Capacity and Developing Local Infrastructure Using Food For Assets Approachâ&#x20AC;? through its cooperating partner SRSP.
WFP with SRSP's implementation support has successfully initiated its structural activities in 155 villages of Mir Ali and Miran Shah Tehsils of NWA despite the complex and challenging environment, insecurity and access limitations. It has also contributed to the formation of Village Development Committees (VDC) and identification of livelihood activities at field level in consultation with local authorities. As a result of the interventions, 13,768 participants were engaged in livelihood interventions and completed 740 physical activities focused mainly on irrigation channels, link road repair and also 330 trainings on DRR & livestock management and vegetable production.
Rehabilitation of irrigation channel in Rakhi Khel village of NWA, FATA After
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Before
Physical Assets Created/ Rehabilitated
Number of Participants of DRR Trainings Significant number of physical assets were created and rehabilitated through the FFA programme. There are six categories such as 1) irrigation channels; 2) Link roads/ bridal paths; 3) Protection wall; 4) Check dams; 5) Rehabilitation of houses; and 6) kitchen gardening.
335
350
263
250 113
106
150
Number of Physical Assets Created / Rehabilitated by Agency
43
900
-50
700
Khyber
S.W.A
Bajaur
Mohmand
53
24
50
800
N.W.A
Kurram
Orakzai
600 500 400 300 200
Topics of Training by Agency with Participantsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Number
100 0
Khyber
S.W.A
Bajaur
Mohmand
N.W.A
Kurram
Irrigation Channels
Link Roads / Bridal Paths Protection Wall
Check Dams / WP
Rehab: of houses
Bajaur (154)
Orakzai
00
Kurram (114) 48
# Kitchen gardening
106 55
24 17
FFA â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Food/Cash for Training component in FATA
18
N.W.A (330)
Mohmand (79) 0 0
0
Under the training component, WFP provided trainings to 2,168 participants in four main areas: DRR, kitchen gardening, livestock management, and handicraft making. The greatest number of participants were from S.W.A with 809 persons. As the graph indicates, the topics for trainings were varied based on the needs of each agency.
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74
Khyber (434) 43
113 35 38 143
26
S.W.A (809) 0 28
335
Orakzai (186) 263
DRR trainings were delivered in all agencies where FFA programme was implemented. Among those seven agencies, Khyber and S.W.A. agencies make up significant proportion.
53 114 518
19 0
Number of Participants by Agency 600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Khyber DRR
S.W.A
Bajaur
Mohmand
Kitchen Gardening / Crop production
N.W.A
Livestock Management
Kurram
Orakzai
Handicrafts Making
Developed based on WFP Pakistan KP Office (2017). FATA Livelihoods Factsheet World Food Programme, KP Office
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Success Story: Bamabara, is a 55 year old women who lives in Touda China Kamar Khel, Tehsil Bara, Khyber Agency. She is also an active member of their Village Development Committee (VDC). After spending seven years in displacement in Jalozai IDP camp, she is living in a miserable condition with her family in a two room house. After her return, life was not easy for her. There was no regular source of income for her aged husband, who works as a daily wager. Bamabara's family often borrowed money and groceries from their relatives and neighbors to meet their essential needs. “During displacement we lost our livestock, poultry and other sources of income”, said Bamabara. “When I came to know that WFP and SRSP team is visiting our village and intended to start livelihood activities for females, it was an exciting moment for me and other vulnerable females of the area”, she said. WFP and SRSP female teams visited her village and informed females about the project interventions. Before starting training, it was mandatory to form a representation committee in the village. Bamabara visited nearby houses and convinced other females to form a committee and participate in handicraft trainings, which will provide them opportunities to improve income generation. Women of the village were willing but reluctant to participate in the training due to cultural issues in the conservative society of FATA. The male staff of the organization met with the male community members and explained the importance of training. Their doubts were cleared and finally agreed to allow women to participate in the vocational trainings. During the training, women took keen interest and learned skills related to sewing of clothes (tailoring), handicraft making and producing quality handmade materials.
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“We are thankful to this intervention, which gave us the opportunity for learning skills of tailoring and embroidery which will ultimately provide us new income generation opportunities. I also bought additional tailoring material, food, and medicine with the cash grant of Rs. 6,000/- provided by WFP”, she said.
With the aim to support women in FATA, WFP involves women in the soft component of the FFA project (trainings) using food/cash modalities depending upon the ground situation. Women receive trainings on livestock management and household DRR. Furthermore, special attention has been paid to the needs of the poor, vulnerable groups through provision of unconditional support. The trainings mainly capacitate vulnerable women to adopt/polish skills and abilities in preparing handicrafts while providing them with monthly food rations, with an aim to have the women of FATA opportune to contribute economically. Various work schemes are decided upon by communities themselves, based on their needs, ensuring their sustainability. Some women headed families, chased by a passion to improve their skills were consequently recognized and trained further as master trainers to pass on skills to other women members of the community. It has been noticed that confidence has driven these women with an appetite for further creativity. The most conspicuous impact of Food-for trainings is the uplifted status of women of FATA, not only through being a 'source of food aid' for their families but also by recognizing their own abilities and potentials apart from managing homes. Under Community based- Disaster risk reduction, female communities of FATA are also trained to be well equipped to cope with natural disastrous situations and also have their skills enhanced.
Capacity augmentation of Govt. staff WFP imparted capacity building trainings to government staff on implementation and management of WFP recovery operations in FATA. The trainings comprised of provincial and agency level trainings for enhancing capacity of line departments including nutrition/health, education and livelihood/agriculture departments and Ngo/CPs. Line departments were equipped with better handling of the operations including modalities of implementation, monitoring, accountability and reporting. To further augment the working capacity of the government authorities including PMU and PIU, WFP provided IT and communication equipment, furniture and mobility support.
Number of Participants of Handicrafts Making Trainings 114
120 100 80 55
60 40 20
35
28 0
0
0
0
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WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
The school feeding programme in FATA aims at stabilizing enrolment and attendance in primary schools in FATA while contributing to the reduction of short-term hunger and the prevalence of micro-nutrient deficiencies amongst students
EDUCATION
FATA FOOD FOR EDUCATION FACTSHEET WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WHAT WFP ACHIEVED: OUTPUTS
Major achievements/out puts in 2016 under WFP School Feeding Programme: RESPONSE
Beneficiaries by gender Assisted students
Distributed Food
282,116
3,283 MT
Boys: 62% Girls: 38%
Assisted Schools
Girls assisted Schools
Boys assisted Schools
1,635
608
1,027
Partnerships-CP
Geographic coverage Agencies of FATA
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1 DoE-FATA
Agency Wise Planned Vs Assisted Schools Bajur Mohmand Khyber Orakzai Kurram SWA NWA
Assosted School 496
Planned School 380 341
% Share of Assisted Student
SWA
3%
252
SWA
150
6%
600
209
SWA
310
9%
547
Orakzai
0
Bajur
Bajur
119,295
15%
Bajur
Students
47%
Khyber
87 %
15%
15% Khyber
Assosted Students
Planned Students 123,199
6%
42% Khyber
9%
85 %
Orakzai
6%
30%
Agency Wise Planned Vs Assisted Students
Schools
Kurram
18%
17%
Kurram
0
63 91
4%
Kurram
Orakzai
Bajur Mohmand Khyber Orakzai Kurram SWA NWA
% Share of Distributed Food (MT)
336
280 100
% Share of Assisted School
2016-coverage against project plan (%):
Mohmand
Mohmand
Mohmand
21%
16%
11%
Food
32 %
44,826
53,618 42,824
27,048 45,341
15,050
11,51
48,485
9,227
22,636
55,534
0
0
140,000
Students gender break down (%)
38%
TOTAL
107,202
62%
174,914
Agency Wise Planned Vs Distributed food (MT) Bajur Mohmand Khyber Orakzai Kurram SWA NWA
Distributed Food 1,531
Planned Students 3,846 371
1,762 846 329
216
1,397 285 1,767
24%
34%
485 4,500
66%
40,559
58,536
35%
65%
15,599
29,227
46%
58,536
54%
40,559
42%
58%
6,303
8,747
2,762
39%
61%
18,727
29,758
76% 8,874
586 0
93 0
BAJOUR
MOHMAND
KHYBER
ORAKZAI
KURRAM
SWA
Prepared by: Daud.Khan@wfp.org
2.2 Scaling up School Feeding: Keeping Children in School While Improving Their Learning and Health Under the new PRRO, School Feeding Programme has been implemented in six agencies of FATA. During 2016, 282,116 students in 1,635 schools (1,027 Boys and 608 girls schools) have been provided with 3,283 mt of High Energy Biscuits (HEBs) and vegetable oil. Previous PRRO outcomes indicate a 15% increase in enrollment rates: 11.3% for boys and 20.4% for girls.
82%
Attendance rate in WFP assisted schools
Working in close coordination with the FATA Directorate of E d u c a t i o n , S c h o o l Fe e d i n g programme provides daily midmorning snacks of Fortified biscuits (75 gram) for on-site feeding to pre-primary and primary schoolchildren (both boys and girls from 1-5 class) for 22 days every month, supplemented by
WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
Previous PRRO (2013-15) represent a significant improvement in results i.e. 82% attendance rate and 15% enrolment (boys 11.3% and girls 20.4%).
WFPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supported School Feeding Programme is functional in FATA since 2008-09. Under the PRRO 20162018, WFP expanded the programme to Bara / Khyber Agency, North Waziristan Agency and parts of all frontier regions to complement the Government-led returns strategy with an aim to stabilize enrolment and retention rate in FATA and Frontier Regions and support secondary girlâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s education to reduce their dropout rate.
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4.5 kg of fortified vegetable oil every two months for children in primary grade to address low levels of literacy, reduce drop-outs and encourage return to schools. High-energy biscuits were chosen as a daily morning snack because they were shown to have promoted enrolment in WFP assisted primary schools in FATA by 12 percent in 2015 with 98 percent retention. Additionally, the logistics – handling, storage and distribution – are more easily managed than alternative ration options – cooked meals or locally procured items – which require infrastructure and quality assurance that are not yet present in the context of FATA or the frontier regions.
Cash incentive to encourage children return to schools A new innovative activity was planned across seven agencies and Six frontier regions wherein Middle and High school girls will receive cash transfer with a view to increase retention and literacy rates among girls. For this purpose a series of meetings and dialogues with education department and FATA Secretariat were held wherein discussions and key decisions around the modality and implementation plans have been chalked out and registrations of students in 13 schools of Bara Tehsil, Khyber agency has been completed. WFP and FATA Secretariat have jointly agreed that the cash assistance should be given to middle and high school girl students to reduce the alarming drop-out rate which stands at more than 70 percent rate at an average. With cash transfer modalities jointly finalized with PMU and Directorate of Education, the cash transfer to school students will be executed in first quarter of 2017. It is anticipative that the cash grants will also enhance the Government’s capacity with cash as a viable modality in FATA, and facilitate an effective transfer to Government management before the end of the three-year project. Under the PRRO three year’s School Feeding programme, WFP has planned to distribute 36,151 mt food (HEB & Veg Oil) and provide USD 7,125,655 cash assistance to targeted students.
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u Integration of education activities (Capacity building) with UNICEF
and UNESCO under NBNM initiative; u Provision of equipment (computers, printers, cameras, USBs) and
capacity building trainings to PMU/ PIUs. u Provision of printed reporting stationery, metal trunks, document
bags & FFE activity banners to assisted schools; Operational arrangements: (modality/partnerships) Project Management Unit, Directorate of Project- FATA at provincial level was established for overall supervision, monitoring and management of WFP interventions. WFP is in partnership with The Directorate of Education, FATA Secretariat, which is responsible for the overall implementation of the School Feeding Programme in close coordination with the Project Management Unit, in DOP. Third party food warehousing and transportation arrangements are in place to manage swift movement of food till WFP assisted schools.
PMU/PIUs Organogram
Project Director
Finance & Admin Officer
M&E Officer
PMU Education Specialist
PIUs
KHYBER SWA NWA ORAKZAI KURRAM BAJAUR MOHMAND
FR Peshawar FR Kohat FR D I Khan FR Lakki FR Bannu FR Tank
01 Agency Coordinator & 01 Date Entery Operator in each Agency/FR PIU
Capacity building of all Focal Teachers in Kurrum and Orakzai Agency WFP in partnership with FATA Secretariat organized a training workshop on “Implementation and Management of School Feeding Programme” in Kurram and Orakzai Agency during December 2016 for all the focal teachers in WFP-assisted schools, wherein 450 participants including 10 master trainers, 220 male teachers, 175 female teachers, two PMU Staff and five CP staff were accordingly trained. The training aimed to orient focal teachers on Food for Education (FFE) implementation arrangements, FFE modalities, food entitlement criteria and maintenance of reporting formats at school level. UNICEF imparted sessions regarding Taleem-eIslahe Jirga (School Management Committees) to the participants respectively. Agency Education Officer and political administration appreciated efforts of WFP in enhancing the capacity of focal teachers in maintenance of accurate data at school level. The participants appreciated WFP for organizing this training for focal teachers and recommended similar trainings to be conducted for focal teachers of WFP assisted schools in other agencies.
Expansion of WFP's School Feeding Programme to TDPs return areas in SWA & Bara Khyber Agencies Owing to the uplifting outputs of WFP School Bara/Khyber Agency, North Waziristan Agency and parts of all frontier feeding activities in 2016, a 15% increase in enrollment on average and around 90% retention of children at school was recorded. Therefore, with the visible success of the school feeding programme, Project Management Unit of Fata Secretariat recommended the expansion of WFP School feeding Programme to SWA and Bara – Khyber agency for restoration of educational institutions and to encourage children's return to school. WFP, through education department expanded the programme to Bara/Khyber Agency, North Waziristan Agency and parts of all frontier feeding activities in 2016, to complement the Government-led returns strategy with an aim to stabilize enrolment and retention rate in FATA and
Frontier Regions and support secondary girl's education to reduce their dropout rate. The programme has been initiated now in more than 160 schools within Bara tehsil of Khyber agency and 54 schools in SWA. In NWA, WFP in corporation with Fata secretariat, will expand the SFP into accessible and functional schools subject to resource availability. School list is awaited from govt.
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WFP Children's Design Competition 2017 Each year, WFP invites children from around the world who benefit from WFP School Feeding programmes to participate in the annual Children's Design Competition. With the theme Zero Hunger: The Future is in Our Hands, these young artists used their imaginations to create a future for all to enjoy. In this regard, a total of 872 students from WFP assisted 109 schools were selected in consultation with Directorate of Education and FATA Secretariat for the Arts Competition. Limited by their imaginations and minimal access to outdoor games, these young students share their dreams of a world where food is plentiful, shared, and enjoyed - along with the clean water, green grass and shady trees that should be the right of every child. The top five artworks among all entries would be selected to be shared with HQ for participation in the global competition and many of which will
continue to live as art that decorates WFP merchandise including calendars, greeting cards, desk diaries and coffee mugs. This contest has provided the children a base to a great success in the previous years and will be held again in 2017.
Cash incentive to encourage children return to schools A new innovative activity was planned across seven agencies and six frontier regions wherein Middle and High school girls will receive cash transfer with a view to increase retention and literacy rates among girls. For this purpose a series of meetings and dialogues with education department and FATA Secretariat were held wherein discussions and key decisions around the modality and implementation plans have been chalked out and registrations of students in 13 schools of Bara Tehsil, Khyber agency has been completed. WFP and FATA Secretariat have jointly agreed that the cash assistance should be given to middle and high school girl students to reduce the alarming drop-out rate which stands at more than 70 percent at an average. With cash transfer modalities jointly finalized with PMU and Directorate of Education, the cash transfer to school students will be executed in first quarter of 2017. It is anticipated that the cash grants will also enhance the government's capacity with cash as a viable modality in FATA, and facilitate an effective transfer to government management before the end of the three-year project. WFP/Affsheen Yousaf
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Objective 3: build community resilience to climate change through nutrition-sensitive disaster risk reduction and livelihood activities (DRR)
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
Bringing resilience towards Bajaur & Mohmand agencies Due to their strategic locations, Bajaur and Mohmand agencies of FATA politically and socially remained extremely unstable areas of Pakistan. They have faced complex emergencies including a combination of refugees from Afghanistan and internal displacement of population. Militancy in FATA has predominantly affected the institutional and social fabric of all tribal agencies. On the other hand, both the agencies are overlaid with frequent and large scale natural disasters including earthquake, droughts, hailstorms and floods. Flash floods occur predominantly in the mountainous and semimountainous regions in both the agencies. Furthermore, the poor infrastructural measures, low income & literacy level, inadequate institutional/community coping mechanism are multiplying the potential risks of the inhabitant to the future adversities. Even a moderate disaster could bring devastating effects on the communities. Mohmand and Bajaur agencies are situated on the edge of two major climatic systems, the Monsoon to the east and the Mediterranean towards the west but getting a very uneven and lesser precipitation. Most parts of FATA are arid and semi-arid for which the water for agriculture and household needs are always remain a challenge. The hazard assessment results for the given agencies reveal that the natural hazards, like flash floods, water scarcity (drought) and land erosion are most likely events for both Bajaur and Mohmand agencies. Moreover, hail storms and earthquakes are less common events but have a potential impact on communities. Vulnerability dynamics for the given agencies are mountainous topography, poorly constructed mud and stone houses, poor socio economic conditions and lack of capacities at local and institutional level. No early warning system is in place in either of the agency on both at community or at institutional level. To cater the basics and challenging needs of individuals under the given fragile and complex situation WFP’s started interventions in partnership with HUJRA by implementing the project titled “Enhancing Food and Nutritional Security and Rebuilding Social Cohesion” (PRRO 2013-2015).
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Initially the assistance started with food for work (FFW) & food for trainings (FFT) with the coordination of the Directorate of Project, FATA Secretariat to rehabilitate the infrastructure and livelihoods. Based on successful completion of previous PRRO, WFP in collaboration with SDC launched a new project titled “Livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction Initiatives for Strengthening the Resilience of Disaster-affected Communities of Bajaur and Mohmand Agencies, FATA” while adapting the modalities to the specific local context of the target agencies. The project focused on mainstreaming the DRR component in the livelihoods support interventions under the WFP's new three year operations (PRRO 2016-17) which began in January 2016. The project is currently being implemented and is expected to last until 2018. All project activities are implemented in close partnership with FATA PMU, through WFP's cooperating partner HUJRA. This cash-based livelihood support project with an integrated DRR component also benefits from the technical support of SDC and the government's line departments. Under this program, activities have been designed to protect the local population and their productive assets from impending disasters.
Project Objectives I. Enhancing resilience of the target stakeholders through integrated watershed management and disaster mitigation structures , II. Capacity building of the communities, relevant government departments through trainings, exercises and experience and technical knowledge sharing. III. Cash for work/training activities provided an income to the conflict affected population and assured their food security.
Community Based Disaster Risk Management Approach The project adopted Community Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) approach in field level implementation. A total of 45 Village Disaster Management Committees (VDMCs) 30: Mohmand & 15: Bajaur were formed and strengthened to implement their respective Village Disaster Management Plans (VDMPs) with the project support. The project field level implementation strategy is given below; Project structural activities mostly covered the Integrated Watershed Management (IWM) approach. WFP's standard work norms were followed for project structural activities i.e. 6 hours of work by each participant for 15 days in a month with entitlement of 6000 PKR for unskilled participants through WFP Kash Card. Structural activities were assessed with impact feasibility and technical viability and also in the light of VDMPs formed under CBDRM trainings. Total 366 schemes (1.200, 703 CFT) were conducted through engagement of 17,527 participants. CBDRM Facilitation (5-8 days)
Village Disaster Management Plans (VDMPs)
Disaster Risk Reduction Measures Protection Walls Gully Plugging (check dams)
Structural DRM needs
IWM Options (W.P & WRF, Plantations etc)
Livelihood Options (Kitchen Gardening, Nursery/ Orchard)
VPs, HVCA, VDMCs & VDMPs
School Based DRM SAR, BLS & Med. Non-structural DRM needss
1st aid Trainings
Kitchen Gardening Trainings Community Mass Awareness (pamphlets, Seminars, Walks etc.)
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e. Internal controls Multi cluster rapid assessment The multi-sectoral household assessment of TDP currently residing in KP & Returnees residing in FATA was led by OCHA Pakistan in August 2016. The assessment reports a very high food insecurity based on the Food Consumption Score among both surveyed groups. Overall, 23 percent of TDP households fall in poor consumption category, 56 percent in borderline and 21 percent in acceptable consumption category. Whereas, for the returnee households, these rates are 22 percent, 61 percent and 17 percent, respectively. The diet of the TDPs and returnees is not only quantitatively inadequate, but also qualitatively poor and heavily cereal-based. Poor diet diversity is a serious problem across these groups. Most of the food consumed is made up of staples (wheat in particular). Overall, the proportion of all surveyed households with low dietary diversity accounts for 21 percent. Across the TDP and returnee households, poor food consumption and
dietary diversity is significantly higher among households headed by a female, or by a person without any formal education. To cope with temporary shocks and meet the food needs, 64 percent of the TDP and 53 percent of returnee households adopted food based short-term coping strategies such as shifting to cheaper and lower quality diets, borrowing food or purchasing on credit, reduced meal portion or number of meals. However, the high coping level caused by frequent adoption of strategies accounts for 27 percent and 17 percent, respectively. Livelihood-based coping strategies were commonly applied to cope with longer shocks and chronic food insecurity. Overall, 55 percent of the TDP households reported adopting a livelihood-based coping strategy, among them 34 percent were of stress level, 11 percent of crisis level, and especially 11 percent adopted emergency irreversible strategies such as consuming seed stock held for the next season, selling houses or land, or begging. For returnee households, a similar overall level adopted any livelihood based coping strategy (56 percent), among them 27 percent of stress level, 10 percent of crisis, and a higher level (18 percent) adopted emergency coping strategies. It should be emphasized that these emergency irreversible coping strategies would negatively impact food security and livelihood in the future.
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WFP Beneficiary Information Management (BIM) Database System
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WFP relief and Cash based livelihoods interventions to support the rehabilitation of the returned families required an efficient tool to capture outputs of WFP interventions in the field whilst also avoiding is sues that WFP faced previously, including reporting glitches from WFP hubs and duplication of assistance. In this regard, WFP developed an online database system which not only ensures fluent distributions to TDPs and returnees and reporting from
online interconnected hubs, but also allows WFP to address the challenge of Zero hunger. For WFP provincial office to avoid any such overlap of a beneficiary assistance under Relief and livelihood activities simultaneously. Resultantly, this has significantly added value to WFP resources, which are utilized efficiently. The brilliance of the system is depicted below: The Beneficiary Online Management System captures the v information pertaining to: Target villages profiling è è Scope of activities è Activity profiling as per work norms v Participant profile v Hence, real time reporting through this system has brought about
swiftness and convenience in reporting at WFP. v WFP Provincial staff are well enabled to plan, implement, monitor and
report the progress / achieved results on real time basis. This has contributed much towards effective programming and accountability of operations accordingly.
participant's registration. Provincial and cooperating partner staff have been provided with proper trainings for using the system effectively. This system has benefitted the beneficiary with an ease of storing its supporting information and this supports in swift transaction of information with bank- This has ensured timely receipt of assistance.
Monitoring layers a.
Beneficiaries Feedback: The platform to voice beneficiaries' concerns was initiated by WFP Pakistan. Owing to its success for being a useful mechanism, the same system was replicated and implemented by other WFP Country offices. Through this mechanism, information regarding WFP operations is received from various sources including beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, donors, & WFP head quarter through hotline, fax, email, and post mediums. The information is swiftly registered in an online database which is shared with field staff for further verification. Information is validated and the feedback is analyzed keeping in view the type and severity of the issue. Besides the registered cases, general queries are also responded on spot.
v Unlike before, key indicators are easily measured; including analysis of
community assets, pre & post assistance, gender-based segregation, percentage of food/cash distributed, reconciliation of data with the bank.
Beneficiaries Feedback
v Apart from core indicators, other such results are also captured on the
system including community physical infrastructure activities under the livelihood intervention such as, rehabilitation of link roads, bridle paths, irrigation channels, protection walls etc.
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Monitoring by WFP staff & Third Party Monitoring
v Capacity building activities carried out in the communities are also
captured. Owing to the efficacy and benefit of the online system to WFP provincial office based in KP, this system is now replicated across Pakistan by other WFP provincial offices for livelihoods CBT/In-kind interventions and
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During the year 2016, 311 cases were registered and 42% of which were found valid. The complainant's credentials are kept confidential to mitigate protection issues.
Type of Complaints Service Delivery Issues Quality of Food Items Misconduct and Corruption Change of Ration Collection Point Targeting and Registration Positive Feedback Selling of Food items by beneficiaries Related to Cooperating Partner
Total Registered 172 26 16 9 7 3 3 1
c. Government Counterparts and NGO-CPs: As part of the Memorandum of Understanding with the FATA Secretariat, the complete monitoring layout by concerned staff from the Project Management Unit, FATA Secretariat and staff of directorates (i.e., directorate of education, directorate of health, agriculture extension) has been agreed and resourced by WFP. FATA secretariat staff, based in the PMU in Peshawar as well as the PIU in each agency, plan their monitoring visits according to monitoring observations provided by WFP with subsequent feedback on their follow-up actions. In order to ensure effective monitoring by PMU/PIUs, WFP has provided complete guidance in form of monitoring checklists and training on the same.
b. WFP monitoring staff and Third Party Monitoring: WFP staff is deployed in KP for monitoring of activities at the field level, whereas in FATA, Third party monitors (NGO/consultants) ensure monitoring of WFP's widespread activities. Project Management Unit of the third party monitoring team is based at Peshawar to ensure smooth coordination with WFP's Provincial Office monitoring team. Sample based monitoring visits had been planned every month by ensuring 90 percent confidence level and 5 percent margin of error. The samples were generated at WFP CO, which ensured unbiased monitoring approach at the field level. Below are major monitoring outputs. Activity Relief School Feeding Nutrition Livelihoods
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Sites Monitored 31 every month 510 430 60
Beneficiary interview 950 N.A 500 650
Monitoring visits by Project Management Unit (PMU) d. (Activity units, Donors, Govt. Administration): External stakeholders including missions of various donors, government administration, civil and military departments also monitor the operations and provide recommendations to WFP on observed issues/gaps.
Support to Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Unit (RRU), FATA Secretariat
WFP is supporting the FATA Secretariat through two technical experts in the capacity of Food security & livelihoods, assessments and education in Rehabilitation & Reconstruction Unit (RRU). To ensure that all possible is done for the TDPs, the FATA Secretariat has taken a lead role in coordinating the efforts for the Government. FATA RRU was established to manage the process, formulate policies, strategies and guidelines, and coordinate with all stakeholders. v Establishment of Operational Coordination Mechanism (OCM)
On behalf of the national authority, OCM was created as a forum for coordinating humanitarian action. The aim is to ensure a strategic, balanced and well prioritized response in the sector or area of activity concerned. The specific responsibilities include coordination with cluster coordination and government line departments. The forum is jointly operated by Government and partners.
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Approvals for TWGs were also accorded at the OCM forum in the presence of WFP Provincial Officer and Deputy Country Head WFP.
v Establishment of Technical Working Group (TWGs)
TWGs comprises of technical experts from concerned sectors, facilitated by WFP technical experts. The function of TWG is to coordinate rehabilitation and reconstruction activities, map activities, needs assessment/gap analysis, data sharing, linkages for humanitarian support, prioritize activities, avert duplication, joint planning, standardize quality, involve academia, progress review, advocacy and identify issues. All these functions are performed under the overall guidance of OCM (now coordination conference). Due to success of the TWGs, they are being considered as best practice for relevant cluster exit strategy. Further to the decision of the second Operational Coordination Mechanism (OCM) meeting, the Technical Working Groups were notified. In 2016, six meetings were held on Food Security, Education and WASH led by respective Directorates of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Irrigation, Livestock & Dairy Development, Multi-sectoral damage assessments by RRU v Damages assessments provide information on the functional status of hospitals and schools, the main base of implementation of WFPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programmes. Damage assessments are at the core of FATA Sustainable Rehabilitation & Reconstruction strategy and is further spelled out under
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RRU’s mandate. It facilitates also the government, army, WFP and other partners to strategize and develop plans for implementation in affected areas. While WFP provides technical support in conducting assessments, these are conducted as per the requirement of Government, TDP Secretariat, army relevant field formations and with guidance from relevant WFP focal points. v Guidelines developed for Rehabilitation & Reconstruction:
Education, Health/Nutrition, Food Security & Livelihoods. For quality assurance and efficacy of Rehabilitation & Reconstruction activities, the WFP technical experts in RRU contributed to the development of Minimum Standards for Rehabilitation & Reconstruction, particularly in Education, Food Security & Livelihoods and Health / Nutrition. These guidelines have been shared on different forums and presented to the relevant partners and Government competent authority for further consultation and processing. The guidelines majorly contribute to The Government’s mandate of establishing standards and controls. v Linkage
between WFP PRRO & Citizen Losses Compensation Program (CLCP) developed
A total of 2,000 beneficiaries are trained in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on housing reconstruction skills which was appreciated at OCM level. Similarly IEC material was developed and contextualized with help of UN Habitat and SRSP partners. The linkage has helped in strengthening coordination between WFP, CLCP and regular CLCP’s progress is shared with WFP which helps in reducing overlapping of assistance and prioritizes the vulnerable beneficiaries under WFP’s Food for Asset program.
2,000 CLCP beneficiaries were trained on the technical skills by WFP/UNHABITAT
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WFP had already engaged 661 families (35%) of CLCP beneficiaries under PRRO livelihood activities, which was appreciated at the OCM level on June 6, 2016.
g. Food Security & Strategic Review WFP Provincial Office facilitated and supported the government led process of strategic review of Food Security and Nutrition in KP & FATA that was initiated by Economic Affairs Division (EAD) Government of Pakistan and UN Resident Coordinator to contribute through strategic review of Food Security and Nutrition situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. This review meeting included analytical and consultative exercise to jointly identify the key challenges faced by Pakistan in achieving food security and improved nutrition and provided prioritized areas for action for all humanitarian and development partners in alignment with the Vision 2025 of Government of Pakistan.
These meetings were conducted in two rounds. First round for KP & FATA were on 05-06 Oct 2016 followed by a second round of review meeting on 13 & 14 Dec 2016 mainly for validation of the findings of first round meeting. On both the occasions, separate review meetings were arranged for KP and FATA at PC Hotel Peshawar. Government officials, UN Agencies, private sector including NGOs, salt processors and millars participated in the mentioned workshop for sharing their valuable input for gauging an independent, analytical and consultative exercise to identify the key challenges faced by Pakistan in achieving food security and improved nutrition. Two groups were formed during KP & FATA review meetings. One group discussed food security and agriculture while the other group focused on nutrition. These meetings on Food Security and Nutrition Strategic Review were an independent, analytical and consultative exercise designed to identify the key challenges faced by Pakistan in achieving food security and improved nutrition, and to provide prioritized areas for action for the Government of Pakistan and all humanitarian and development partners. This initiative will also support several parallel efforts by the government and development partners and will provide a roadmap for food and nutrition security. Government stakeholders, UN agencies, academia and NGOs were of the opinion that Government led multi-sectoral approaches including nutrition specific intervention such as supplementary feeding, micronutrient supplementation, food fortification and nutrition sensitive interventions including school feeding, revision of school/college curriculum, research, kitchen gardening, agriculture etc. are required to combat the emergency situation of malnutrition in KP and FATA.
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Annual Review 2016 The FATA Food Security /Nutrition Strategic review reflects a major leap in terms of FATA Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ownership and initiatives relating to contextual needs of FATA. The exercise was led by the FATA P&D and PMU Directorate of Project with extensive involvement of key stakeholders from Nutrition, Food Security, Livelihood, WASH, Education and other relevant line departments with multi-sectoral linkages to the causes of malnutrition in FATA with WFPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaboration. The provincial consultation process was followed by national level review and second stage provincial feedback.
v Food for work schemes; Livelihood Initiatives for improved access to
The FS/Nutrition strategic review identified key recommendations for promoting the nutrition agenda across all sectors with key focus on following:
training of teachers. Food standards will be strictly enforced to ensure quality nutrition.
food; Nutrition specific and sensitive interventions; v Ready to use fortified food supplementation, fortification and bio-
fortification on; v Feeding programs for infants and young children. Centres of
excellence at the provincial and federal levels, and academic training in nutrition at university level shall be established. v Presence of a nutritionist in every school will be ensured through
v Focus and converge all efforts around the 1000 days window of
opportunity i.e. form conception till the child is 2 years of age. v Promote the legislative and regulatory mechanisms ensuring breast
feeding promotion, food fortification and implementation of food acts. v Empower women and make them the recipients of social protection
benefits with focus on improving dietary diversity and livelihoods v Integrate nutrition education and promotion and introducing
Nutrition as part of curricula in various subjects. v Scale up safety nets in times of crises v Recommendations for a dedicated structure in the FATA (Nutrition
Department or Nutrition Cell) and financial allocation exclusively for nutrition through National Finance Commission (NFC) Award and multi - dimensional investment to undertake the rising issue of child stunting. v Ready to use cost effective locally produced Supplementary food for
malnourished children under 5 years of age breast feeding mothers and pregnant women;
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Annual Livelihoods Review KP FATA 2016 March 01- 03, 2017 Abbottabad During 01 - 03 March 2017, World Food Programme in support of FATA secretariat conducted Annual Livelihoods Planning and Review workshop in Abbottabad to undertake the programmatic planning and review of Livelihoods and Disaster Risk Reduction activities implemented under PRRO 2016-2018 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transition Towards Resilient and Food-Secure Pakistanâ&#x20AC;?. The workshop was attended and actively participated by major stakeholders including WFP teams from provincial and country offices, focal persons from PRRO Project Management Unit and Project
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Implementation unit FATA secretariat, NGO cooperating partners, SDC and representatives from Agriculture Department, Food Security cluster and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Multitude of diverse aspects to livelihoods and CBDRR projects were deliberated by the participants and recommendations were deduced based on lesson learned during 2016 for the improvement of programme delivery and implementation of rehabilitation and capacity building activities in all agencies of FATA through enhanced partnership with all stakeholders.
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Priorities for 2017
NEW INITIATIVES for FATA in 2017: In-depth Survey on Food Security and Livelihood of returnees in FATA: v FATA Secretariat in collaboration with WFP Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping (VAM) unit Target: All 7 agencies of FATA Status: è Data collection carried out by FATA Bureau of Statistics (10th
February- 3rd March, 2017) è Results are expected by 25 March, and final report will be by mid-
April 2017 v Continuation of Target Supplementary Feeding Programme under
CMAM to manage acute malnutrition among acute malnourished Pregnant & Lactating Women (PLW) and moderate acute malnourished children 06-59 month in FATA. (Khyber, Mohmand, Orakzai, SWA, NWA) v Technical Support to SUN Unit established at PMU FATA Secretariat
under P&D for Multi-sectoral nutrition sensitive and Nutrition specific intervention in FATA.
Status: Expected to kick start in April 2017 Value add: Assess FATA specific cost effective impact proven multi-sectoral è nutrition interventions è Establish statistically representative baseline (Year 1) & impact
evaluation (Y-3) è Capacity Augmentation on stunting prevention project in FATA.
(Training of LHV/LHWs). v Cash Based Transfer (CBT) supporting Girls Education in FATA:
Target: 179 Girls Middle & High Schools in 7 agencies & 06 FR's of FATA Beneficiaries: 15, 000 school girls (PKR 1000/ Month @ 80 percent attendance) Contribution: US$ 2 million by Australian Govt. Approach: Incentives to motivate Improved Access to Education è
v Initiation of Stunting Prevention Projects in Kurrum & Bajaur:
Improved Adolescent Girls Dietary Diversity & Nutritional status è
Transitioning from curative Nutrition approach (CMAM) to large scale Preventive and Promotive Nutrition approach contributing to prevention Chronic Malnutrition (Stunting)
through improved awareness about Health & Nutrition using Key messages & Behavior change communication.
è Beneficiaries: Pregnant, Lactating & Children up to 5 years of age è Approach: Ready to Use Specialized Nutritious Food &
Micronutrients è Status: Starting in June 2017
Research & Evidence Generation relating to Malnutrition in FATA: v Partnership: FATA Secretariat, Khyber Medical University & WFP) Inclusive of: Formative research, Baseline studies and Prospective Research
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Biometric verification system to ensure accountability & è transparency. Status: Operational arrangement in process, Activity to kick start è in May 2017. Critical Evaluation of enrollment trend in WFP assisted schools. è
Top donors v Pakistan v USA v United Kingdom v Australia v Japan v Switzerland
Pakistan in Numbers: v Total population: 182 million
People WFP plans to reach in Pakistan in 2017: 2,719,900 v A new, three-year relief and recovery operation for 2016-2018 aims to v assist 7.7 million people at a cost of US$ 454 million. It is 43% funded, with a US$275 million shortfall. People still displaced in the north-west: 75, 467 families v WFP's biggest donors in Pakistan are: Australia, Japan, Pakistan, the v United Kingdom and the United States.
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Prepared by: Affsheen Yousaf Published by: FATA Secretariat Designed & Printed by: Ikramullah Khan,
Spinzer Printers, Peshawar Contacts: Directorate of Projects, FATA Secretariat World Food Programme, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
World Food Programme & FATA Secretariat