United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

Fiscal Year 2021 Q2 Quarterly Performance Report

72DFFP20GR00085

EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM IN NORTH-EAST AND CENTRAL PLATEAU

Awardee HQ Contact Name: Buck Bradshaw Awardee HQ Contact Address: 300 I Street NE, Washington, D.C. 20002 Awardee HQ Contact Telephone Number: +1 (202) 572-6594 Awardee HQ Contact Fax Number: Awardee HQ Contact Email Address: [email protected]

Host Country Office Contact Name: José Luis Jiménez León Host Country Office Address: World Vision International, Haiti Host Country Office Contact Telephone Number: +(509) 2940-7580 Host Country Office Contact Fax Number: Host Country Office Contact Email Address: [email protected]

Date of Submission: April 30, 2021May 25, 2021

Quarterly Project Performance Report: January – March 2021

Acronyms

BHA Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance CEPAM Centre pour la Promotion de l’Allaitement Maternel CIC Community Identification Committee COVID-19 Corona Virus Disease-19 CSI Coping Strategies Index EFSP Emergency Food Security Program FEWS NET Famine Early Warning Systems Network HDVI Human Deprivation and Vulnerability Index HH House Hold(s) HHI Household Hunger Index HHS Household Hunger Score IPC Integrated Food Security Phase Classification LOA Life of the Award MSPP Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population NEA Nutritional Health Agent PLW Pregnant and Lactating Women PDM Post Distribution Monitoring S4T Saving for Transformation SIMAST Information System of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour WVUS World Vision United States USAID United States Agency for International Development

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Program Overview Table

Project Title: Emergency Food Security Program in North-East and Central Plateau LOA Budget: $6,000,000 Funding Agency: USAID Project Start/End date: July 1st 2020 – September 30th, 2021 Reporting Period: January 2021 – March 2021 Date of Report: April 30, 2021 Implementing Partner Name(s): World Vision (Prime), CEPAM (Centre pour la Promotion de l’Allaitement Maternel) Reported by: Jude Suffrin Email: [email protected]

Project goal: Improved food consumption and resilience of drought-affected communities in the Northeast and Central Plateau Region. Intermediary outcome 1.1: Increased access to diverse, nutritious and quality foods for vulnerable households and PLW. Intermediary outcome 1.2: Health and nutrition behavior change for PLW promoted. Intermediary outcome 2.1: Increased access to sustainable livelihoods

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1.0 Context

FEWS NET reports that some areas of the Central Plateau and the Northeast are in a state of crisis and forecasts that this crisis extends through May 2021. Low seed availability within the markets as a result of below normal winter harvests, is projected to lead to limited planting and moreover poor harvests. The trade-flow of basic commodities remains concentrated towards the major cities, however increased country insecurity situation around the cities continues to inhibit free-trading as disruptions and violent protests take center stage1. Across Haiti, the high food prices and below-average agricultural incomes continue to adversely affect the purchasing power of poor households that are facing Stress (IPC Phase 2) and Crisis (IPC Phase 3) food insecurity.

12,803 Covid-19 cases have been reported in Haiti; with 251 deaths countrywide. 1,014 cases have been reported cumulative to date in World Vision/BHA operational areas. 21 deaths have been recorded within the two departments i.e. North-Est and Central Plateau. World Vision continues its awareness campaigns around the sensitization of the Covid-19 pandemic while influencing behavioral changes within the communities2.

Haitian communities continue to face a myriad of challenges that have left the majority of the population being economically impoverished and a high percentage living below the poverty line. Livelihoods remain grossly affected, mostly due to low purchasing power, and poor households have been noted to be adopting negative coping strategies especially households in crisis or stressed locations, as recorded by CNSA/IPC surveys.

2.0 Summary:

World Vision, with funding from USAID, is implementing an Emergency Food Security Program whose goal is to provide immediate and basic food needs of 5,085 households in the two departments of North East and Central Plateau. Highlights of the interventions include nine (9) cycles of distribution of unconditional and conditional food vouchers to households- each valued at US$60. Eligible households also receive conditional vouchers of the same value after they carry out community work that includes community gabions or rehabilitation of community assets.

This report captures activities of the project executed from January to March 31, 2021. The report shows the progress made against the program indicators. It highlights the facts underlying each key outcome and provides specific data on verification and registration of

1 https://fews.net/central-america-and-caribbean/haiti/key-message-update/march-2021 2 https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/20210328_sitrep_covid.pdf 3

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households to start with the distribution sessions; the report concludes with operational challenges, lessons learned, and a suite of activities planned for the next quarter.

3.0 Project progress against objectives

Outcome 1.1: Increased access to diverse and quality foods that meet the nutritional requirements of vulnerable households

Output 1.1.1: Q2 Q2 Q2 Cumulative Progress - inception to- Target Achievement Variance Inception – date date Food Vouchers 28,201 25,829 2,372 28,138 World Vision distributed are provided to of vouchers worth US$ eligible 1,549,740 corresponding participants to 123,979,200 HTG in local currency with the rate defined by World Vision on a monthly basis. The communes of Carice, Mombin Crochu and Vallieres that could

not be served respectively during the months of Oct-Dec received their rations during the reporting period. According to the data collected during the post-distribution monitoring (PDM), these distributions allowed the participant households to increase their access to quality food by 80% compared to 61.30% within the baseline. It also improved the resilience of households. Prior to the implementation of the project , only 46% of households could do agriculture as an income- generating activity. The PDM has revealed that an 4

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increase of 13.84% was observed during this period.

Output 1.2.1 Q2 Q2 Q2 Cumulative Progress - inception to- Target Achievement Variance Inception – date date PLW trained 450 382 68 538 The Nutrition Education on nutrition Agents (NEA) best practices conducted home visits for research and identification of participants. 382 Pregnant and Lactating Women (PLW) were trained. The data is disaggregated as follows: 134 pregnant women benefited from home visits in January and were sensitized on “Malnutrition and the importance of screening”. They were a total of 19 in Central Plateau, mainly in Cerca Carvajal and 115 in the North East, grouped as follows: Fort Liberte (8), Ferrier (23), Sainte Suzanne (21), Vallieres (10), Carice (43), and Mombin Crochu (10).

113 pregnant women benefited from home visits in February and were sensitized on “Breastfeeding”. They were 13 in Central Plateau, mainly in Cerca Carvajal, and 100 in the North East, grouped as follows: Fort

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Liberte (20), Ferrier (28), Sainte Suzanne (10), Vallieres (13), Carice (20), and Mombin Crochu (9). 135 pregnant women benefited from home visits in March and were sensitized on “Complementary feeding for children 6 to 24 months.” They were 16 in Central Plateau, mainly in Cerca Carvajal, and 119 in the North East, grouped as follows: Fort Liberte (21), Ferrier (32), Sainte Suzanne (25), Vallieres (20), Carice(16), and Mombin Crochu(5). 91 Cooking demonstrations “Ti Fwaye” were realized for this period throughout to all communes for both departments: 64 in the Northeast, (Mombin Crochu 14; Ferrier 9; Fort Liberte 9; Sainte Suzanne 14; Vallieres 8; Carice 10). 27 in the Central Plateau (Cerca Carvajal 18 & Cerca la Source 9). All participants continue to be taught the importance of incorporating the 3 food groups into their diet.

Output 1.2.2: Q2 Q2 Q2 Cumulative Progress - inception to- Target Achievement Variance Inception – date date

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Mother Leaders 220 212 8 535 During this period, 212 are trained on MLs (mother leaders) good hygiene were selected in the and sanitation targeted communes; 182 best practices in the Northeast and 30 in the Central Plateau. In addition to those selected during the previous period, the project has currently recruited 535 mother leaders: 130 former MLs and 405 new MLs throughout both departments, 376 in the Northeast, and 159 in the Central Plateau. In addition to the previous quarter, the project currently has 36 MLs (Mother Leaders) clubs operating through both departments of the eight (8) targeted communes of the project, 25 in the North East (Fort Liberte 3; Ferrier 3; Sainte Suzanne 5; Vallieres 4; Mombin Crochu 5 & Carice 5) and 11 in the Central Plateau (Cerca Carvajal 6 & Cerca La Source 5).

Output 2.1.1: Q2 Q2 Q2 Cumulative Progress - inception to- Target Achievement Variance Inception – date date Community 24.30 15.40 8.9 15.40 Based on the action plan infrastructure for this period, 15.40 km rehabilitated/ have been rehabilitated build through some localities of two communes, Cerca Carvajal and Cerca La 7

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community Source, in the Central gabions Plateau, respectively 8.20 and 7.20 km facilitating the movement of people from the community that can vacate their occupation in the markets and schools following meetings that took place with leaders, local authorities as well as the households benefiting from the project.

Output 2.1.2: Q2 Q2 Q2 Cumulative Progress - inception to- Target Achievement Variance Inception – date date Strengthened 50 25 25 75 75 groups are fully community functioning, out of an savings groups original target of 50 groups that were maintained from the last phase of implementation.The project working with pre- qualified village agents has created an additional 25 groups during this reporting quarter. 34 out of 50 groups had the sharing of the savingswith the groups comprising of 821 members including 575 females and 246 males,who shared local currency of 6,032,070 HTG, Members of a group of S4T in Saltadere, a locality of the first section of the municipality of Cerca La Source testified that they were able to expand their small businesses 8

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4.0 Voucher Distribution Modality Report:

Total Planned Total Actual participants Difference Value of Voucher Month participants Fem Male Total Fem Male Total Fem Male Total Target Actual Variance

Jan 3,050 2,035 5,085 1,906 1,489 3,395 1,144 546 1,690 305,100 203,700 101,400

Feb 3,050 2,035 5,085 2,964 1,967 4,931 86 68 154 305,100 295,860 9,240

March 3,050 2,035 5,085 2,813 1,744 4,557 237 291 528 305,100 273,420 31,680

Total 9,153 6,102 15,255 7,683 5,200 12,883 1,467 905 2,372 915,300 772,980 142,320 Total Actual Total Planned Participants: 15,255 Participants: 12,883* Variance: Inception to Date 2,372 Inception to Date Inception to Date *Note: 12,946 vouchers valued at 776,760 to 4,315 HH outstanding from the last quarter were distributed in this reporting period.

5.0 Challenges and Solutions

Challenges Recommendation / Solutions Some participants reported walking The support of the mobile vendors ensured that HH long distances to redeem their does not walk long distances to do redemptions. And vouchers. also, the identification of new vendors in nearby locations reduced time for walking. • The bad weather and the rains during Project staff began to identify other vendors to have the month of March made more availability of products in the community to transportation more difficult and had serve the target households in real time. However, an impact on the progress of people of the community worked on the road that activities. could give access to the transportation trucks.

6.0 Market Analysis

World Vision monitored six products during the reporting period with much concentration within the markets of Fort Liberte; Ferrier; Sainte Suzanne/Dupity; Carice; Sans Souci /Bois de Laurence, Vallières / Grosse Roche; Cerca- La-Source / Tilory / Los Cacaos / Saltadere & Cerca Carvajal in the downtown market. There were no specific criteria for selecting the market; however, vendors who participated in the survey were randomly selected. During the market analysis activity in the Northeast and Central Plateau departments, results revealed the following:

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- The price of a 25kg bag of rice increased by an average of 45.37HTG in the Nord-Est department. In contrast, it decreased by an average of 26.67HTG, or 1.32%, in the Centre department. We also see that households in the Centre department have to buy rice at a higher price than those in the Northeast department. - The price of a pot of ground maize is cheaper in the Central Plateau than in the Northeast. The price of the pot fell on average in both departments by 10 and 18HTG in the Central Plateau and Northeast respectively. The appearance of other maize varieties on the market has caused the market price of the pot to decrease. - Thanks to other varieties appearing on the market that increased supply, the average price of wheat flour decreased in both departments by 15.17HTG and 12.3HTG respectively in the Central Plateau and the Northeast Department. - The average price per gallon of cooking oil remained constant in the Central Plateau compared to the previous month, February 2021. However, it increased by 10 HTG in the Northeast. - As the bean, harvest period commences, in some parts of the Northeast communes, especially in Carice and Vallières and in Mombin Crochu. The increase in supply linked to the black bean has increased in these municipalities, which has caused a price decrease, resulting in a decrease in the average price of black beans. This decrease is estimated at 67.9HTG or 10% of the price collected in February 2021. - The average price of spaghetti is higher in the Northeast than in the Central Plateau. The average price per bag is 940HTG, which is 10.48HTG less than the previous month for the Northeast Department. The price per bag is 891.33HTG in the Central Plateau, which represents an increase of 6.6HTG over the previous month.

7.0 Cross-cutting Elements Gender plays a key role within the project, and the social dynamics around gender concerns that WV monitored indicated that women play an important role in a number of concerns that include decision-making and motivating other community counterparts to be active. 60% of the participants are women within the complaints management committees as well as in the S4T groups. As members of the complaint committee, women remain involved in the voucher distribution and redemption activities by closely following the way the participants are served and treated, either by the vendors or by the project staff. World Vision is focusing more on the sensitization sessions around gender based violence and child protection concerns.These sessions are held during each distribution pre-address and question and answer sessions conducted within the communities. The objective is to raise awareness and ensure that there are minimal to zero gender disparities that fuel inequality such as women being deprived of education, economic independence and the fair apportionment roles and responsibilities within communities.

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WV has also strengthened areas on disability, where it has emerged to be a silent subject that most communities shun. World Vision prioritizes people with disabilities through the selection and the supporting factors rendered, and these include considerations that are taken during the selection of a distribution site, allowing access to all regardless of physical ability, gender, or creed. Communities have contributed to the project by volunteering to rehabilitate roads outside the scope of the project. This has had a positive impact in opening communities to new markets and allowing more support from different actors within the communities.

8.0 Lesson Learned, and Plans for the Next Quarter: Lessons Learned - None for this quarter.

Plans for Next Quarter - Plan for 17,977 Voucher distribution in the two regions of North East and Central Plateau. This includes 2,722 vouchers that were missed during Q2. - Continue the awareness sessions for the target households of the project during the redemption of vouchers on preventive measures of COVID-19. - Monitor voucher redemption process. - Support S4T activity and create the 21 other groups into the four communes of the project into both departments. - Identify new mother's leaders and create other 10 clubs. - Continue to focus on sensitization sessions on topics related to breastfeeding, nutrition, hygiene, and health at the community level. - Support ML in screening for malnutrition among children under 5 years of age. - Continue to collect information related to mother leaders and mother leader clubs (through GPS). - Continue with the FVFA activity starting with the installation of gabions. - Finalize the creation and train community help desks persons. - Continue to focus on sensitization sessions on topics related to breastfeeding, nutrition, hygiene, and health at the community level.

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Attachment: Picture Gallery

Figure 1MUAC screening practice at mother leader training in Fort Liberte/Saillant

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Picture 2: Participant receiving fresh food at a Redemption point at Saltadere

Figure 2 Participant receiving fresh food at a redemption point at Saltadere

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Attachment: Success Story

Prior to the implementation of the S4T activity in Caite, Cerca CavaJal, Julia Licius used to borrow money from her peers and neighbors with a high interest rate. Julia recalls that for every 5,000.00 HTG she was loaned, an administrative charge of 150.00 HTG was levied and she had to pay an interest rate varying between 15 to 25% on the total amount she received. In addition to these costs, she had to pay transportation costs to go and repay the money.

Since joining the Dye Devan group, she Figure 3: Julia Licius,a member of the Dye Devan S4T testifies that she obtained three (3) loans group,showing her petty trade wares during the first cycle to buy products for petty trade from the local market. The S4T group administers an interest rate of 5% while allowing her to receive the total amount requested with no further charges of the sum requested for the loan. Julia Licius explains that this S4T structure allowed her to be able to respond to her children’s school expenses, to take care of her family while focusing on the priority needs. Julia has also started a petty trade business with the loan that she received and she is now able to sell some commodities from home.

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Annex: Market Monitoring Data

The evolution of product prices:

A survey was conducted to collect the prices of products (rice, beans, cooking oil, wheat flour, ground maize, and pasta (spaghetti) at the community markets. Prices were collected in the Central Plateau and Northeast regions.

The socio-economic situation has been more or less stable during this month of March 2021 in the provincial cities. The scarcity of the dollar and petroleum products did not really influence the situation. In some communes in the Northeast, the farmers' harvests had a significant impact and this was reflected in the decrease in the price of black beans. The emergence of new varieties of rice, corn or flour on the market has led to a drop in the average price of these products in some communes. This has allowed households to have more choices for their consumption.

1.0 Rice Graph 1: Average price comparison of bag of rice 25kg (Northeast & Central Plateau)

2050.00 Evolution of rice prices

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Table 1: Average price comparison of bag of rice 25kg (Northeast & Central Plateau)

Rice Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Fort Liberte 1925 1850 1904.74 Ferrier 1925 1850 1900 Carice 1950 1975 1975 Sainte Suzanne 2000 1925 2004.54 Mombin Crochu 1950 1925 2054.63 Vallieres 1950 2100 2058.33 Cerca Carvajal 1900 2033.33 2000 Cerca La Source 1969.79 2037.50 2012.50

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2.0 Ground Maize Graph 2: Average price comparison of ground maize (8 communes in Northeast & Central Plateau)

Maize Market Price 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 Fort Liberte Ferrier Carice Sainte Mombin Vallieres Cerca Cerca La Suzanne Crochu Carvajal Source

January February March

Table 2: Average price comparison of the pot of maize ground to retail (8 communes in Northeast & Central Plateau)

Ground Maize Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Fort Liberte 228.75 275 215 Ferrier 250 210 213.33 Carice 315 256.67 225 Sainte Suzanne 343.75 240 242.5 Mombin Crochu 210 210 199.17 Vallieres 217.5 237.5 225 Cerca Carvajal 175 183.33 175 Cerca La Source 191.98 188.33 177.50

3.0 Wheat flour Graph 3: Average price comparison of wheat flour (8 communes in Northeast & Central Plateau)

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Table 3: Average price comparison of pot of wheat flour (8 communes in Northeast & Central Plateau)

Wheat Flour Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Fort Liberte 221.25 210 210 Ferrier 247.5 210 210 Carice 210 210 210 Sainte Suzanne 227.5 244 241 Mombin Crochu 245 245 176.67 Vallieres 240 247.5 245 Cerca Carvajal 175 183.33 175 Cerca La Source 189.79 183.75 166.25

4.0 Cooking Oil Graph 4: Average price comparison of retail cooking oil price per gallon (Northeast & Central Plateau)

Evolution of cooking oil prices 700.00

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Table 4: Average price comparison of retail cooking oil price per gallon (8 communes in Northeast & Central Plateau)

Cooking Oil Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Fort Liberte 618.75 625 712.5 Ferrier 687.5 633.33 654.17 Carice 612.5 637.5 665.625 Sainte Suzanne 612.5 744.44 645.83 Mombin Crochu 678.5 650 660 Vallieres 618.75 612.5 625 Cerca Carvajal 633.33 644.44 650 Cerca La Source 567.54 624.31 622.92

4.0 Black bean Graph 5: Average price comparison of black bean pot (Northeast & Central Plateau)

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Table 5: Average price comparison of black bean pot (Northeast & Central Plateau)

Black Bean Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Fort Liberte 575 618.33 525 Ferrier 750 525 531.667 Carice 462.5 500 500 Sainte Suzanne 600 906.25 643.83 Mombin Crochu 562.5 575 516.667 Vallieres 687.5 700 700 Cerca Carvajal 500 516.67 500 Cerca La Source 533.33 533.33 545.83

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6.0 Spaghetti Graph 6: Average price comparison of retail of spaghetti (8 communes in Northeast & Central Plateau)

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Table 6: Average price comparison of retail of spaghetti (8 communes in Northeast & Central Plateau)

Spaghetti Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21 Fort Liberte 937.5 925 893.75 Ferrier 1000 900 887.92 Carice 850 900 847.5 Sainte Suzanne 1025 950 975 Mombin Crochu 950 950 1037.5 Vallieres 1012.5 1075 1000 Cerca Carvajal 930.56 1016.67 1000 Cerca La Source 849.03 851.75 864.17

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