Annual Country Report 2018: Sierra Leone. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019

Annual Country Report 2018: Sierra Leone. Country Strategic Plan 2018-2019

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme, 2018.

English

49 p.

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In 2018 WFP transitioned its operation in Sierra Leone from the Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) to an interim country strategic plan (ICSP) to support the Government’s priorities and to build on WFP’s Ebola recovery operation. WFP relaunched the school feeding programme in two of the most food insecure districts of the country in 2018 , reaching 29,489 primary school children (51 percent girls).WFP provided nutritious food to 16,239 pregnant and lactating women and girls (PLWG) 16,772 and children aged 6-23 months including delivering social behavioural change communication (SBCC). Similarly, WFPs provision of moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) treatment reached 21,444 children aged 6 - 59 months and for 9,943 PLWG contributing towards their nutritional status. WFP and partners provided Food by Prescription (FbP) to malnourished people living with HIV (PLHIV) and TB as part of the national response for comprehensive care and treatment package as well as cash-based transfers (CBT) as part of a wider exit strategy for PLHIV. WFP collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) implemented food for asset (FFA) and supported the development of small-scale irrigation structures for lowlands. This activity engaged 2,591 participants (representing 12,173 beneficiaries) and cultivated 414 h, with anticipated annual production of 1,656 mt assuming two cropping cycles.

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