Annual Country Report 2019: Eswatini. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019
2019
ELR 1844
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Title
Annual Country Report 2019: Eswatini. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019
Imprint
Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2019.
Language Note
English
Description
37 p.
ISBN/LRC Code
ELR1844
Summary
In pursuit of SDG2, WFP continued to support the national social protection system for vulnerable groups, including food-insecure populations affected by drought, orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), and people living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB). WFP provided food assistance to 54,640 OVC under the age of 8 enrolled in 1,699 community-led Neighbourhood Care Points managed by local volunteers. Almost of 24,400 pupils in 50 primary and secondary schools also received locally procured food through a pilot Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programme. Both activities aimed to strengthen food and nutrition security among pre-primary, primary and secondary schoolchildren, with a view to improving attendance and retention. In September, WFP piloted the HGSF initiative, linking smallholder farmers to the school feeding programme. Eight farmers’ groups comprising 331 smallholders – 145 of them women – were registered as vendors for the pilot. Almost 170 mt of food was procured from smallholders, with 115.7 mt of it supplied to schools, meeting 51 percent of the food requirements for final term of the year. WFP helped familiarise farmers and staff of the ministries of education and agriculture with its procurement processes. Local purchases reduced delivery lead times from an average of 32 days to fewer than ten. WFP collaborated with the Ministry of Health and other United Nations (UN) agencies— the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)—to develop and implement an integrated nutrition, sexual reproductive health (SRH), antiretroviral therapy (ART) and TB treatment literacy programme.
Note
Electronic ed.
Call Number
ELR 1844
Language
English
System Control No.
MON-127729
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WFP Taxonomy
Annual Country Report (ACR)