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1 Emergency Operation Democratic Republic of Congo Title: Emergency Support to the population affected by insecurity in the Haut-Uélé District in Orientale Province of the DRC Duration: 6 months (May November 2009) Number of beneficiaries: 154,000 WFP food tonnage: 12,573 mt WFP food cost: US$5,795,045 Total cost to WFP: US$27,775,400 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Haut-Uélé district of the Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been destabilized since the 1990s by a succession of armed groups including the Lords Resistance Army from Uganda. In September 2008, following the deployment of the Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo into Haut-Uele district, the Lords Resistance Army has been intensifying attacks against the civilian population, looting towns and villages, burning down houses, abducting hundreds of children, raping and killing people. It is estimated that since September 2008, more than 500 children have been abducted, 800 civilians have been killed and an unknown number of women have been victims of sexual violence. As a result of the intensification of these attacks, the food security situation has dramatically deteriorated. More than 160,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. Crops were not harvested in December 2008, and farmers have not yet been able to prepare their fields for the next season due to fear of being attacked. Hosted by local communities, the displaced populations are putting added pressure on the already limited local food stocks. The prevailing insecurity has also caused a slowdown of trade in the region, which was already constrained by the poor road conditions and the rainy season. With limited trading and farming activities, the food security situation has deteriorated and is likely to deteriorate even further unless emergency food assistance is provided. In order to provide a coordinated humanitarian response, United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations have increased their presence in the region and conducted rapid assessments in accessible areas. Under its current protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO ), WFP has been delivering food to IDPs located in and around the town of Dungu by air from Entebbe in Uganda. WFP will continue to lead the logistics cluster and co-lead the food security cluster in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This emergency operation will primarily target the internally displaced people and host communities but will also provide support to moderately malnourished children, pregnant and lactating women as required. The emergency operation will also support Congolese refugees, who are likely to repatriate from South Sudan as the security situation stabilizes. The emergency operation objectives are to: 1) improve the food consumption among IDPs, returnees and host communities, 2) stabilize acute malnutrition in children between 6-59 months of age and pregnant and lactating women in targeted populations; and 3) support the return of IDPs and refugees through a 3-month resettlement food package. The emergency operation will address Strategic Objective 1 (save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies) of WFP Strategic Plan ( ) and Millennium Development Goal 1 (eradicate extreme poverty and hunger). The high landside transport, storage and handling (LTSH) costs are the result of a combination of factors including the long transit and transhipment routes of international purchases through Kenya and Uganda, the inaccessibility of Haut-Uele district addressed through the use of food airlifting/airdropping, as well as a complex security environment requiring risk consideration. 1

2 Given the robust military deployment in Haut-Uélé, the security situation is expected, in the medium term, to return to normal, allowing the displaced populations to return to their villages. The proposed emergency operation is therefore not expected to continue beyond October

3 1. SITUATION ANALYSIS AND SCENARIO (a) The overall context 1. Haut-Uélé is one of the five districts of the Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). With a population estimated at 2,586,000, 1 Haut-Uélé district is located in the outermost north-east of the DRC and borders Sudan. The district has been destabilized since the 1990s by a succession of armed groups. The Lords Resistance Army (LRA) has been present in the Dungu territory since 2005, intermittently terrorizing the population, looting food stocks, burning down houses, injuring, raping, and killing civilians, and kidnapping children and adults. Initially based in Duru (95 kilometres north of Dungu town), the LRA subsequently expanded in South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR) while maintaining three bases in the Dungu territory. 2. In order to contain the LRA combatants, the Armed Forces of Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC), supported by the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), were deployed into Haut-Uélé district in September Subsequently, the LRA has intensified its attacks against the civilian population in several towns and villages, including Dungu. On 14 December 2008, following the LRA refusal to sign a proposed Peace Agreement with the Government of Uganda, a joint military intervention was launched by FARDC together with Ugandan and South Sudanese military forces throughout the Haut-Uélé district. In retaliation, LRA combatants, scattered in small groups, simultaneously attacked the town of Faradje and several other villages, including Duru, Gurba, Doruma on December Although these attacks have reduced in frequency since January 2009, violence continues in Haut-Uélé district and has spilledover into the neighbouring district of Bas-Uélé. 3. These attacks have had devastating consequences for the civilian population. It is estimated that since September 2008 more than 500 children have been abducted, 800 civilians have been killed, an unknown number of women have been victims of sexual violence and over 162,000 persons have been displaced from their homes. 2 Displaced population figures include non-accompanied children, some of whom have been associated with armed forces. The overall majority of the displaced people are staying with host families in the Dungu territory, bordering with south Sudan, in the surrounding areas of the towns of Dungu, Faradje, Doruma and Ngilima. Fewer people have moved to Isiro or Aru in Ituri district. Others have crossed the border with Sudan. (b) The food security and nutrition situation 4. Prior to this intensification of the violence in Haut-Uélé district, a Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Assessment (CFSVA) 3, undertaken by WFP between July 2007 and February 2008, indicated that 6.1 percent of the population was severely food-insecure and 43 percent were moderately food-insecure. Given the isolation and poor 1 OCHA, Plan d Action Humanitaire , République Démocratique du Congo, Available at 2 OCHA Mapping of IDPs and refugees based on compilation of reports from various agencies, including the United Children s Fund, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),CARITAS, the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), Human Right Watch. 3 WFP, Analyse globale de la sécurité alimentaire et de la vulnérabilité (CFSVA). July

4 communications in Haut-Uélé, the local population mostly relies on locally produced food commodities, mainly rice, cassava and peanuts. However, as a result of the prevailing insecurity, communities were unable to harvest their rice fields in November/December 2008 and, for fear of being attacked, have not yet started preparing their fields for the next planting season in May While cassava can be grown year round, it takes at least 4 months for early crops to be viable. Displaced populations who have been taken in by host families are putting pressure on already limited food stocks. 5. In February 2009, WFP and its NGO partners undertook a rapid food security assessment, which, due to insecurity, was limited to Dungu town and surrounding areas. The findings showed that the food security situation is precarious and likely to deteriorate. Since most fertile fields are inaccessible for planting and harvesting, the cereal production is reported to be below normal and the quantities of rice available in the markets are limited. Staple foods, such as rice, have doubled in price, and have become inaccessible for most households. As a result, large segments of the population were forced to adjust their diet, replacing rice with cassava roots and leaves, as well as maize, and reducing the number of meals consumed per day to one. 6. The LRA attacks have also resulted in a slowdown of trade in the region. Commercial trucks were already constrained by the rainy season, as roads linking Dungu with other towns of DRC become impassable from March to October, due to heavy rains, lack of maintenance and a proper road surface. As a result of insecurity, trade with Uganda and South Sudan, on which the town of Dungu is normally dependent, has now come to a complete stop. 7. The existing basic health, water and sanitation facilities are over-stretched as a result of the presence of IDPs. Clinics are functioning thanks to the support of medical NGOs. However, all schools are closed in the region, as they became a target for LRA in search of children to abduct. Access to potable water is scarce and has become inadequate with the presence of IDPs. Several NGO partners are planning to initiate water and sanitation activities. 8. Historically, the Haut-Uélé region has not had significant levels of acute malnutrition. The international NGO Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI; International Cooperation) found levels of malnutrition in the district below the emergency threshold and recommended launching community sensitization programmes. 4 The July 2008 CFSVA 5 indicates an overall global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate of 7.4 percent for the whole of province Orientale. However, with a continued limited food access, the lack of a diversified diet, and inadequate water and sanitation facilities, the prevalence of acute malnutrition is expected to rise significantly unless food assistance is provided soon. (c) Scenario 9. WFP will respond to address the immediate food needs of the IDPs, host communities and returning refugees. Given the significant size of Haut-Uélé district, the difficult terrain and 4 COOPI, Evaluation du statut nutritionnel des enfants âgés de 6 à 59 mois et la mortalité rétrospective, dans la zone de santé de Dungu et Doruma Territoire de Dungu, District de Haut-Uele ; August WFP, Analyse globale de la sécurité alimentaire et de la vulnérabilité (CFSVA). July

5 isolated locations, as well as the poor communications and the limited duration of the operation, it was found more appropriate to launch a new emergency operation (EMOP), rather than undertake an additional budget revision under the existing protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO). The EMOP will also allow WFP to cover a significant increase in direct support costs (DSC) and landside transport, storage and handling (LTSH) costs due to the use of airlifting/airdropping and implementation of additional security measures, without impacting the operational costs under the existing PRRO. 10. In the short-term, it is anticipated that the joint military intervention by the Congolese, Ugandan and South Sudanese armed forces (with MONUC logistical support) will force the LRA militia to relocate to other areas of the Haut-Uélé or Bas-Uélé districts. The LRA movements are likely to result in more displacements of civilians seeking refuge in larger urban settlements with a military presence. However, given the robust military deployment in Haut-Uélé, the security situation is expected, in the medium term, to return to normal, allowing the displaced populations to return to their villages. The proposed emergency operation is therefore not expected to continue beyond October POLICIES, CAPACITIES AND ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS (a) Policies, capacities and actions of the Government 11. Despite the decades of insecurity in Ituri district, most of the Orientale province had been relatively calm prior to the recent outbreak of violence in Haut-Uélé district. The demobilization of militias and the reintegration of ex-combatants were implemented throughout In Ituri district, over one million refugees and IDPs returned to their villages. With a relatively stable environment, the local and national governments, in collaboration with humanitarian and development organizations, were beginning to focus on rehabilitating social infrastructure and restoring administrative and social services. 12. Prior to the deployment of the FARDC forces in Haut-Uélé district, there was virtually no military presence in Orientale province, and the district, which is approximately the size of Spain, had only 50 police officers which left Dungu residents exposed to the attacks of recent months. Following the deployment of the FARDC troops, the provincial government has attempted to support the population by dispatching relief items, including medicines, clothes, food and cash. Unfortunately, the resources are inadequate to meet the growing needs, and the provincial authorities have requested support from humanitarian agencies to address the immediate needs of the population. (b) Policies, capacities and actions of other major actors 13. Given the relatively stable situation prior to the attacks of September 2008, few humanitarian actors had a permanent presence in Haut-Uélé district. Following the start of the crisis, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations have increased their presence in the region and conducted rapid assessments in accessible areas in order to inform a needs-based, coordinated humanitarian response. The United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) responded immediately to a WFP request to fund an 5

6 air-bridge between Entebbe, Uganda and Dungu, ensuring the delivery of food and other humanitarian supplies. Additional funds will also be made available in upcoming months. Interventions in the health, water and sanitation, protection, NFI distribution and food security sectors have been initiated. Under its current protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO ) WFP has been distributing food to IDPs located in and around the town of Dungu. (c) Coordination 14. In order to ensure a coherent and predictable response, the cluster approach was adopted as the primary coordination mechanism. A total of 9 clusters were established with WFP leading the Logistics Cluster and co-leading the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Coordination meetings are currently held in Bunia in Ituri district but will shift to Dungu as soon as an effective United Nations/NGO presence is established there. Monthly coordination meetings with the provincial government will continue to take place in Kisangani. 15. As the Logistics Cluster lead, WFP has already ensured air and overland transport coordination for United Nations agencies and NGOs providing humanitarian assistance in Haut-Uélé. Should the LRA move into Bas-Uélé, causing more population displacement, WFP will be able to facilitate interventions from Kisangani and could launch a logistics hub for future humanitarian interventions. 16. In addition to its lead role in the food security and logistics clusters, WFP will participate in other key clusters, including the Protection, Return and Reintegration, Shelter and Non- Food Items, and Nutrition Clusters. In order to improve its programmatic and operational approach and ensure safety and security of the IDPs and the resident populations, WFP will follow the Do No Harm principles and will coordinate the implementation of the EMOP with the Protection Cluster. 3. OBJECTIVES OF WFP ASSISTANCE 17. In line with WFP Strategic Objective 1 (save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies), the overarching goal of this emergency operation is to save lives, reduce food insecurity and protect the livelihoods of conflict affected people, including IDPs, host communities and returnees in Haut-Uélé district. The immediate objectives are to: improve the food consumption among IDPs, host communities and returnees; stabilize acute malnutrition in children between 6-59 months of age and pregnant and lactating women in targeted populations; support the return of IDPs and refugees through a three-month food resettlement package. 4. BENEFICIARIES AND TARGETING 18. Out of a total displaced population of 162,000, around 38 percent of the IDPs are, unfortunately, out of reach for WFP and its partners due to severe insecurity. WFP will continue its efforts to improve humanitarian access. WFP and NGO partners will conduct 6

7 rapid needs assessments to identify the most vulnerable households based on several food security indicators. Female or child-headed households and orphans will receive special attention as their number has increased as a result of the recent violence. Subject to the improvement of the security situation, an emergency food security assessment (EFSA) will be carried out to refine the findings from the rapid needs assessments. WFP s initial planning figure for this EMOP is to assist 101,000 IDPs and 34,000 host family members through general food distributions. Should additional IDPs in need of food assistance become accessible, WFP will undertake a budget revision to increase the requirements of this EMOP. 19. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and CARITAS are in the process of registering all beneficiaries. Beneficiary lists are then verified against the records of the NGO partners operating under the United Children s Fund (UNICEF) rapid response mechanism programme. 20. In addition, WFP will provide supplementary food rations to 19,500 children and pregnant and lactating women suffering from acute malnutrition as a result of continuous insecurity and displacement. The emergency operation will also provide a 3-month resettlement package to 8,100 refugees likely to return from Sudan to Haut-Uélé district once the security situation normalises. Table 1: Number of beneficiaries by activity Mode of Intervention Beneficiaries Males Females Total General Food Distributions (IDPs and 45,718 88, ,418* host family members) Supplementary Feeding Programme (for moderately malnourished children and pregnant and lactating women) Resettlement Food Support to Repatriated Refugees 8,100 11,400 19,500 2,750 5,350 8,100 Totals 53, , ,218** * Includes 100,655 IDPS and 33,763 host family members ** It is estimated that about 40 percent of the Supplementary Feeding Programme caseload will also benefit from general food distributions. To avoid double counting, the total beneficiary number has been adjusted accordingly. 7

8 5. NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RATIONS 21. The daily food rations have been designed to take into consideration the food preferences and nutritional requirements of the targeted populations. Daily rations and nutritional values per person per day for each activity are as follows: Table 2: Daily food ration by activity (g/day) Food General Food Distribution/ Resettlement Package Supplementary Feeding Programme (U5 children) Supplementary Feeding Programme (pregnant and lactating women) Corn flour 400 Pulses (beans/peas) 120 Vegetable oil Corn-soya blend Sugar Salt 5 Total Total kcal/day 2,132 1,057 1,301 # of feeding days An estimated 12,500 mt of food commodities will be required to assist 154,000 people in Haut-Uélé district, as summarized in Table 3. Table 3: Food requirements in mt per activity Cereals Pulses Oil Salt CSB Sugar Total (mt) General Food 8,455 2, ,731 Distribution Supplementary Feeding Programme Food support to repatriating refugees Total 8,746 2, ,573 6 The maximum stay in a supplementary feeding centre is ninety days, as stipulated by the National Nutrition Centre (Pronanut, Programme National de Nutrition). 8

9 6. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 23. General food distributions will be implemented by WFP cooperating partners, including Caritas and Association pour le Développement Social et la Sauvegarde de l Environnement (ADESSE; Association for Social Development and Environment Protection). WFP will seek additional partnerships once more NGOs establish their presence in Haut-Uélé. WFP will sign field-level agreements with its cooperating partners, which will outline the respective roles and responsibilities of each agency. In all field-level agreements, WFP will incorporate a clause on sexual exploitation and abuse in line with the core principles developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. 24. The inaccessibility of Haut-Uélé district is being addressed through the set-up of four logistics bases in Faradje, Dungu, Doruma and Duru and a coordinated logistics response. WFP has established an inter-agency logistics base in Dungu and provides storage, handling and transport services to the whole humanitarian community. The inter-agency storage and transport arrangements are being financed through the WFP special operation DRC logistics cluster and common transport and storage services. 25. To be able to access remote areas while ensuring the safety of humanitarian personnel, a passenger air service has been launched under WFP special operation Provision of aviation services to the humanitarian and donor community in DRC. This has greatly improved the flow of humanitarian personnel in and out of Haut-Uélé. 26. The high landside transport, storage and handling (LTSH) costs are the result of a combination of factors including: The long transit and transhipment routes of international purchases through Kenya and Uganda where the transport rates recently increased by 35 percent, mostly due to new regulation on tonnage per axle. 65 percent of the total EMOP requirements will be airlifted from Uganda, mostly during the rainy season when roads become totally impassable in Haut-Uélé. Commodities (to the exception of vegetable oil) will then be airdropped due to the inaccessibility of terrain by surface and inadequate airstrips. The remaining 35 percent of the EMOP requirements will be transported by road once the rainy season is over. However, road transport costs remain expensive due to the lack of competition among transport companies that are interested and able to provide the required hard terrain 6x6 trucks. Given the long distance and the prevailing insecurity, trucks will load only half of their capacity and travel in convoy, which takes an average of five weeks for a round trip. The secondary transport from Dungu to various locations will be done using WFP interagency fleet (purchased under the special operation ), which is expensive as a result of high fuel, maintenance and operational costs. A complex and hostile environment requiring risk consideration further worsened by the current disagreement by South Sudan to use Yambio as a transhipment point for road access to DRC. 27. Overall logistics coordination for WFP operations in eastern DRC will be directed from the WFP Goma sub-office. A senior Logistics officer will be deployed in Dungu to manage the logistics of the EMOP as well as a Logistics Cluster Officer who will handle the interagency logistics issues. Dungu will remain the main hub to receive air deliveries and major road convoys. Whenever feasible, the main overland corridors, through Beni (North Kivu), Aru and Duru-Bitima (Ituri), South Sudan and Kampala (Uganda), will be 9

10 prioritised. The WFP logistics base in Beni will be used as intermediate storage for road convoys within DRC during the dry season. A new logistics hub will be set up in Aru, in the northern part of Ituri district, and will be used as intermediate storage to receive dispatches from Kampala. In Aru, reloading of appropriate trucks will take place prior to the dispatch of road convoys to the eastern part of Haut-Uélé. 7. PERFORMANCE MONITORING 28. WFP and its partners will conduct periodic monitoring missions to determine the impact of the emergency operation. The monitoring and evaluation methodology will be based on the result-based management toolkit, which was developed for the ongoing PRRO Impact will be measured against WFP standard indicators. The Commodity Movement Processing and Analysis System (COMPAS) will be used to ensure tracking and accountability of commodities. 29. Cooperating partners will provide monthly reports, summarizing the numbers of beneficiaries under each activity and the quantities of food distributed. WFP will conduct distribution and post distribution monitoring to verify the accuracy of the reports and ensure that food assistance is targeted to the most vulnerable groups in Haut-Uélé district. 30. In addition, WFP will endeavour to outsource food basket monitoring and post distribution monitoring to independent NGOs. The household food consumption score and coping strategy index will be used to monitor improvements in food security over the assistance period and provide feedback for the reorientation of the program. 31. In coordination with the provincial government and key humanitarian organizations, WFP will conduct an evaluation of the EMOP following its completion in October HANDOVER STRATEGY 32. Considering the robust military deployment in Haut-Uélé, the security situation is expected to return to normal over the coming months, allowing the displaced populations to return to their villages, resume their livelihood activities and become self-reliant. WFP plans to coordinate the distribution of a 3-month food resettlement package with the provision of seeds and tools by FAO to facilitate the restoration of the returnees livelihoods. The same strategy will apply to the 8,100 Congolese refugees currently staying in South Sudan. Should their repatriation take place after the end of this emergency operation, WFP assistance will be provided under the current PRRO Findings from WFP periodic monitoring missions will further inform the planning of a phase-out strategy or a subsequent intervention if required. 9. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS 33. The district of Haut-Uélé is currently under security phase IV of the United Nations Security Management System. The town of Dungu, where MONUC troops are deployed, is the only place deemed safe. WFP will take appropriate security measures to ensure that staff members operating in the area are safe in line with the minimum operational security 10

11 standards (MOSS). This will imply the provision of reliable means of communications, fully equipped vehicles, individual protective equipment and first aid kits. The WFP office and warehouses will also be MOSS compliant. The cost of these security upgrades has been budgeted for, resulting in a relatively high direct support costs (DSC) rate. 10. RECOMMENDATION 34. The Executive Director and Director General FAO are requested to approve the proposed emergency operation Democratic Republic of Congo APPROVAL Josette Sheeran Executive Director United Nations World Food Programme. Dr Jacques Diouf Director-General of FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Date: Date:. 11

12 ANNEX I-A PROJECT COST BREAKDOWN Quantity (mt) Average cost per mt (US$) Value (US$) WFP COSTS Direct operational costs Food commodities 7 Cereals 8, ,157,306 Pulses 2, ,897,152 Vegetable oil ,497 Mixed and blended food ,736 Salt ,429 Sugar ,925 Total food 12,573 5,795,045 External transport 785,068 Landside transport 5,227,149 Internal transport, storage and handling 10,597,782 Total LTSH 15,824,931 Other direct operational costs 599,050 A. Total direct operational costs 23,004,094 B. Direct support costs 8 (see Annex I-B) 2,954,224 C. Indirect support costs (7.0 percent) 9 1,817,082 TOTAL WFP COSTS 27,775,400 7 This is a notional food basket for budgeting and approval. The contents may vary. 8 Indicative figure for information purposes. The direct support costs allotment is reviewed annually. 9 The indirect support cost rate may be amended by the Board during the project. 12

13 ANNEX I-B DIRECT SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS (US$) Staff International professional staff 561,090 National professional officers 0 National general service staff 0 Temporary assistance 499,500 Incentives 263,514 International consultants 72,000 National consultants 24,000 United Nations volunteers 0 Staff duty travel 627,732 Staff training and development 10,000 Subtotal 2,057,836 Office expenses and other recurrent costs Rental of facility 0 Utilities (general) 0 Office supplies 25,000 Communication and information technology services 44,940 Insurance 3,000 Equipment repair and maintenance 10,000 Vehicle maintenance and running costs 55,000 Other office expenses 198,100 United Nations organization services 0 Subtotal 336,040 Equipment and other fixed costs Vehicles 88,000 Telecommunications equipment 270,788 Furniture, tools and equipment 201,560 Subtotal 560,348 TOTAL DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS 2,954,224 13

14 ANNEX II - Log Frame Summary of (Democratic Republic of Congo): EMOP Log Frame Summary of the Democratic Republic of Congo: EMOP No Results-Chain Performance Indicators Verification sources Risks and Assumptions Strategic Objective 1: Save lives and protect livelihoods in emergencies Outcome 1.1 Food security stabilized for identified populations affected by violence. Outcome 1.2 Improved food consumption over assistance period for targeted host family members. Outcome 1.3 Stabilized acute malnutrition in children between 6 and 59 months in targeted population Household food consumption score (exceeds threshold for 80% of targeted households) Household food consumption score (exceeds threshold for 80% of targeted households) Prevalence of acute malnutrition among children under five years old by gender, assessed using weight for height as percentage. 1. Assessment data, survey data 2. Secondary date from other UN organizations, NGOs, PRONANUT, etc. 1. Assessment data 2. Survey data 3. Assessment data, survey data 4. Secondary date from other UN organizations, NGOs, PRONANUT, etc. Improved accessibility for assessments; The security situation improves or military actors (FARDC, MONUC) can provide escorts, with as result an improved accessibility to all the displaced populations in Haut-Uele district. The security situation improves or military actors (FARDC, MONUC) can provide escorts, with as result an improved accessibility to all the targeted host families in the principal agglomerations in Haut-Uele district; improved accessibility for assessments. Improved accessibility for assessments and surveys by either WFP, another UN agency or international NGOs. Output 1.1 Supplying food to IDPs in the Haut-Uele district, during their displacement and in their initial period of resettlement, and returning refugees, on time and in sufficient quantities. Output 1.2 Supplying food assistance to of the most vulnerable host family members Output malnourished children and pregnant and lactating women receive food assistance Number of actual beneficiaries by category, sex and age-group having received food, compared to planned beneficiaries Quantity and type of products distributed by project category, compared to planned quantities 1. Regular reports from cooperating partners. 2. Field visits/regular WFP reports. Good donor response and eventual temporary pipeline shortfalls can be offset by a loan of the PRRO Security and weather conditions permit access to beneficiaries. The number of moderate malnourished children will increase; Presence of feedings centres for moderately malnourished children; Appropriate donor, UN and NGO response to increase in malnutrition. 14

15 ANNEX III LIST OF ACRONYMS ADESSE Association pour le Développement Social et la Sauvegarde de l Environnement CAR Central African Republic CFSVA comprehensive food security and vulnerability assessment COMPAS Commodity Movement Processing and Analysis System COOPI Cooperazione Internazionale CSB corn-soya blend DRC Democratic Republic of Congo ECHO European Commission s Humanitarian Aid Office EFSA emergency food security assessment EMOP emergency operation FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FARDC Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo GFD general food distribution IDP internally displaced person LRA Lord s Resistance Army MONUC United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo MOSS Minimum Operational Security Standards MSF Médecins sans frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) NGO non-governmental organization NFI non food items OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs PRONANUT Programme National de Nutrition PRRO protracted relief and recovery operation RBM results-based management RRM Rapid Response Mechanism SO Strategic Objective SPLA Sudanese People s Liberation Army UN United Nations UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNICEF United Nations Fund for Children UPDF Ugandan People s Defence Forces VAM Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping WFP World Food Programme 15

16 ANNEX IV - MAP (if available) ANNEX V - LTSH-matrix (Not to be posted on WFP website) ANNEX VI - Project Budget Plan (Not to be posted on WFP website) ANNEX VII - Project Statistics (Not to be posted on WFP website) 16