Annual Country Report 2019: Haiti. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019

Annual Country Report 2019: Haiti. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2019.

English

50 p.

ELR1870

From January to June 2019, WFP supported the Government of Haiti via humanitarian interventions and sustainable solutions to hunger and malnutrition through eight activities. These interventions were mostly integrated into broader social safety net programmes and contributed to long-term food security. Given the country’s frequent exposure to natural hazards, disaster management and preparedness is a priority for WFP’s intervention. The Cash-Based Transfer Working Group (CBTWG) led by WFP was instrumental in the promotion and improvement of cash delivery preparedness across the humanitarian actors as well as in the harmonization of interventions. Based on market and food security assessments and in response to increasing levels of food insecurity in rural areas, WFP provided emergency food assistance through cash-based transfers in highly food insecure areas. WFP strengthened the link between its school feeding programme and local markets and producers. During the school year 2018-2019, over 292,600 children received a school meal. WFP locally procured over 50 percent of the food to reach around 33,400 children and doubled the size of its Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF); 21 local farmers were involved in the programme. WFP also worked with the identified communities using the Three-Pronged Approach (3PA), which allows better ownership and more efficient design of the resilience-building activities such as creating assets dedicated to irrigation and water management as well as rehabilitating schools which could be used as shelters in case of a disaster. In addition, WFP implemented Disaster Risk Reduction activities to build resilience to future shocks. Almost 35,000 families were involved in these activities.

ELR 1870

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