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REGIONAL CONTEXT
19 57.6 million 11 million countries covered by WFP West Africa region people estimated to be food insecure by the children aged 6-59 months estimated to be (see map on page 3) end of 2020 acutely malnourished in 2020
In 2020, the West Africa region faced unprecedented levels of methodology to estimate additional cases of wasting due to COVID- challenges, including protracted conflicts, climatic shocks, and poor 19. Levels were especially alarming in the Sahel countries. The joint macroeconomic conditions. The increasing number of emergencies WFP-UNICEF Nutrition Hotspot Analysis done for the six Sahel coupled with the impact of COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal) food and security needs in the region, with households living in demonstrated that approximately half of the estimated figure for poverty and fragile environments being more affected. Compared to the region (5.4 million children) would be in these six countries. the pre-COVID estimates of acute food insecurity, an additional 36 Fill the Nutrient Gap analysis, carried out in 4 countries in 2019 and million people were projected to be food insecure (Cadre Harmonisé 2020 (Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Mali and Niger) indicated that on Phase 3-5) by the end of 2020, increasing the total burden of food average three out of five households in the Central Sahel cannot insecurity to 57.6 million people (135 percent increase). This afford of a nutritious diet. This is even higher in remote or conflict included 40 percent residing in Nigeria (23 million), a further 10 affected areas. The non-affordability of a nutritious diet is especially percent in Niger, and between 4 and 6 percent each in Burkina Faso, affecting pregnant and lactating women, as well as young children Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Mali, and Senegal. The since proportionally their nutrient requirements are highest. To key drivers of food insecurity expanded beyond conflict in 2020, prevent malnutrition at scale, it is therefore essential to restructure affecting countries differently (see more details here). food systems with the aim to ensure access to affordable nutritious Countries with chronic vulnerabilities and active conflict were diets for all, including in remote and conflict affected areas. affected more severely by the socioeconomic consequences of the Lastly, the upsurge in insurgency and violence due to protracted COVID-19 restrictions that were put into place, that disrupted supply conflicts, and contested presidential election results (such as in chains, led to food price increases and worsened tensions. This Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea and included the Central Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger), Niger) resulted in forced displacement, disruption of livelihoods and Lake Chad Basin (Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad) and Central African operational and access challenges. As of 15 December 2020, 5.6 Republic. Within the coastal countries, Sierra Leone and Liberia were million internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 2.1 million refugees the most impacted, likely explained by the deepening of recession were reported by UNHCR across the seven hotspots for insecurity in this year, fuelled by food price increases of over 40 percent and the region (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, persistent depreciation of the local currencies. Mali, Niger and Nigeria). The number of IDPs increased significantly 2020 was also characterized by a significant deterioration of the between February and November, with the highest increase in Chad nutrition situation in the region. The number of acute malnutrition (100 percent), followed by Niger (40 percent), Burkina Faso (35 cases among children aged 6-59 months was estimated at nearly 11 percent) and Mali (30 percent). Moreover, the crisis in the Central million, an increase of 40 percent compared to 2019. This was the Sahel continued to spill-over in the region, spreading to Benin and highest number in a decade, of which half can be attributed to Côte d’Ivoire this year.
COVID-19. WFP contributed to these estimates by providing a
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WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review 2 OVERVIEW OF WFP RESPONSE IN 2020
The contextual environment in West Africa demonstrated the need for affected populations remained at the centre of WFP’s response in sustainable development through resilience building to address the 2020. WFP carried out protection and gender trainings for its own and root causes of hunger and malnutrition in the long run. In 2020, WFP partners' staff, enhanced beneficiary communications, maintained developed innovative operational and programmatic approaches in conflict-sensitive programming and, where appropriate, contributed to order to meet the needs of the affected populations while enhancing fostering social cohesion. Governments’ capacities to respond to the emerging needs. For further details on achievements by country, read the Annual Gender and protection mainstreaming, as well as accountability to Country Reports here.
In Numbers 18.2 million This represents an increase of 72 percent compared to the number of people people (53 percent women) reached across reached in 2019 (10.6 million across all activities), reflecting the increased all activities (see graph below) scale of needs in 2020 and WFP’s capacity to rise to the challenge.
USD 981.4 million Country offices reviewed their 2020 planning to adapt operations to the spent in the 19 countries (excluding direct evolving needs and to accommodate requests from partners. The overall and indirect support costs) from the USD 1.85 funding requirements increased from USD 1.55 billion to USD 1.85 billion (20 billion planned (needs-based plan) percent increase) between January and December 2020.
472,200 This represents an increase of 36 percent compared to the amount of food distributed in 2019 (346,132 mt distributed by 16 country offices) [1]. Most metric tons of food, mainly cereals and grains significant increases were from Liberia, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone. distributed in 18 countries
This represents an increase of 32 percent compared to 2019, when 210,185 mt 278,400 (value of USD 80.93 million) was procured from local and regional markets. metric tons of food (value of USD 133 million) Most food procured was from Nigeria (29 percent), followed by Burkina Faso procured locally and regionally (15 percent), Niger (14 percent) and Chad (13 percent).
USD 266.6 million WFP significantly expanded cash-based transfers (CBTs) in 2020 (by 70 percent) distributed in 15 countries to 6.2 million compared to 2019, when USD 156.6 million was distributed in 12 country beneficiaries, mainly through cash (48 offices [2]. The most significant increases were from Guinea-Bissau (+1,189%),
percent) and value vouchers (49 percent) Burkina Faso (+358 percent) and Senegal (+137 percent).
age group and gender and group age Number of people reached by by reached people of Number
[1] In 2019, all country offices distributed food, except for Ghana, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo, while in 2020, only Ghana country office did not distribute food. [2] In 2019, only 12 country offices provided cash-based transfers (CBTs), namely Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, while in 2020 these same ones in addition to Ghana, Guinea and Guinea Bissau provided CBTs.
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12.3 million million 12.3 Ivoire), relief food assistance was coupled with nutrition with nutrition coupled was assistance food relief Ivoire), ’ WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review in Year 2020 Africa West WFP elections in Côte d Côte in elections and continuity business ensure to plans contingency prepared offices preparedness. response Country offices also scaled up on up scaled also offices Country floods strong exceptionally and season for the lean plans response critical the of ahead Moreover, 2020. of quarters two last the in which was activated from 27 March to 31 October 2020 throughout 2020 throughout 31 October to 27 March from was activated which countries. all Eastern Nigeria, Cameroon North West and South West crisis crisis South West and West North Cameroon Eastern Nigeria, Republic) African Central global COVID the WFP supported addition, interventions to prevent and treat malnutrition. treat and malnutrition. prevent to interventions 3 Level corporate five the support to continued WFP region, the In ( activated Responses 2 Emergency Level and Nigeria and Côte d Côte and Nigeria Côte in (except countries these 2020). In all in unrest related d displaced persons, refugees and returnees returnees and refugees persons, displaced Mali Faso, Central(Burkina the Sahel including countries, affected Mauritania, Chad, Republic, African Central Cameroon, Niger), and through the national school feeding programme. programme. feeding school national the through reached, 12.3 million of out Moreover, transfers in 18 countries to meet the immediate food needs of the the of needs food immediate the meet to 18 countries transfers in except Sao region countries the of all included This most needed. assistance food emergency provided which Principe, and Tome Crisis response activities make up for the majority of country offices country of majority for the up make activities response Crisis overall assisted people of the Out 18.2 themillion in region. portfolio 2020, in Crisis Response
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countries countries Mali, (Ghana, Sao Tome Liberia, Plans and Strategic Country 19 the such, all Leone). As Senegal and Sierra Principe, the region hadin emergency food assistance offices country while of outcomes part strategic plans, strategic related their related outcomes strategic provision service 12 had (UNHAS) managed by WFP (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central WFP (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central by managed (UNHAS) and Niger Mali,Nigeria), Chad, Mauritania, Republic, African transporting remote/hard 6 behalf of behalf WFP services offered cargo transport by were and passenger commercial airlines (during 8 countries men) reached through unconditional resource transfers unconditional (in through resource reached men) and/or cash kind percent 16,100 m on and cargo humanitarian dispatched of health critical 12.3 million shock . WFP also scaled up remote monitoring systems monitoring remote up scaled . WFP also led food assistance (in (in assistance food led -
WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review in Year 2020 Africa West WFP infrastructure, supply chain services, or a combination of these of services, a combination or chain supply infrastructure, units storage of mobile and/or donation procurement included: also (in space storage other or WFP provided logistics support to host Governments through through Governments host to support logistics WFP provided logistics of augmentation advice, and support technical Services Common of Coordination contributing to the implementation of such response plans as plans response of such implementation the to contributing Governments to logistics services common and through requested partners. response other and preparedness and response experience, WFP supported government WFP experience, supported response and preparedness development the to contributed mechanisms, management crisis led and assistance technical providing plans, contingency national of and The Gambia) The and efforts, prioritization and targeting inform assessments to and and emergency pandemic its on areas. Leveraging in urban including treatment or quarantined, including in urban areas and in coastal coastal areas and in urban in including quarantined, or treatment in (especially countries Government In support of national COVID national of In support the by affected reach to populations assistance food of coverage COVID of impacts socioeconomic and hygiene practices to adopt during the COVID communication activities in countries,all to enhance goodnutrition beneficiaries. also WFP steppedsocial up and behaviour change schoolchildrennutritious and vegetablesfor livelihood activities consumption of nutritious foods, such as fortified for foods non prevent further deterioration theirof nutritionMeanwhilestatus. in (SNFs) in food baskets providedshock to In emergency contexts linked with social protection and programmes cashtransfers. focused on food feeding livelihood and activities. other programmes, including unconditionalfood assistance, school prevention and treatment interventions, and also integrated into WFP children. with health care providers, who traditionallyidentify malnutrition in firstsigns malnutrition of in their children, limiting physical contact support, mothers 730,300 and caregivers being trained the to identify potentially COVID of malnourished women and (withweak children immunity) to services health awayfrom centres to communities, to limit exposure Adaptationsto COVID chain and prepositioning of essential supplies. continuing essential nutrition services, with focus onsecuring supply and treatment of acute malnutrition in priorityThis areas. included by immediately scaling agencies adapted response their the nutrition to and 19crisis COVID Under enhancedthe UNICEF WFP WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review WFP/Damilola Onafuwa (Nigeria) - ’ emergency contexts s nutrition activities in2020
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91,800 beneficiaries of HIV/TB interventions received nutrition support and food assistance in 9 countries [6]
14 countries implemented HIV/TB-specific or sensitive activities, including the provision of cash or specialized nutritious foods to people living with HIV/TB and capacity strengthening activities [7]
WFP response to HIV and AIDS Nevertheless, care and treatment programmes were maintained in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad and Guinea, reaching a West Africa bears a significant burden of the AIDS epidemic, total of 36,439 beneficiaries. Malnourished PLHIV/TB patients accounting for 16 percent of global new HIV infections and 21 received specialized nutritious food for rehabilitation, as well as food percent of global AIDS-related deaths (UNAIDS, 2019). While putting support for their households as an accompanying measure to limit people living with HIV (PLHIV) on antiretroviral therapy (ART) is key, ration sharing and support food security. The use of cash-based non-medical aspects of the epidemic needed to be addressed for the transfers (CBTs) was also piloted among malnourished PLHIVs on ART test and treat strategy to be fully effective. Food insecurity is in the Lake Chad region where 67.3 percent of PLHIV on treatment associated with increased HIV transmission, while malnutrition and have been identified as malnourished (2017 WFP-led PLHIV food insecurity are associated with lower uptake and adherence to vulnerability assessment). HIV and tuberculosis (TB) treatment, and higher mortality. WFP specifically contributed to mitigate the socioeconomic impacts As a cosponsor of the United Nations Joint Program on HIV & AIDS of COVID-19 on people living and affected by HIV through either food (UNAIDS) and in line with its mandate, WFP worked with or CBTs. For example, WFP partnered with UNAIDS to pilot Governments, partners and communities throughout 2020, to unrestricted CBTs targeting 3,887 vulnerable households affected by provide food and nutrition assistance and support inclusive social HIV in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Niger. In Benin, protection for people living with or affected by HIV and TB. A focus Cameroon and Ghana, WFP supported livelihoods projects targeting was placed on the six UNAIDS fast track countries (Cameroon, Chad, PLHIV households (most headed by women). WFP’s partnership with Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Mali) that host more than 80 UNAIDS proved instrumental to provide targeted support to percent of PLHIV in the region. WFP also provided technical populations facing stigma and discrimination and often left behind. It assistance to several countries to strengthen the inclusion of food also paved the way for strengthened regional collaboration to and nutrition in national HIV responses through studies, guidelines, support joint advocacy efforts for inclusive social protection policies tools, and training of health and community workers. and programmes that consider the specific vulnerabilities and needs In 2020, specific WFP malnutrition treatment programmes targeting of people at risk, living with and affected by HIV.
PLHIV/TB patients were phased down due to funding shortages.
[6] In Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Niger and Togo [7] In Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Niger, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Togo
WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review 8 for children with special needs; and identification of particularly vulnerable families with children with disabilities whow disabilities with children families with vulnerable particularly of identification and needs; special with children for infrastructural initiatives; Education; sensitisation Inclusive Directorateof General aof theThis[10] included: creation Gambia). The Liberia, Republic, WFP with or Togo) and Principe Tome and Sao Ghana, (Nigeria, home implemented [9] Countries take providedalternative Nigeria also Gambia. The and Senegal Niger, take [8] Alternative WFP WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review between 2019and while 2020, in directly local from producers increased 35to from 200schools operating thefull cash Liberia, The In Gambia). Senegal, Burkina, Guinea, Guinea with WFP programme (Nigeria, Ghana, Sao Tome and Principe and or Togo) implementation and ownership theirof national school feeding feeding programmes, either through government direct approaches.(HGSF) Countries implementing home In 2020,some country offices scaled up Partnership for Education and/or the funding for COVID offices, including Chad, Benin, Niger and Senegal also received by the Worldand Bank, UNICEF UNESCO. Moreover, several country schoolssafe reopening of in COVID context the of strategic guidance the on implementation theof framework for COVID other partners to provide to support Governments in increased its presence ineducation the sector and collaborated with Since the beginning of the COVID WFP/Renata Lobo (Guinea-Bissau) - 19 response strategies for education ’ s operationals support(Niger, Chad,Mali, Côte d - home rations were distributed in 13 countries: Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d Chad, Côte Republic, CentralAfrican Cameroon, Benin, 13countries: in distributed were rations home - 19 - by securing emergency funds the from Global based transfer modality to purchase food SCHOOL Guinea
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LIVELIHOODS AND RESILIENCE
Food Assistance for Assets (FFA) programme 1.5 million people (54 percent women) reached through household and community-based asset creation and livelihood activities in 13 countries (see map on Page 4), to improve their long-term food security and resilience USD 49.5 million and 14,900 mt of food distributed to households participating in FFA projects to cover their immediate food needs, while creating or rehabilitating assets
8,600 hectares of agricultural land cultivated and/or rehabilitated under FFA projects, making them productive for agricultural and pastoral use.
278,600 meters of dikes, weirds, embankments, bunds, dams and reservoirs constructed and/or rehabilitated to improve irrigations schemes for agricultural purposes
Smallholder Agricultural Market Support (SAMS) programme 180,700 smallholder farmers (54 percent women) organized into 470 farmer organizations WFP reached through SAMS programme in 14 countries
303,100 mt of food, for an estimated value of USD 14.1 million, were sold by the smallholder farmers assisted, through WFP-supported aggregation systems
12,900 mt of local produce, for a value of USD 5.6 million, purchased by WFP directly from smallholder farmers in 6 countries (Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali and Niger)
Climate change adaptation and risk management 1.7 million people in 8 countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria and WFP/Evelyn Leone) (Sierra Fey Senegal) benefited from one or more climate risk management solutions implemented by WFP. Of these, 1.1 million people (52 percent women) have received over USD 5.2 million in cash-based transfers as a result of climate
insurance or forecast-based actions (see further details on next page
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The scale and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic exposed forecast-based action, early warning and risk information, and food systems to shocks, reducing community’s ability to sustainable energy services. produce and make available safe, nutritious and adequate Climate insurance. Over 1 million people were protected in 5 food. WFP’s support to food systems in the region focused countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, The mostly on protection of livelihoods and food consumption. Gambia) through insurance mechanisms and micro/meso During the peak of the pandemic, activities that require group insurance policies, with a financial coverage exceeding USD 30 work, such as asset creation and livelihoods activities were million. Surveys indicate that insurance pay-outs in the event temporarily put on hold, with communities re-focusing on safer of a drought acted as buffer capital, preventing households to household-level resilience building activities such as resort to negative coping strategies and allowing them to buy composting, micro-gardens and small livestock fattening. food and agricultural inputs for the following season. Through the FFA programme, WFP continued to target most Climate risk reserves. Protected by insurance, households food insecure people, including returnees, internally displaced could invest in riskier but more remunerative enterprises, and persons and host populations, to help them rebuild or in seeds, fertilizers and new technologies to increase strenghten their productive assets. FFA projects contribute to agricultural productivity. In 2020,75,000 people in Burkina boost long-term food security for the most vulnerable, while Faso and Senegal have established small-scale savings in village paving the way for stability and peace. Livelihood activities they savings and loan associations promoted by WFP. Greater participate in are selected together with the communities, and financial inclusion has facilitated access to credit, which in turn can mean repairing a road, planting trees or restoring supported more diversified productive activities. unproductive land. During the context of COVID-19 in 2020, FFA activities prioritized individual and household-level Forecast-based actions. Over 4,600 people in Senegal received activities in order to comply with national preventive measures assistance ahead of impending climate hazards, thanks to banning large gatherings. In this regard, WFP scaled up reliable and timely forecast information. homestead level activities, such as fruit tree plantations, Sustainable Energy Services. Over 444,000 people in Chad, market gardening, creation of compost pits, work in individual Niger, Nigeria and Senegal got access to sustainable energy fields, and manufacturing of fuel-efficient cooking stoves. services for food consumption, production, and/or Through the SAMS programme, WFP continued to connect communication. Most of these beneficiaries received clean and farmers to markets to build sustainable food systems and efficient household appliances for cooking. Access to energy create a Zero Hunger world, by providing smallholders with an products or services for productive uses benefited 30,000 entry point to formal markets, enhancing food production and people in Niger and Senegal, while solar power systems and reducing post-harvest losses, and improving the environment solar powered appliances were piloted in Chad. in which smallholders operate. Climate Information. Over 29,000 beneficiaries in Niger and in Climate risk management remained a key focus area in 2020, Senegal received weather forecasts and climate information to help countries prevent compound COVID and climate services tailored to their specific needs, enabling better disasters. The programmes implemented entailed a autonomous planning and investment decisions and
combination of nature-based solutions, climate risk insurance, strengthened capacities to adapt to climate change impacts.
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WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review 11 OUTCOME TRENDS
Unconditional Resource Transfers Several factors have contributed to the deterioration of food security in these countries, including the closure of borders as In a crisis situation, WFP, through its food assistance, seeks to part of the measures taken to limit the spread of the COVID preserve the access of affected populations to food in order to virus and which has resulted in the scarcity of food products in enable them to meet their basic food needs during and after the the markets and inflation, and above all, the reduction in rations crisis. The food consumption score is one of the main food due to funding constraints. security indicators that WFP systematically monitors to measure the effects of its interventions on the level of households’ access Malnutrition prevention activities to food. It measures dietary diversity, frequency of meals and the relative nutritional importance of foods consumed. In 2020, malnutrition prevention programmes performed well in Households are classified into three categories according to terms of the proportion of eligible population that participates their level of food consumption: in programme (programme coverage), with 6 countries out of the 9 countries for which outcome data is available exceeding i. Acceptable food consumption if the household consumes the corporate target (70 percent) [11]. Nigeria and Ghana daily staple foods and vegetables, frequently accompanied by registered a large extension of the coverage of their oil and legumes, and occasionally meat, fish and dairy programmes between baseline and follow-up. Meanwhile, all products. the 9 countries [12] who monitored the proportion of targeted ii. Borderline food consumption if the household consumes population that participates in an adequate number of staple foods and vegetables every day, accompanied by oil distributions (adherence to programme) saw values exceeding and legumes a few times a week. the official corporate target (66 percent), with on average 85 percent of the beneficiaries targeted actually participating in at iii. Poor food consumption if the household does not consume least three quarters of the distributions. staple foods and vegetables every day and never or very rarely consumes foods rich in protein. As such, the food quality indicators for programme beneficiaries, particularly children and women, have improved In 2020, the populations benefiting from WFP emergency food positively. The proportion of children aged 6 to 23 months with assistance significantly improved their food consumption adequate food consumption in terms of diet diversity and compared to the baseline of interventions (before or at the start frequency of food intake (Minimum Acceptable Diet or MAD) of the intervention). Out of the 17 countries that transferred increased by 19 percent on average [13]. Significant progress unconditional resources to shock affected populations, 8 was noted for Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea, countries saw the percentage of households with an acceptable Mauritania and Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the proportion of food consumption increase by 19 percent on average in 2020 women of reproductive age (15-49) with adequate food intake (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea- (Minimum Dietary Diversity of MDD-W) improved compared to Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal and Togo), while 2 countries baseline in only half of the countries (Cameroon, Ghana, saw the percentage of households with poor food consumption Mauritania, Senegal) which reported on this indicator. considerably decrease (Nigeria and Niger), by 50 percent and 24 percent respectively. Malnutrition treatment activities For the other 6 countries, namely Burkina Faso, Chad, Ghana, In 2020, out of the 13 countries which implemented moderate Guinea, Liberia and The Gambia, slight decreases (exception of acute malnutrition (MAM) treatment programmes, 12 saw good Liberia where there was a significant drop) in the percentage of performance results, meeting the minimum nutrition standards households with an acceptable food consumption were for the recovery rate of people admitted to treatment recorded. High consumption-based coping strategy indexes in programmes (Sphere target of 75 percent). Likewise, the Burkina Faso, Chad and The Gambia confirmed that a slightly mortality and dropout rates were below the respective increased number of assisted households resorted to harmful thresholds of 3 and 15 percent (see graph on the next page). coping strategies when faced with food shortage.
[11] Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria and Senegal (only follow-up value available). Out of these, the six countries that exceeded the corporate target value are: Cameroon, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria and Senegal. [12] Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. [13] The indicator Minimum Acceptable Diet (MAD) was collected in 11 countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Out of these , 9 countries saw improvements compared to baseline (or no change, while 2 saw deterioration.
WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review 12 Treatment programme performance—Between Baseline (Bln) and 2020 Follow-Up (2020 LFU)
School-based activities while 2 countries (Niger, Guinea-Bissau) maintained a good level of retention rate (97 percent on average) and 3 countries (Guinea, School-based programmes generally aim to, depending on the Mali, Mauritania) experienced a slight decrease. These results context, improve access to education and schoolchildren’s show overall good outcome result performance of the school- retention in school. In 2020,school enrolment rates in WFP's based activities, despite COVID-19 related challenges faced. intervention areas remained generally low even though progress has been noted compared to the baseline situation in most of the Asset creation and livelihood activities countries where data are available (12 countries [14]), with an average of 7 percent when excluding Senegal and The Gambia, The livelihood activities implemented by WFP are often designed, signifying over 90 percent of school-age children do not attend chosen and implemented with the beneficiary populations in order schools. Nonetheless, school attendance rates were fairly high, to enhance community ownership and sustainability of the with an average of 75 percent among the 9 countries where this programme. They aim to strengthen the livelihoods of populations indicator was collected [15]. Although most countries saw and their resilience to shocks. One of the indicators used at WFP deterioration compared to the baseline situation, roughly three level to measure the performance of these activities is the quarters of students in WFP-assisted schools actually attended proportion of the population in targeted communities reporting more than 75 percent of school days. Finally, concerning school benefits arising from an enhanced asset base. In 2020, this retention rates, out of the 11 countries with data, 6 countries indicator recorded an average value of 82 percent for the 11 maintained or recorded an increase (Benin, Cameroon, Central countries for which data was available [16], with Central African African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, The Gambia), with 92 Republic, Chad and Niger recording significant increases compared
percent on average against 82 percent in the baseline situation, to baseline (over 24 percent). WFP/Oumar Lo (Senegal) WFP/Oumar
[14] Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. [15] With the exception of Chad, Mali, Niger and Senegal, where low attendance rates were recorded (61 percent, 44 percent, 61 percent and 50 percent), attendance rates generally improved compared to baseline in the other countries (Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania). [16] Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Out of these, 4 countries did not
have any baseline values (Côte d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Nigeria and Sierra Leone).
Percentage of households with Acceptable Food Consumption Score between Baseline (Bsl) and 2020 Follow-Up (2020 LFU)
WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review 13 WFP WFP West Africa 2020 Year in Review WFP/Damilola Onafuwa (Nigeria) EXPANDING SOCIAL PRO
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