Fact Sheet - January - August 2019

JAM UGANDA FACT SHEET - JANUARY - AUGUST 2019

PROJECTED BUDGET FOR 2019

US$ 240,000

PROJECT LOCATIONS IN 2019 Imvepi, Arua | Zone 2 and 3

NUMBERS AT A BENEFICIARIES REACHED January-August 2019 GLANCE WASH: 200 Education: 198 Food security and livelihoods(FSL): 4,189 Non-Food Items(NFIs): 2,545

27,7 MILLION TOTAL: 7,131 Estimated people in Uganda living in poverty KEY DEVELOPMENTS Uganda Bureau of Statistics 2017 Peace agreement in South Sudan seems to have slowed down, however some efforts are still ongoing to effect the 402,000 agreement Uganda is on high alert after the first Ebola cases were Estimated people severly reported in June and August. Donors and the UN are working food insecure with the government, NGOs and other stakeholders to ensure surveillance is high and quick response mechanisms are in WFP Country Brief June 2019 place Severe food insecurity—particularly in the regions of Karamoja and Teso (in eastern Uganda) —is ongoing. 1,1 MILLION Estimated refugees severely KEY HIGHLIGHTS food insecure

WFP Country Brief June 2019 Registration of JAM Uganda’s office as a legal operating entity Strengthened relationship between JAM Uganda and the 32% Office of the Prime Minister. Children between 6-59 months JAM’s kitchen garden project and the demonstration garden that also serves as the reception centre garden at Imvepi has are suffering from Chronic malnutrition generated a lot of interest from donors and partners. WFP Country Brief June 2019 CHALLENGES 400,000 Number of people targeted by JAM Lack of office furniture, computers, equipment, transport and other critical installations that enable an office to be fully functional JAM is a new entrant in Uganda and has little resources to network for funding opportunities in UN agencies and other bilateral donors

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PROJECTED BUDGET FOR 2019

US$ 2,848,429.27

NUMBERS AT A BENEFICIARIES REACHED January-August 2019 GLANCE WASH: 25,000 Nutrition: 5,700 School Feeding: 31,107 LEGO - SIx bricks: 19,450 15,28 MILLION

Estimated people in Angola TOTAL: 81,257 living in poverty

Source:https://OPHI.org.uk/ophi_stories/ KEY DEVELOPMENTS new-numbers-show-48-of-people-in-angola -are-poor-2/ State of emergency declared in January of 2019 due to drought - 2.3 million people affected The World Bank approved a package worth $1.320 billion to 2,963,350 support the government of Angola in its efforts to promote more inclusive growth, improve water services, and strengthen the Estimated people in Angola requiring economy humanitarian assistance The salaries of more than 48,000 primary education teachers earning 49,000 kwanza was raised to 238,321 kwanza, in line UNICEF Angola Humanitarian with newly approved payment chart for public servants. situation report-July 2019. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved new financing of US$248.15 million for Angola. 2,3 MILLION KEY HIGHLIGHTS Estimated people severely food insecure Expansion of the nutrition programme to include Out Patient Therapeutic Programme (OTP) interventions 285,565 Midyear programme evaluation done Malnutrition Statistics Five WASH hand pump technicians trained to repair all non functional boreholes in JAM operational areas. 65,234 CHALLENGES Number of people targeted by JAM

Poor connectivity affects communication Some schools are inaccessible for JAM to conduct routine support and supervision visits. Lack of funds for JAM to spearhead periodic nutrition sectoral coordination A number of non functional boreholes that collapsed did not have full casing to protect and support the wellstream/drilled borehole.

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PROJECTED BUDGET FOR 2019

US$ 2,2 Million

PROJECT LOCATIONS IN 2019 Pambarra | Inhambane | Beira | Sofala | Maputo (Admin/Support)

BENEFICIARIES REACHED January-August 2019

WASH : 23,220 School Feeding : 18,329 School Gardens : 5,366 People trained under CoE: 637 NUMBERS AT A Emergency relief : 41,433 GLANCE TOTAL: 88,985

KEY DEVELOPMENTS

48.4% OF COUNTRY A peace agreement was signed between the Mozambican government and rebel group (Renamo) on 6 Aug 19 to end Estimated people in Mozambique the armed conflict that began in 2015 living in poverty The northern province of Cabo Delgado continues to be unsafe as an Islamic rebel group continues to slaughter people. To date over 300 people have been killed. 1,8 MILLION Presidential and legislative elections will take place on 15 Oct Estimated people in country requiring 2019 humanitarian assistance Despite the economic crisis, the average growth of the economy has been about 4%

24% OF COUNTRY KEY HIGHLIGHTS Estimated people severely food insecure JAM food processing factory achieved ISO 22000 certification 48 schools received PTA training focusing on improving the OCHA: Mozambique update, April 2019 quality of education Over 353,300 JAM CSB meals were distributed to over 18,329 beneficiaries 83,676 Successful Cyclone Idai emergency response 15,120 boxes of fortified Manna pack rice received for post Number of people targeted by JAM Idai relief distribution in Dondo and Grudja resettlement centres JAM successfully repaired the damages to the factory after Cyclone Idai.

CHALLENGES

Increasing humanitarian needs post Cyclone Idai have put pressure on available resources 3% of schools in the school feeding programme do not have access to safe water Approximately 5000 people (near Matchenexe) do not have potable water and proper sanitation facilities, since the Cyclone and floods in March 2019

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PROJECTED BUDGET FOR 2019

US$ 2,356,192.91

PROJECT LOCATIONS IN 2019

Tonkolili District | Bo District | Moyamba District

NUMBERS AT A BENEFICIARIES REACHED January-August 2019 GLANCE School feeding | School gardens : 20,600

TOTAL: 20,600 60% OF COUNTRY KEY DEVELOPMENTS Estimated people in Sierra Leone living in poverty Increased awareness on importance of education The number of girls in schools has increased 40% OF COUNTRY Transfer of new agricultural technology to pupils and teachers Cross learning visits by Ministry of Education and school Literacy rate feeding Secretariat affirmed the quality of JAM’s programming in Sierra Leone.

1,5 MILLION KEY HIGHLIGHTS Estimated people in country requiring humanitarian assistance JAM secured land lease agreement with community stakeholders and land holding families. School feeding has 3,2 MILLION increased all beneficiary schools’ enrolment School gardens are a new learning platform for communities Estimated people severely and pupils food insecure Visit by Feed My Starving Children, one of JAM’s key donors Take home ration which is a new phenomenon in Sierra Leone Borgen report school feeding program has been well received. CHALLENGES MALNUTRITION STATISTICS Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM)5.1% Bureaucratic impediments slowed progress on school feeding Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM)4.0% programme expansion Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM)1.0% Poor road infrastructure affects access to some project locations Sierra Leone National Nutrition Survey Procurement process at field level is difficult as most of the business are not registered and are not legal entities Dec 2017 Banking facilities at field level also remain a challenge. Power and internet connectivity are not reliable, causing 72,700 communication break between field office and the National office (Freetown). Number of people targeted by JAM

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PROJECTED BUDGET FOR 2019

US$ 88,278.28

PROJECT LOCATIONS IN 2019

Shyogwe, Muhanga

BENEFICIARIES REACHED January-August 2019

Education | Agriculture: 650

TOTAL: 650

NUMBERS AT A KEY DEVELOPMENTS GLANCE Teachers get training from Rwanda Polytechnic which improves their teaching skills Collaboration with the Ministry of Education 38.1% OF COUNTRY KEY HIGHLIGHTS Estimated people in Rwanda living in poverty JAM’s kitchen garden provides vegetables to the students Continued financial support to under privileged children who 150,448 can not afford to pay tuition fees Estimated refugees in country requiring 99.5% pass rate in the 2018 national exams humanitarian assistance and asylum JAM Rwanda Vocation Training Centre (VTC) was chosen as one of the Rwanda Teacher Training Institute satellite sites for seekers in Rwanda teacher training UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) CHALLENGES

2,808,372 Limited resources always hamper delivery of quality Estimated people severly education. food insecure Lack of enough school materials across all teaching fields JAM Rwanda VTC does not have enough classrooms need for infrastructural development. WFP-Rwanda Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis, December 2018

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PROJECTED BUDGET FOR 2019

US$ 3,405,460 (Goods in kind (GIK) $19.4 million) Total $22.8m

PROJECT LOCATIONS IN 2019

Northern Bahr El Ghazal: Aweil South, Aweil Center Jonglei State: Bor, Pibor Warrap State: Wunrok, Gogrial, Twic Unity State: Bentiu, Guit, Rubkona NUMBERS AT A GLANCE BENEFICIARIES REACHED January-August 2019

School Feeding : 20,600 Agriculture : (school gardens) 8,450 FSL : 389,645 80% OF COUNTRY TOTAL: 513,915 Estimated people in South Sudan living in poverty KEY DEVELOPMENTS 7,2 MILLION Peace agreement seems to have slowed again Estimated people in country requiring President’s candid address on Independence Day humanitarian assistance Ebola remains a serious health risk Country in the peak of a serious hunger gap Sitrep June 2019 KEY HIGHLIGHTS 6,96 MILLION 5900 hectares of arable land reclaimed for agricultural Estimated people severely production food insecure 508,578 school meals provided Community assets including 30 km of access road, 25km of IPC Technical Working Group (May-July 2019) flood dykes, three multi -purpose ponds and several shallow wells built

5,7 MILLION CHALLENGES Number of people targeted Bureaucratic impediments & restrictions and insecurity OCHA Sitrep June 2019 Hyper-inflation & high cost of operating in South Sudan Dependence on UN partners for funding Cash flow challenges due to pre-financing various projects 600,000 Ageing and unreliable fleet of light vehicles Number of people targeted by JAM

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PROJECTED BUDGET FOR 2019

R 7 838 519 (Goods in kind (GIK) R 52 757 779 (Cash)

Nutritional Feeding | WASH | Food gardens : 125,042 184 976 TOTAL: 125,042 Estimated people in country requiring humanitarian assistance and asylum seekers in South Africa on KEY DEVELOPMENTS December 31, 2018 Unemployment increased by 1.4% to 29%, the highest since the dawn of democracy in 1994. 21,9 MILLION Early Childhood Development (ECD) forums continued Estimated people in South Africa discussions on the possible migration of ECD from living in poverty Department of Social Department (DSD) to the Department of Basic Education (DBE). Statistics South Africa 2019 KEY HIGHLIGHTS 13,7 MILLION More emphasis on ECD monitoring. There is an increased Estimated people severely number of monitoring visits in all provinces food insecure All non compliant partners are removed from the JAM SA feeding programme UNICEF South African Child Gauge Effective and efficient Finance department report 2017 JAMSA has a successful food garden project with positive feedback from the early childhood development (ECD) centres. MALNUTRITION STATISTICS Various donors and stakeholders are recognising JAM South Africa as an authority on nutrition within the ECD Sector 27.4% Stunted 2.5% Wasted CHALLENGES 13.3% Overweight 5.9% underweight The Western Cape gang wars disrupted operations in some of the ECDs JAM supports. Vulnerability Assessment Committee Need for an efficient monitoring tool that provides immediate Results 2019 feedback and analysis. ECD Centres are not transparent when provided with other funding 120,000 Data Management system is not efficient. Data is stored in a Number of people targeted by JAM raw format. The most vulnerable areas in South Africa are the most expensive to operate, eg KZN and Eastern Cape

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