MARAWI RESPONSE PROJECT (MRP) Quarterly Report FY 2020 3rd Quarter – April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 Submission Date: July 31, 2020 Cooperative Agreement Number: 72049218CA000007 Activity Start Date and End Date: August 29, 2018 – August 28, 2021 Submitted by: Plan International USA, Inc. This document was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development Philippine Mission (USAID/Philippines). PROJECT PROFILE USAID/PHILIPPINES Program: MARAWI RESPONSE PROJECT (MRP) Activity Start Date and August 29, 2018 – August 28, 2021 End Date: Name of Prime Plan USA International Inc. Implementing Partner: Cooperative Agreement 72049218CA00007 Number: Names of Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB) Subcontractors/Sub Maranao People Development Center, Inc. (MARADECA) awardees: IMPL Project (IMPL) Major Counterpart Organizations Geographic Coverage Lanao del Sur, Marawi City, Lanao del Norte & Iligan City (cities and or countries) Reporting Period: April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020 2 CONTENTS PROJECT PROFILE .................................................................................................................................... 2 CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................................... 3 ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................................. 4 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................... 6 2. PROJECT OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 7 3. ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS ........................................................................................... 8 3.1 Administration ....................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 Technical ................................................................................................................................ 15 Intermediate Result 1: Improved economic conditions of IDPs and host communities ................... 15 Intermediate Result 2: Social Cohesion of IDPs and host communities strengthened ..................... 21 3.3 Coordination .......................................................................................................................... 24 4. INTEGRATION OF CROSSCUTTING ISSUES AND USAID FORWARD PRIORITIES ................................. 25 4.1 Gender ................................................................................................................................... 25 4.2 Youth Development ............................................................................................................... 25 4.3 Environmental Compliance .................................................................................................... 27 5. IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES .................................................................................................... 28 6. LESSONS LEARNED ......................................................................................................................... 28 7. PLANNED ACTIVITIES FOR NEXT QUARTER ..................................................................................... 29 ANNEX A: INDICATOR RESULTS SUMMARY TABLE .................................................................................. 31 ANNEX B: SUCCESS STORIES .................................................................................................................. 33 3 ACRONYMS AOR Agreement Officer Representative APMC Amai Pakpak Medical Center BARMM Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao BRGs Business Recovery Grants Brgy Barangay CDCS Country Development Cooperation Strategy CMGs Community Micro-Grants CO Country Office COP Chief of Party COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease CSG Community Solidarity Group DOH Department of Health ECOP Employers Confederation of the Philippines ECOWEB Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits ESR Environmental Screening Report FY Fiscal Year HCM Host Community Member IATF Inter-Agency Task Force IDDS Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance IDP Internally Displaced Person IEC Information Education and Communication IKA In-kind Agreement IPC Infection Prevention and Control IR Intermediate Result LGU Local Government Unit LTA Long-Term Agreement MARADECA Maranao People Development Center, Inc. M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MERL Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning MHO Municipal Health Office MHT Mindanao Humanitarian Team MRP Marawi Response Project MRP-PMO Marawi Response Project-Project Management Office MSME Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises MTaPS Medicines, Technology, and Pharmaceutical Services NGO Non-Governmental Organization OFDA Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance OJT On-the-job Training OSY Out-of-School Youth PCCI Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry PDRF Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation PPE Personal protective equipment PYD Positive Youth Development RHU Rural Health Unit SARI Severe Acute Respiratory Infection SURGE USAID’s Strengthening Urban Resiliency for Growth with Equity USAID United States Agency for International Development USG United States Government 4 WHO World Health Organization YEE Youth Economic Empowerment 5 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20), the Marawi Response Project (MRP) maintained its programmatic momentum unabated by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic present in all MRP project areas. In this situation of the ongoing medical emergency MRP was able to review a total of 196 grant requests, approve 254, issue purchase requests 305, and deliver 144 in the reporting quarter. Delivered grants included agricultural crops production, such as coffee and other high value crops, goat raising, farm machinery rental services, rice milling, horticulture, tilapia production, and food processing, including palapa and mushrooms, among others. Not being a health project, MRP demonstrated its nimbleness and ability to capture and immediately respond to the pandemic as a way to protect and maintain economic gains and positive impact achieved within the project targeted communities. Specifically, MRP was able to solicit and package community requests, procuring and delivering COVID- 19 response commodities within a short turnaround time through its quick response mechanism. Approximately 190,580 beneficiaries are directly benefiting from the grants delivered this quarter. COVID-19 and the resulting restrictions on project operations and safety of staff was MRP’s major implementation challenge this quarter, requiring continued suspension of training activities, partners meetings, and other community activities. MRP Senior Management put in place an alternate working schedule to reduce the number of staff in the office at one time and ensured frequent and thorough cleaning of the office to ensure staff safety. Deliveries were put on hold in the first weeks until new safety procedures were put in place and community quarantine restrictions were lifted. In response to the threat of the pandemic in critically affected MRP sites in Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte, MRP packaged 16 Quick Response Grants to provide commodities needed by local government front-liners, such as personal protective equipment (PPE), thermal scanners, and disinfectants. In total, MRP provided at least 32,000 sets of PPE that included face shields, surgical gowns, masks, and gloves; more than 49,000 units of disinfectants (soap and alcohol); and 421 sets of public use items such as tents, thermal scanners, handwashing tanks, electric fans, and waste bins. These common use items were variably deployed in at least 32 public places that included rural health centers, public markets, barangay and municipal centers, and city health offices. Using content from World Health Organization (WHO), USAID, Plan International, and the Philippines Department of Health (DOH), MRP produced large format billboards containing messages about the pandemic and how to prevent it. A total of 260 billboards were produced in Bisaya and Maranao and installed in 16 Local Government Units (LGUs) and 10 transitory shelter sites. MRP also facilitated a partnership with Smart Communications and the Lanao del Sur Provincial Information Office, which resulted in the launch of the Smart Infocast System in May 2020. MRP organized webinars on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) procedures, Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) Treatment Facility Management, and Specimen Collection and Handling for 74 front-liners (60 female, 14 male) from the Integrated Provincial Health Office and various Municipal Health Offices (MHOs) and rural health units. While most trainings were put on hold due to the risk of large gatherings, MRP’s Technical Leads did their best to adapt to the situation by organizing webinars to continue workforce readiness and grantee support activities. This included timely topics such as business continuity during COVID-19 and digital marketing for IDP business owners, as well as an orientation on tilapia production for 16 Community Solidarity Group (CSG) members. 6 In spite of the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) team monitored a total of 60 business owners (34 females, 26 male) and