Fiscal Year 2021 Q2 Quarterly Performance Report Awardee ...

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

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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

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Host Country Office Contact Email Address: [email protected]

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

Quarterly Project Performance Report: January – March 2021

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World Vision Haiti Award #: 72DFFP20GR00085 FY21 Quarterly Performance Report - Q2

Date Submitted: April 30, 2021

Acronyms BHA Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance

CEPAM Centre pour la Promotion de l’Allaitement Maternel

CIC Community Identification Committee COVID-19

CSI

Corona Virus Disease-19

Coping Strategies Index

EFSP FEWS NET

Emergency Food Security Program 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

https://fews.net/central-america-and-caribbean/haiti/key-message-update/march-2021

https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/documents/files/20210328_sitrep_covid.pdf

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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

Target

Q2

Achievement

Q2

Variance

Cumulative

Inception –date

Progress - inception to-

date

Food Vouchers

are provided to eligible

participants

28,201 25,829 2,372

28,138 World Vision distributed

of vouchers worth US$ 1,549,740 corresponding

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

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increase of 13.84% was observed during this

period.

Output 1.2.1 Q2 Target

Q2 Achievement

Q2 Variance

Cumulative Inception –

date

Progress - inception to-date

PLW trained on nutrition

best practices

450 382 68 538 The Nutrition Education Agents (NEA) 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

Target

Q2

Achievement

Q2

Variance

Cumulative

Inception –date


date

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Mother Leaders are trained on

good hygiene

and sanitation best practices

220 212 8 535 During this period, 212

MLs (mother leaders)

were selected in the

targeted communes; 182

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 Target

Q2 Achievement

Q2 Variance


date

Progress - inception to-date

Community infrastructure

rehabilitated/

build

24.30 15.40 8.9 15.40 Based on the action plan for this period, 15.40 km

have been rehabilitated

through some localities of two communes, Cerca

Carvajal and Cerca La

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community

gabions

Source, in the Central 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 Target

Q2 Achievement

Q2 Variance


date


date

Strengthened community

savings groups

50 25 25 75 75 groups are fully functioning, out of an

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

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4.0 Voucher Distribution Modality Report:

Month

Total Planned

participants Total Actual participants Difference Value of Voucher

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 Planned Participants:

Inception to Date 15,255

Total Actual

Participants:

Inception to Date

12,883* Variance: Inception to Date 2,372

*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

long distances to redeem their

vouchers.

The support of the mobile vendors ensured that HH

does not walk long distances to do redemptions. And

also, the identification of new vendors in nearby locations reduced time for walking.

• The bad weather and the rains during

the month of March made

transportation more difficult and had an impact on the progress of

activities.

Project staff began to identify other vendors to have more availability of products in the community to

serve the target households in real time. However,

people of the community worked on the road that 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

testifies that she obtained three (3) loans

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.

Figure 3: Julia Licius,a member of the Dye Devan S4T group,showing her petty trade wares

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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)

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

1850.00

1900.00

1950.00

2000.00

2050.00

Jan-21 Feb-21 Mar-21

Evolution of rice prices

Northeast

Central Plateau

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2.0 Ground Maize

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

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 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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50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

Fort Liberte Ferrier Carice SainteSuzanne

MombinCrochu

Vallieres CercaCarvajal

Cerca LaSource

Maize Market Price

January February March

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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


Vallieres 240 247.5 245


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)

0

50

100

150

200

250

300


MombinCrochu


Cerca LaSource

Wheat Market Prices


500.00

550.00

600.00

650.00

700.00


Evolution of cooking oil prices

Northeast

Central Plateau

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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)

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 La Source 533.33 533.33 545.83

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200.00

400.00

600.00

800.00


Evolution of bean prices

Northeast

Central Plateau

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6.0 Spaghetti

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

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


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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MombinCrochu


Cerca LaSource

Spaghetti Market Prices


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