Food-for-Work to Build Community Assets in South Sudan
| Reporting Organization: | WFP - World Food Programme |
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| Total Budget ($CAD): | $ 20,000,000 |
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| Timeframe: |
March 18, 2016 - December 31, 2018 |
| Status: |
Completion |
| Contact Information: |
Unspecified |
Partner & Funder Profiles
Reporting Organization
WFP - World Food Programme
Participating Organizations
Unspecified
Funders (Total Budget Contribution)
-
Government and Public Sector
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Location
Country - Total Budget Allocation
| South Sudan - $ 20,000,000.00 (100.00%) |
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Areas of Focus
Health - Total Budget Allocation
Other - Total Budget Allocation
| Food Security & Agriculture (50 %) |
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Description
This project aims to increase food security for 275,000 vulnerable women and men in South Sudan. The project supports the provision of food to women and men in exchange for their work on community assets. These community assets include such things as the restoration of farmland for agricultural production, as well as the construction of access roads, small-scale irrigation ponds, or hand-dug wells. By distributing food in exchange for labour, the project seeks to address immediate hunger needs while in the longer term, building community assets which are expected to improve agricultural production and stimulate economic growth. The project is designed to serve as a safety net for vulnerable South Sudanese communities in food insecure areas by providing a transition between emergency relief and long-term development.
Target Population
| Gender and age: |
Adult women
Adult men
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| Total Direct Population: |
275,000 |
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Outputs
| 105241 |
Farmers gained access to agricultural technologies, tools, land, seeds or services |
| 586650 |
People received food provisions |
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Results & Indicators
Expected Results
The expected intermediate outcome for this project is: increased food security for chronically food insecure women, men, girls and boys in targeted geographic areas in South Sudan.
Achieved Results
Results achieved as of the end of the project (December 2018) include: (1) overall improved resilience to food and economic shocks in targeted communities in Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap regions; (2) provision of food or cash in exchange for work on community assets to 586,650 people ; (3) a decrease in household expenditure on food from 73.8% to 34% for women headed households and from 76.3% to 39% for men headed households; (4) access to agricultural technologies, tools, land, seeds or services for 105,241 farmers (of which 56,830 were women and 48,411 were men); and (5) creation of community crop and vegetable farms, shallow wells, dykes, seedlings and land rehabilitation due to the work of community members. Project activities contributed to increasing food security for 586,650 chronically food-insecure people in South Sudan.
Indicators
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Links & Resources
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Associated Projects (If applicable)
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