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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 1 World Vision Haiti Award #: 72DFFP20GR00085 FY21 Quarterly Performance Report - Q2 Date Submitted: April 30, 2021 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 2 World Vision Haiti Award #: 72DFFP20GR00085 FY21 Quarterly Performance Report - Q2 Date Submitted: April 30, 2021 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$60. Eligible households also receive conditional vouchers of the same value after they carry out community work that includes community gabions or rehabilitation of community assets. This report captures activities of the project executed from January to March 31, 2021. The report shows the progress made against the program indicators. It highlights the facts underlying each key outcome and provides specific data on verification and registration of 1 https://fews.net/central-america-and-caribbean/haiti/key-message-update/march-2021 2 https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/20210328_sitrep_covid.pdf 3 World Vision Haiti Award #: 72DFFP20GR00085 FY21 Quarterly Performance Report - Q2 Date Submitted: April 30, 2021 households to start with the distribution sessions; the report concludes with operational challenges, lessons learned, and a suite of activities planned for the next quarter. 3.0 Project progress against objectives Outcome 1.1: Increased access to diverse and quality foods that meet the nutritional requirements of vulnerable households Output 1.1.1: Q2 Q2 Q2 Cumulative Progress - inception to- Target Achievement Variance Inception – date date Food Vouchers 28,201 25,829 2,372 28,138 World Vision distributed are provided to of vouchers worth US$ 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 World Vision Haiti Award #: 72DFFP20GR00085 FY21 Quarterly Performance Report - Q2 Date Submitted: April 30, 2021 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 5 World Vision Haiti Award #: 72DFFP20GR00085 FY21 Quarterly Performance Report - Q2 Date Submitted: April 30, 2021 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 6 World Vision Haiti Award #: 72DFFP20GR00085 FY21 Quarterly Performance Report - Q2 Date Submitted: April 30, 2021 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,