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Food Insecurity in Swaziland………………………4

Operational Overview ……………………………5

HIV/AIDS and TB Support………...………………6

Enhancing Children’s Education…………………...8

End Hunger Walk in Swaziland.….………………14

CAADP Preparations in Swaziland ……………...15

New Strategy Development …..………………....17

Resourcing………….……………………………19

Acronyms………………………………………...20

Annexes: Annex 1: 2009 PRRO Activity Fact Sheets

Annex 2: Donor Contributions to WFP Swaziland Operations: 2002—2009

Annex 3: Report to Friends of WFP (USA) - February 2010

Annex 4: Report on Contribution from German Government—March 2010

Annex 5: Report to Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - March 2010

Annex 6: WFP Standard Project Report (SPR) - Financial Section

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Foreword by the Country Director

KARLA ROBIN HERSHEY

Representative & Country Director

WFP Swaziland

WFP has worked in Swaziland since the 1960- exiting in 1996 and resuming operations from

2002 to date- in support of the Government and

Swazis. The main hardships faced are with regard

to crop failure, HIV&AIDS and natural disasters. Over the years, WFP has gained experience and

understanding of the challenges faced by Swazis

and continues to help find creative ways to

provide hunger solutions in order to enhance recovery from successive years of drought.

Over the course of 2009, WFP assisted nearly a quarter of the Swazi population (217,297) every

month. This would not have been possible

without support from our donors, which -

although we could not reach the planned number of beneficiaries for 2009 - still enabled us to give

a helping hand to the most vulnerable Swazis.

One major lesson learnt in the past year was the

need to diversify our resource mobilization base

in order to ensure that we consistently provide

food assistance to our beneficiaries in the right quantities and at the right time, as well as the

technical assistance requested by Government to

help develop a National Disaster Response Plan,

costing of a standardized “Food for Education” programme and strengthening the Swazi

Vulnerability Assessment Unit under the Disaster

Management Agency.

The resource shortfalls that constantly affected us last year forced the Country Office to halve

rations for all activities, thus negatively affecting

the beneficiaries' level of short-term hunger and

nutrition status. As a result, diversification of resource mobilization has become a key part of

WFP activities in Swaziland in addition to having

more focused interventions.

WFP’s effectiveness has always been dependant

on our ability to develop partnerships and

collaborate with the Government of Swaziland, United Nations and other development agencies,

NGOs and community leaders. In 2009, these

partnerships grew stronger as WFP initiated a

re-strategizing process in response to global WFP requirements for Country Offices to formulate

Country Strategies in line with the shift from food

aid to food assistance. This also involved technical

assistance becoming a larger part of the WFP portfolio while phasing out the implementation of

food aid. The feedback received from the

stakeholder consultation process helped to

inform the modification and design of the new WFP Country Strategy for the next operation.

2010 marks the start of the final year of our implementation of the ongoing Protracted Relief

and Recovery Operation 106020 : Food

Assistance to Food Insecure People Affected by

HIV and AIDS and Natural Disasters (2008-2011) in the country. WFP is moving forward with a

new Country Strategy (2011-2015) and working

more closely with its partners to enhance

Government capacity to address hunger, under nutrition and food insecurity in Swaziland.

WFP remains committed to delivering the

Government’s programme.

K.R. Hershey

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Highlights of the 2009

Vulnerability Assessment

Forecasted maize production: 70,672 metric tonnes (mt)

Domestic maize consumption requirement:113,000 mt

Shortfall of Maize : 42,328 mt

Land under maize production: 52,445 hectares (ha)

256,383 Swazis facing income / food deficit. Per region:

Hhohho – 67,008 Manzini – 65,400 Shiselweni – 44,951 Lubombo – 79,024

114,000 acutely food insecure people (transitorily or season-ally affected)

142,000 chronically food insecure

people (ill, disabled, elderly)

Agriculture Over the past decade, crop production particularly of

the staple cereal, maize, has been on a steep decline in

Swaziland. Factors contributing to low agricultural

production include erratic rainfall patterns, high costs of farm inputs and lack of manpower due to chronic

illness and deaths resulting from HIV and AIDS.

Most Swazi families residing in the rural areas (80

percent) are subsistence farmers relying on rain-fed

agriculture. Prolonged dry spells and poor rainfall have contributed to low yields over the past few years,

particularly in the Lowveld and Lubombo Plateau.

Lack of crop diversification is also another factor as

farmers prefer maize to other crops such as sorghum, albeit their being drought-resistant.

The total cereal requirement for the 2009/2010

marketing year was 113,000 metric tons (mt). Maize

production was at 70,672 mt, which is a 14 percent

increase from last season’s harvest of 62,000 mt thus leaving a cereal gap of 42,328 mt which was met

through imports and food aid.

The increase in maize production was attributed to favourable rainfall received in the latter part of the

season. However, the area under maize cultivation was

lower than in the previous season because the area

planted with maize is 52,445 ha, which is a decline from the 60,355 ha for 2007/2008.

Food Prices

Following the 2008 food, fuel and financial crisis, WFP has been monitoring food prices in urban and rural

areas to keep track of consumer costs.

In 2009, cereal prices remained relatively stable in the

urban and rural shopping centres when compared to

the fluctuations experienced in 2008. Fuel prices

remained stable. The wholesale price of maize was fixed at SZL115/50 kg..

Food Assistance

A total of 256, 383 people was found to be in need of

food assistance countrywide in 2009. Of this group, 114,000 people were transitorily food insecure while

148,000 were chronically food insecure, according to the national vulnerability

assessment undertaken by the Vulnerability

Assessment Committee (VAC, July 2009).

WFP , in support of the Government, assists an

annual average of 200,000 Swazis with food assistance mainly in the Lowveld and Lubombo

Plateau. The vulnerable groups include child and

elderly-headed households, orphaned and other

vulnerable children, and chronically ill people undergoing antiretroviral or tuberculosis treat-

ment programmes.

WFP managed to respond positively to

Government’s request for the UN Agency to

assist over 56,000 people with food assistance under its Food for Work programme during

the lean season (from October 2009 to April

2010), despite funding challenges.

Food Insecurity in Swaziland

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2009 Operational Overview The objective of the ongoing Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO: 2008-2011) is to con-

tribute to the improved food security, livelihood

and productive capacity of the most vulnerable

households impacted by HIV and AIDS, poverty and natural disasters (Annex 1: 2009 PRRO Activity Fact

Sheets).

The specific objectives of this PRRO are to:

prevent in acute hunger and invest in disaster

preparedness and mitigation measures;

restore and rebuild lives and livelihoods in post-

conflict, post-disaster or transition situations;

reduce chronic hunger and under nutrition; and

strengthen the capacities of countries to reduce

hunger including through hand-over strategies

and local purchase.

In 2009, beneficiaries of WFP food assistance

included households facing seasonal food shortages,

school going children, households affected by HIV and AIDS, OVC attending neighbourhood care

points, malnourished children and pregnant and

nursing mothers.

The peak number of beneficiaries was achieved in

the first part of the year; 271,297 vulnerable people

reached with 8,375 metric tons (mt) of food commodities against a planned target of 254,290

beneficiaries (17,623 mt).

Resource Constraints

WFP experienced serious resource shortfalls during

2009 that negatively affected the effectiveness of the programme and necessitated reductions in ration

sizes as well as the scale up of other activities such

as Food for Work and Food for Assets.

The Food for Work projects undertaken during the

year included projects aimed at rehabilitation of

eroded land and gullies. Food assistance was also provided for Food for Training activities such as the

Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (see Annex 2:

Donor Funding 2002-2009).

The Community Household Surveillance (CHS)

showed that food insecurity is still very much an

issue even among beneficiary households as the average coping strategy index increased steeply

between March and October of 2009 while it

decreased for non-beneficiaries. The major source of

food for beneficiaries is still food assistance. Therefore, the pipeline breaks experienced during

the year adversely affected their coping abilities. The

proportion of expenditure devoted to food also

went up significantly. These factors can be attributed to declining economic indicators and

increasing poverty in the face of high food prices.

This view is also supported by the poor food

consumption score, which increased significantly.

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Nr. of children below 5 Nr. of children 5 to 18 Number of Adults Tot. Beneficiaries in2009

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Number of 2009 Beneficiaries categorized by age

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HIV/AIDS and TB Support

In line with Government HIV/AIDS national

strategies, WFP provides food assistance under

care and treatment support as well as impact

mitigation for vulnerable, food insecure people affected by hunger.

WFP food assistance is provided through various programmes, mainly support to patients

on anti-retroviral (ART), tuberculosis (DOTS)

and prevention of mother-to-child transmission

treatment (PMTCT) under mother to child health and nutrition (MCHN) programmes. It is

also provided through support to households

affected by HIV and AIDS, as well as to

orphaned and vulnerable children in neighbourhood care points.

During 2009, the PMTCT and MCHN programme was temporarily suspended for

strategic purposes and realignment with national

responses. The programme environment

changed rapidly as more actors were now working in the area of supplementary and

therapeutic feeding which necessitated a re-

adjustment of the programme. As a result of

this process of realignment, some health facilities were dropped and target beneficiary

numbers were not achieved.

However, surveys show that the underweight

among children under five increased marginally but still remains within WHO acceptable levels. The

default rate of patients on ART has been on the

decline. The food support is seen to play a useful

role in encouraging patients to attend clinics regularly and adhere to treatment protocols.

A total of 14,393 patients were reached by WFP

with food assistance under its support to ART/

TB(DOTS) and PMTCT patients. Under support

to households affected by HIV and AIDS, 15,991

beneficiaries received food support.

ART Support Beneficiary

A 63 year old widow, Betty Mamba is an HIV

positive grandmother of 14 orphaned children and a 25 year old unemployed son – all of whom live

together in their homestead at Sigwe near Maloma

in the Shiselweni region.

Mrs. Mamba is the sole provider for the family

following the death of her husband and four of her

seven children. She tested HIV positive in 2007 and was enrolled into Government’s anti-

retroviral treatment programme. As a

vegetable producer, her daily income varies

between E25 (US$3) and E50 (US$6). It is the family’s only means of livelihood.

Mrs. Mamba is one of the WFP beneficiaries benefiting from the “Support to Households

Affected by HIV/AIDS” activity, whereby food

assistance is provided to a household which is

caring for a family member, especially a breadwinner, who is chronically ill. In support of

Government interventions, WFP provides families

under the programme with a monthly food basket

comprising of cereals, pulses and vegetable oil for up to six family members. “I am deeply grateful for

the food assistance because I wouldn’t be able to

take my ARVs on an empty stomach, and I have

so many mouths to feed,” she added.

Betty Mamba (63) is a widowed HIV positive grand-mother who takes care of 14 orphans. Here she is seen

with three of the young ones

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develop their communities together. Such projects will ensure that food aid is directed to

deserving people, such as the terminally ill or

those without alternative means of producing

or purchasing food for themselves,” he said.

About 2,000 residents participate in the Malindza project, which rehabilitates degraded

land damaged by soil erosion to boost water

harvesting at the local dam in order to establish

income generating projects, such as beekeeping

and piggery. WFP provides food assistance as an incentive for the residents to participate in

the project led by the Ministry of Agriculture

and WFP’s Cooperating Partner, Conserve

Swaziland.

WFP also implements other Food for

Work/Training projects in the country, including dam-protection by residents of

Ka-Langa; support to orphaned and vulnerable

by community caregivers, and; farming and life

skills training for junior farmers under the joint Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS)

project.

In 2009, WFP scaled up its implementation of the Food for Assets programme in the country.

Food for Assets incorporates components of

Food for Agriculture, Food for Work and Food

for Training, and aims to help communities build or rehabilitate assets that will contribute

to a sustainable improvement in their produc-

tive capacities and livelihoods. WFP prioritizes

food security-related projects to ensure long-term food security for vulnerable people.

The Deputy Prime Minister (DPM), Honourable Themba Masuku toured two projects

supported by WFP: Malindza Food for Work

project and Nkhanini Neighbourhood Care

Point (NCP) on 16 March 2009. This transpired during his tour of the Lowveld, which was

aimed at assessing farmers and communities

response to seasonal rainfall received

nationwide.

He encouraged residents of drought– affected

areas to initiate community development pro-jects that are in line with the WFP concept.

“It is encouraging to see people working to

Food for Work

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“School meals give children the nutrition they

need to grow and the concentration to learn,”

he said during the ceremony.

WFP Swaziland provides 70,000 Swazi children in 162 primary schools in Lubombo and

Shiselweni with daily meals during the lean

season as part of its support to children’s

education.

The global Art Competition is an annual event

whose theme in 2009 was linked to WFP's “Fill the Cup” campaign, which is aimed at fulfilling

WFP’s dream of feeding 10 million more hungry

school children in Africa this year.

Each year, WFP Rome invites all Country

Offices to participate in the competition. WFP

Rome uses the artworks to illustrate WFP cards, calendars and desk diaries each year.

Local submissions are forwarded to WFP Headquarters in Rome, Italy each year for final

adjudication in the global competition. None of

the local submissions have been shortlisted in

the international competition so far.

The World Food Programme (WFP) presented the five overall winners of the local School Meal

Art Competition with various prizes on 4

November 2009 at the Regional Education

Offices in Siteki, Lubombo.

The local competition’s winners are Sikhumbuzo Khumalo (13) of Elulakeni Primary, Lindelwa

Gamedze (12) of Siphoso Primary, Lindokuhle

Gamedze (12) of Siphoso Primary, Thabiso

Mbuli (14) of Elulakeni Primary School, and

Iradukumba Valery (15) of Assembly of God Primary School.

The prize-giving was conducted by the Acting

Head of the WFP Sub-Office, Ms. Pamela

Dlamini and the Acting Regional Education

Officer (REO) of the Lubombo Region, Mr.

Simon Mazibuko, who presented the winners with books from MacMillan Swaziland, art

materials and WFP soccer balls and freesbies.

In his remarks, the Acting REO thanked WFP for

its food assistance as it motivates children to go

to school and increases their concentration

levels.

Competition Winners at the presentation ceremony. From lright:Sikhumbuzo Khumalo and Thabiso Mbuli of Elulakeni Primary, Lindelwa Gamedze and Lindokuhle Gamedze of Siphoso Primary and Iradukumba Valery of Assembly of God

Primary

Enhancing Children’s Education

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Junior farmers engage in beekeeping The training was practical and involved visiting sites that are currently in full production of

honey combs and honey processing. The

participants were trained on the construction of

bee-hives, trapping honey bees, managing a bee-keeping enterprise, harvesting honey and

processing. Beekeeping is one of the most

lucrative income generating activities in the

country owing to the high demand for honey. Most of the honey available in Swaziland is

imported from neighboring South Africa.

The JFFLS project was designed in response to

the impact of HIV and AIDS on the Swazi nation,

particularly AIDS orphaned and vulnerable

children affected by the pandemic. It aims to improve sustainable livelihoods and long-term

food security of orphaned and vulnerable

children (OVC) and their households to mitigate

HIV and AIDS and mainly targets OVC between the ages of 12 and 18 years.

It is expected that in 2010, the JFFLS will be fur-ther developed into a joint UN project following

the review of the programme.

Mrs. Duduzile Dlamini (left), JFFLS facilitator and agriculture teacher at Boyane Primary with junior farmers during the presentation of beekeeping equipment to the school

THE joint programme initiated by Government and the United Nations in Swaziland aimed at

equipping children with agricultural and life skills -

the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS)

project - has recently progressed from focusing on vegetable gardening to beekeeping.

Following the training of 88 junior farmers and 21

facilitators in September 2009, WFP and FAO

delivered beekeeping equipment to selected JFFLS

sites countrywide. The training had been

conducted in three-day sessions in all four regions of the country. Each JFFLS site was represented

by four junior farmers and one site facilitator.

The project is funded by World Food Programme

(WFP) through its partner organization, Friends

of WFP (US), which provided a grant of

SZL816,000 (US$102,000) for the beekeeping project.

“The training provided the junior farmers with

skills that will improve their livelihoods and

ensure that they have a sustainable income,” said

Tammy Dlamini, WFP’s National Programme Officer.

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WFP Staff build a house for a needy family

Staff of the World Food Programme (WFP) vis-ited a Lushaba family in Matsanjeni on 4 Decem-

ber 2009 to help with the final touch-ups to

their newly-constructed home as a teambuilding

and community development retreat.

The staff members were led by their Country Director, Karla Hershey, on the field visit. WFP

staff and their private sector partner, Esicojeni

Foundation, had equally contributed their

personal funds towards the total of SZL23,000 for the construction of a two-room house for

the family. Another private sector partner,

Anzwa Investments, will also pay the salary for

the mason and paint the house.

At the home, WFP staff helped with the

plastering of the outside wall, putting in of windows and digging a pit for the construction of

a pit latrine. The staff also donated a 5,000 litre

tank and gutters, both of which were bought by

the WFP Staff Association, to help the family harvest rainwater for household use.

In her remarks, Hershey expressed appreciation to WFP staff for sacrificing time in their per-

sonal and work schedules to visit the family and

help them. She said she hoped the newly-

constructed house will lead to an improvement in the lives of the Lushaba family.

Chairman of the WFP Staff Association, Sabelo

Nhleko said he hoped that the tank and gutter

would go a long way towards making life easier for

the Lushabas. A community representative, Simon Shiba thanked WFP and their Country Di-

rector for their efforts. “We’ve always known

WFP to provide food assistance. It is our first

time to realize that WFP goes beyond food and can help a family build a house,” he said. John

Shiba, who spoke on behalf of the Lushaba family,

said ; “We did not have the resources to help the

Lushabas improve this home, but with WFP’s help

this has happened,” he said.

The Lushabas are beneficiaries of WFP support to households affected by HIV and AIDS. They have

six children, the youngest two of whom are HIV

positive. Mrs. Lushaba, who has been on anti-

retroviral treatment since 2005, is a member of a local support group. But her husband—although

sickly—has not take an HIV test. Both are unem-

ployed, but Mrs. Lushaba grows vegetables as a

form of livelihood which she shares with members

of her HIV and AIDS support group.

WFP Staff and Country Director Karla Hershey pose in front of the newly-constructed house with Mr. & Mrs. Lushaba at their homestead in Matsanjeni together with local community leaders and neighbours

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An Intern’s Experience MATSANJENI—On Friday 4 December 2009, I joined a team of more than 20 WFP staff members who left the

Siphofaneni Sub-office very early in the morning, at about

7 am, to participate in the annual office retreat.

The aim of the retreat was to finish a new house that had

been constructed for the Lushaba family in Matsanjeni. I was working at the WFP Sub-Office as an intern, so I was

very proud of the fact that it was the Sub-Office that had

identified the Lushaba family as one that was in need of

assistance way back in 2007. However, it was only in 2009

that the fundraising had taken shape with the equal contributions from the personal funds of staff together

with their private sector partner, Esicojeni Foundation.

Another private sponsor, Anzwa Investment, had

contributed money towards paying the builder and also pledged to donate paint for the house.

Construction of the house began in early November and acting Head of the Sub-Office, Pamela Dlamini and her

team constantly monitored the progress. I had joined the

monitoring team on one of their trips, where I met the

family interacted with Mrs. Lushaba and her two younger children, Silindile (4) and Banele (2). That’s how I got to

learn the background about the house construction from

Pamela and the driver, Joseph Mamba, during our drive to

Matsanjeni.

After a month of hard work, the house was almost

finished, but there was still lots to do. So, on Friday 4th, there were walls that still had to be plastered, windows

where glass had to be put in and there was a hole to be

dug for the pit latrine. Everybody chose their speciality and

started working. It was a hot and sunny day, but that did not keep us from working very hard and making a lot of

progress. After a hard day’s work, almost all the windows

were finished, the walls were plastered, the water tank

was installed and everybody was hungry. Fortunately, a few ladies among the staff prepared a delicious meal that was

welcomed by everybody, including the Lushabas and

community representatives. I am so glad to have been part

of this experience. At the end of the day, everybody left exhausted, but very satisfied with the achievements they

made. Anna Flink

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Administration & Security Due to resource constraints, WFP Swaziland could not engage in recruitment exercises to fill vacant

positions in 2009. Vacant posts are as follows :

Staff also undertook temporary duty (TDY)

assignments to other WFP Country Offices during the course of the year to provide support while

improving their skills. This includes the National

HR/Admin Officer—Johannesburg, RSA; Senior

HR/Admin Assistant—Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia: Programme Assistant—Kigali, Rwanda, and;

National Logistics Officer—Maputo, Mozambique.

WFP Swaziland realized a total cost-saving of

about US$16,000 (SZL120,875) from the TDY assignments.

Information Technology

The information technology (IT) section enhanced communication by installing an inter-agency VSAT

services to accommodate other UN Agencies and

reduce the cost of ownership of the VSAT.

Beginning in 2010, WFP will also cost-share with

the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on IT support. WFP implemented the inter-

connection of PABXs for all UN Agencies, which

enabled cost-free communication amongst UN

staff.

Security Issues

The security situation in Swaziland remained calm

and peaceful, which enhanced WFP operations as

distributions continued normally. However, the United Nations System remained vigilant to any

possible threat to UN operations in the country.

Cost Saving Measures

An arrangement has been made to install a

Conference Call facility between the main

office in Mbabane and the Sub-Office to

reduce the expense of staff driving to the Country Office’s Weekly Operations Meet-

ing.

Field visits by staff are consolidated, where

possible, to reduce fuel costs and staff

travel allowances.

WFP has prioritized the sending out of

electronic reports to all partners, and only provides hard copies to partners unable to

print. All external information is also posted

on the local Bulletin Board and the web.

This saves on printing costs.

Although WFP assets were not sold in

2009, the Country Office managed to do-

Part of these funds were utilized for purchasing

a metal detector and scanner for the common

UN office premises at Lilunga House in Mbabane.

In 2010, it is envisaged that a similar security tool would be installed in the basement of the

building to cover staff who utilize the basement

entrance and exit facilities.

Since WFP began planning for the move from

the Siphofaneni Sub-Office to a new location in

Siteki, security considerations have been prioritized. As a result, a budget of US$4,523

(SZL34,650) has been budgeted for the supply

and fitting of bomb blast film at the new office

site as part of compliance with the Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS). MOSS is

an enabling mechanism that ensures, as far as

possible, the ability of organizations to

implement mandates while reducing risk in the operational area. It is the responsibility of each

agency to provide the resources required to

ensure that their operations are MOSS-

compliant at each duty station.

Vacant Position With Effect From

Head of Sub-Office 1 August 2009

Drivers (2) 1 May 2009

National VAM officer 1 June 2009

Warehouse Supervisor 1 July 2009

Administrative Assistant 1 December 2009

Logistics Assistant - COM-PAS

1 May 2008

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WFP supports the Government of Swaziland with food assistance interventions in the country to

address hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity

issues. While the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office is

the main interlocutor between WFP and Government, the UN Agency also works hand in

hand with the Ministries of Education, Health and

Agriculture.

WFP also works closely with UN agencies such as

FAO, UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNDP and UNICEF.

During the year, WFP participated actively in the formulation of the UNDAF (2011-2015) and the

joint UN programme of support for HIV and AIDS

(JUNPS). WFP also led the development of the

Inter-Agency El Nino Contingency Plan in 2009.

WFP signed agreements with 8 NGO partners who

are responsible for community mobilization, targeting, food distribution and monitoring in 2009:

Africa Co-operative Action Trust,

Adventist Development and Relief Agency,

Alliance of Mayors’ Initiative for Community

Action on AIDS at the Local Level, Conserve Swaziland,

Lutheran Development Services,

Save the Children,

Swaziland Farmer Development Foundation,

Technoserve - emerging partner for local corn soya blend (CSB) production, which is used for

ART/TB(DOTS) patients & OVC, and

World Vision.

Private Sector

WFP's global partnership with Unilever helped the

Country Office benefit from two interns sponsored by the organisation for a period of 6 months. This is

an annual arrangement which sees international

students undertaking internship programmes with

WFP.

WFP also maintained its partnership with the local

private sector led, Esicojeni Foundation, to organise

the advocacy and fundraising event, End Hunger-Walk the World in 2009.

Esicojeni’s Steering Committee Members also

partnered with WFP Staff in the construction of

a family home for an impoverished Lushaba

family using their private funds in November / December 2009.

In addition, Esicojeni donated E100,000 (US$14,000) towards the construction of two

kitchens at Mahlabaneni and Bambitje Primary

Schools in support of WFP’s School Meals

Programme.

Other Partnerships

In September 2009, the WFP Country Director

started negotiating with the United States Peace

Corps in Swaziland to enlist the help of Peace Corps Volunteers for data collection in the field

as well as to engage them for Country and Sub-

Office operations. The work on this partnership

was realized in 2009, while implementation began in the first quarter of 2010 with the

training of 30 volunteers.

WFP and the Peace Corps intend to scale up

the Volunteer Partnership in August 2010 with

another 25 to 30 Volunteers who will be work-

ing in the country for two years.

WFP also strengthened its partnership with the

University of Swaziland (UNISWA), whereby students enrolled in the Food & Nutrition and

Agriculture programmes undertake three-month

internships with the organisation. WFP, as part

of the UN team, also participated in the UNISWA Career Fair during the 2009.

WFP’s partnership with Waterford KaMhlaba College also helped the UN Agency strengthen

its outreach activities through involvement in the

Waterford Career Fair. Waterford students also

undertook short-term attachments with WFP.

Partnerships

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End Hunger, Walk the World 2009 The fifth local annual ‘End Hunger- Walk the World’ event hosted by the World Food

Programme (WFP) and its partner - a private

sector led child hunger alleviation- Esicojeni

Foundation was held in the hub of Swaziland, Manzini, on 7 June 2009. The event did not only

raise awareness about child hunger in Swaziland,

but also generated almost half a million Emalangeni

in donations.

On this day, the streets of Manzini were ‘painted’

orange (colour of T-shirts) by over 2000 walkers who took part in this year’s event. Three

companies donated over E400, 000, playing their

part in fighting child hunger in the country. The

cheques were presented to His Majesty King Mswati III’s representative, His Royal Highness

Prince Hlangusemphi, who is also the Minister of

Economic Planning and Development. Partnering

with the walk for the first time, Galp Energia– a newly established oil company, was the largest

sponsor presenting a cheque for SZL250, 000.

MTN Swaziland and Standard Bank presented

cheques of SZL120, 000 and SZL100, 000, respectively.

The day started early for the walkers as they started streaming into the venue, Mavuso Trade

Centre, at 7:30 am. The Centre was the start and

finishing point of this year’s 5 kilometer walk. The

over 2, 000 people, young and old, arrived at the Centre with eagerness to walk the streets of the

hub raising awareness about child hunger in the

country. Globally, over 300, 000 people

participated in this event, walking as one within 24 hours in various time zones in 200 locations

in 70 countries, raising US$1.12 million for

WFP’s school meals programme. By 8:30 am, the

City centre was a hive of activity with walkers resembling a field of sunflowers dressed in their

‘gear’ for the day, orange T-shirts, provided by

Galp Energia.

Led by the King’s representative, HRH Prince Hlangusemphi, spirits were high all-round as the

walkers set out rhythmically from the venue at 9

am, to the symphonic sounds of the Police Brass

Band and Correctional Services Band. Also

taking part in the walk were Cabinet Ministers, members of the Royal Family, Members of

Parliament, the UN family, NGOs, Miss

Swaziland 2009 contestants and other

personalities.

At the post walk function, Prince Hlangusemphi,

applauded WFP and Esicojeni Foundation for

partnering to strengthen the fight against child

hunger in the country. He also urged the nation, especially Chiefs, to ensure that Swazi orphaned

and vulnerable children are taken care of.

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The WFP Swaziland Country Office began working on preparations for the Comprehensive Africa

Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP)

Round Table in October 2009. The aim was to

ensure safety nets were included under CAADP Pillar 3: Increasing Food Supply and Reducing Hun-

ger, whose goal is to increase food supply and re-

duce hunger across the region by increasing small-

holder productivity and improving response to food emergencies.

CAADP is the programme of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) to revitalize

agriculture in Africa. Its goal is to help countries

accelerate economic growth through agriculture-

led development, which eliminates hunger and reduces poverty and food security.

WFP’s objectives in the CAADP are to support Government to design and implement a

comprehensive Social Safety Nets programme,

which includes school meals; orphaned and

vulnerable children (OVC) in neighbourhood care points, and; food by prescription for chronically ill

AIDS and TB patients. WFP also hopes to build

the capacity of Government departments to

manage and take over food assistance programmes in the country.

The visit of the WFP Deputy Executive Director for Hunger Solutions, Sheila Sisulu, to Swaziland

from 1 to 5 March 2010 furthered WFP

Swaziland's engagement in the CAADP process.

During her five-day visit, Sisulu, who is based at WFP headquarters in Rome, Italy, also met key

officials from the Government, United Nations and

donor countries. Sisulu was accompanied by WFP

Deputy Regional Director for Southern Africa Timo Pakkala and Country Director for WFP

Cameroon Haladou Salha, her special advisor.

A key issue discussed was how the Government

could leverage resources through CAADP to

CAADP Preparations in Swaziland

WFP DED for Hunger Solutions, Sheila Sisulu (left), the COMESA Assistant Secretary General (Programmes)- Stephen Karangizi and the Prime Minister, Dr. Sibusiso Dlamini (right) at the CAADP Signing Ceremony

improve access to quality diets for the most

vulnerable and how development partners,

including the UN, could support the Government to make CAADP succeed.

“WFP is a key stakeholder in this process as it

gears itself towards providing hunger solutions to

the Government of Swaziland in line with our

global shift from food aid to food assistance,” said

Sisulu, addressing delegates at the opening ceremony held at the Royal Swazi Sun.

During her visit, the COMPACT was signed on 4

March 2010 by the UN Resident Coordinator,

Mr. Musinga Bandora representing the UN

Country Team (UNCT). The CAADP

Investment Plan is expected to be completed by August 2010. The Ministry of Agriculture has

specifically requested technical support from

WFP to conclude the Investment Plan and

jumpstart the CAADP.

As a member of the UNCT, WFP will also participate in the provision of technical assistance

to the Swaziland Government with regard to

CAADP in areas including disaster risk reduction,

social safety nets, support to food by

prescription, food production, marketing and extension systems development, making use of its

expertise in providing hunger solutions.

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Programming & Logistics

Overall, WFP Swaziland provided food assistance to 217, 297 vulnerable Swazis against a planned

target of 254,290 people. This amounted to 85

percent achievement of the overall beneficiary fig-

ure expected to be reached in 2009.

Amongst the food assistance interventions, Food

for Work activities in particular had a slow uptake despite prioritization of the intervention in 2009

by both WFP and Government. Plans to scale up

the joint Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools

project were also shelved for 2010.

Because of resource constraints, WFP was unable

to reach the target of 17,623 metric tons (mt) of food commodities to be distributed to

beneficiaries. The Country Office only managed to

resource 8,375 or 48 percent of the overall

commodity requirements.

WFP also explored the possibility of purchasing

the commodities locally to save on transportation costs. The vendor list was updated as a result to

facilitate local responses to requests for

quotations from the Regional Bureau. Plans for

2010 include investigating the use of cash or voucher schemes and facilitating local

procurement.

Finance & Administration

During 2009, the WFP Country Office

experienced substantial increases in operating

costs due primarily to foreign exchange

fluctuations. The exchange rate dropped from

US$1=SZL9.7 at the beginning of 2009 to US$1=SZL7.49 in November, representing a

reduction in value by approximately 23 percent. It

was anticipated that there would be further

inflationary increases as the value of the South Af-rican Rand appreciates, and against which the local

currency is pegged. An overall reduction of 30

percent was anticipated. Thus, WFP initiated a

budget revision for the final year of PRRO 106020 (2010/2011) worth over US$1 million (SZL7 m).

The Country Office utilized a total of US$9,046, 685(SZL66 million ) in 2009 against a

financial requirement of US$13 million (SZL94 m).

This included payment of cooperating partners as

per field level agreements, transporters, staff salaries and travel, as well as other general office

administration costs such as office rental,

telecommunications and utilities.

Capacity Building & Advocacy

In 2009, WFP provided technical support to the

Ministry of Health in the development of guidelines

for management of acute child malnutrition and national forms for monitoring and evaluation.

Technical support was also provided to the Ministry

of Education in budgeting and tendering for the

school meals programme, effective in 2010. Capacity building training conducted was mainly enumerators

of the Community and Household Surveillance. WFP

also trained NGO cooperating partners on

monitoring & evaluation, utilizing the Beneficiary

Output Monitoring System (BOMS) and further installed it in NGO offices. WFP also offered

financial and technical support to the VAC whereby

a national VAM officer has been employed to

coordinate VAC activities.

WFP Swaziland also strengthened its advocacy and

communication activities through the organisation of special awareness creation events such as Walk the

World, documentation and dissemination of

programme activities and preparation of materials

for field missions and resource mobilization.

Resource Mobilisation

Since 2008, when implementation of the current

operation began, WFP has only managed to resource only 14 percent of the total three-year requirement

of US$39 million (SZL273 million). In 2009 , the

Country Officer realized the need to diversify its

resource mobilization base and since then, WFP has approached non-traditional donors to mobilize

resources for the operation, including grants and

trust funds.

2009 Work Plan Review

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New Strategy

WFP began re-strategizing its operations in the last quarter of 2009 so that over the next few years

(2011-2015) it can use its comparative advantages

to build capacity for the Swaziland Government

for sustainable hunger solutions, mainly through technical assistance.

This is in response to the global WFP 2008-2013 Strategic Plan whereby Country Offices have been

tasked with developing their own Country

Strategy Documents (CSD). WFP Swaziland began

stakeholder consultations as part of initiating this process during the last quarter of 2009. The

overall aim is to conform to WFP’s global shift

from ‘food aid’ to ‘food assistance.’

WFP Swaziland's new Mission is to strengthen the

Government’s capacity to break the cycle of

chronic hunger in Swaziland.

Priorities

WFP Swaziland's priorities from 2011 to 2015 will

focus on the following areas:

Supporting the protection and restoration of

livelihoods of people affected by economic shocks, climate change and/or HIV and AIDS.

Supporting the development of human capital.

WFP’ strong comparative advantages center on:

hunger analysis and programme design; operational efficiency; coverage; and capacity strengthening on

hunger issues.

What will WFP Do Differently and Better?

Community food security: Focus will be on the food security of acutely malnourished people

(seasonally affected) through food-for-work and

cash programmes that will wean people off food

aid.

School meals social safety-net: Support will shift

from emergency to development, providing school meals year round. Food assistance will

continue to NCPs (OVC) as per Government

guidelines.

Health and nutrition: Support to

ART/TB/PMTCT/MCHN programmes will

mainstream delivery of food by prescription and treatment protocols will ensure health staff

adhere to selection criteria of malnourished

patients.

Developing capacity: WFP’s strategy and the

United Nations Development Assistance

Framework (UNDAF) programming incorporates capacity building and strengthening

for all partners dealing with food assistance.

WFP’s Toolkit of Support

Emergency interventions,

Vulnerability analysis, early warning, disaster preparedness and hand-over,

Voucher, cash and food-based safety nets,

Mother/child health & nutrition programmes,

School feeding programmes,

Programmes addressing HIV&AIDS, TB, etc.,

Policy and programmatic advice, and

Capacity building and advocacy.

The draft Country Strategy Document (CSD) is currently under review by the WFP Regional

Bureau in Johannesburg and Headquarters in

Rome.

New Strategy Development WFP’s and the Government’s shared

Vision for Swaziland

A country free from chronic hunger and

debilitating impacts on human potential and

national development.

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By the end of 2009, total donor contributions to WFP operations in Swaziland were less than a third

of the total resource requirements planned for the

year. Resources were mostly cash contributions,

through multilateral allocations which at US$2.7 million account for 46 percent of donor

contributions to PRRO 106020.

The shortfall in resources for this project in 2009

resulted in a number of ration cuts, especially during

the lean season (January to March and October to

December). In October, WFP was forced to halve rations for all activities for the first time, thus

negatively affecting the beneficiaries' short-term

hunger levels and nutrition status.

With minor exceptions, all the commodities utilized

during the implementation of the PRRO in 2009,

were procured within the Southern African region. Buying within the region has ensured speedy delivery

of food commodities into Swaziland and subsequent

delivery to beneficiaries. The Government of

Swaziland continued to support food assistance interventions by facilitating importation of

commodities.

2009 in figures

8,375 mt of food commodities distributed

217, 297 people or beneficiaries reached

113, 618 girls and women received food assistance

103, 679 boys and men were reached

5,404 mt of maize distributed

38,890 children below the age of 5 reached

135,417 children and youth between the ages of 5 and 18

85 percent of beneficiaries reached against the planned figure of 254,290 people

Total Food Distributed in 2009 per Commodity in metric tons (mt)

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2000

3000

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5000

6000

7000

8000

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Resourcing

Donor Contributions to WFP Swaziland PRRO 106020 in 2009

Summary of 2009 Contributions to WFP Swaziland

WFP would like to extend special appreciation to the following for their support during the year:

Donor

Tonnage contrib-uted

Value of contribution $

Contribution Type

CERF

2,333.24

1,32,110.00

Direct

Denmark

351

210,280.35

Multilateral

Friends of WFP (USA)

0

102,000.00

Agriculture-related

Germany

649

376,506.00

Direct-Multilateral

Ireland

978

499,922.06

Multilateral

Japan Association of WFP

277

160,085.38

Direct

Luxembourg

837

405,666.45

Direct-Multilateral

Netherlands

1,831

999,560.70

Multilateral

Spain

1,691.70

1,000,000.00

Multilateral

WFP Pre SAP

1,317

685,538.00

Multilateral

WFP/UNAIDS Trust Fund

175

100,000.00

Trust Fund

Total

10,439.94

5,859,668.94

CERF

Denmark

Friends of WFP

Germany

Ireland

Japan Association of WFP

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Spain

WFP Pre SAP

WFP/UNAIDS trust fund

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List of Acronyms

AIDS Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome

ART Anti-Retroviral Therapy

CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme

CHS Community and Household Surveillance

CSB Corn Soya Blend

CSD Country Strategy Document

DOTS Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FFA Food for Assets

FFT Food for Training

FFW Food for Work

HIV Human Immuno-deficiency Virus

JFFLS Junior Farmer’s Field and Life Skills

M&E Monitoring & Evaluation

MoH Ministry of Health

NCPs Neighbourhood Care Points

NDMA National Disaster Management Agency

NERCHA National Emergency Response Committee on HIV and AIDS

NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations

OVC Orphans and other Vulnerable Children

PLHIV People Living With HIV

PMTCT Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

PRRO Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation

SVAC Swaziland Vulnerability Assessment Committee

TB Tuberculosis

TFD Targeted Food Distribution

UN United Nations

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFPA United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

VAM Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organization

WV World Vision

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Annexes

Annex 1: 2009 PRRO Activity Fact Sheets

Annex 2: Donor Contributions to WFP Swaziland Operations: 2002—2009

Annex 3: Report to Friends of WFP (USA) - February 2010

Annex 4: Report to German Donor—March 2010

Annex 5: Report to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) - March 2010

Annex 6: WFP Standard Project Report (SPR) - Financial Section

Annex 1: 2009 PRRO Activity Fact Sheets

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Annex 2 : Donor Contributions to WFP Swaziland Operations: 2002—2009

Donor Tonnage contrib-uted (mt) Value of contribution in US$

% based on value of contribution

African Dev Bank 3,290.000 1,974,000.00 2.5%

Algeria 2,983.300 216,557.00 0.3%

Austrialia 3,200.000 1,942,400.00 2.5%

Belgium 1,957.575 1,175,785.00 1.5%

Canada 2,250.263 1,397,088.85 1.8%

CERF 5,339.000 2,127,093.34 2.7%

Denmark 351.000 210,280.35 0.3%

ECHO 3,918.000 2,127,093.34 2.7%

France 349.300 223,853.00 0.3%

Friends of WFP 172.000 202,000.00 0.3%

Germany 1302 1,033,687.00 1.3%

Greece 169 93,312.60 0.1%

Immediate Response Ac-count 1,899.275 1,176,610.00 1.5%

Ireland 2,301.000 1,497,322.67 1.9%

Italy 129.275 80,167.00 0.1%

Japan 9,777.238 6,518,735.00 8.3%

Japan Association of WFP 277.000 160,085.38 0.2%

Luxembourg 1,049.040 643,150.45 0.8%

Netherlands 4,158.601 2,440,780.30 3.1%

Norway 66.000 39,600.00 0.1%

OPEC 229.000 183,590.00 0.2%

Other Private Donors 8,188.594 6,323,301.00 8.0%

Republic of South Africa 3,440.000 2,064,400.00 2.6%

Spain 2,167.000 1,000,000.00 1.3%

Swaziland 4,500.000 1,076,666.00 1.4%

Sweden 808.650 499,995.71 0.6%

Switzerland 1,804.000 1,088,200.00 1.4%

Turkey 94 50,000.00 0.1%

UK 2,105.675 2,932,882.270 3.7%

USA 60,094.063 36,889,543.00 46.8%

WFP 1,086.400 727,620.00 0.9%

WFP Pre SAP 1,317.000 685,538.00 0.9%

WFP/UNAIDS Trust Fund 175.000 100,000.00 0.1%

Total 130,948.249 78,901,337.256 100%

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Annex 3 : Report to Friends of WFP (USA) - February 2010

UPDATE ON THE BEE KEEPING PROJECT

JUNIOR FARMER FIELD AND LIFE SCHOOLS

SPONSORED BY ‘FRIENDS OF WFP (USA)’

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1. Introduction

The Friends of WFP (US) granted a sum US$102,000 dollars to WFP Swaziland to fund a beekeeping project for the Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS). The funds amounting to US$95,327 (less 7 percent ISC) were to meet the cost of training children participating in the JFFLS in bee keeping as well as to purchase bee keeping equipment as per budget breakdown in Annex I. The activities were to be implemented over a 12-month period starting in January 2009 (see attached work plan in Annex II). However, the funds were programmed and received by the country office on 21 April 2009 and as such the project could not take off earlier as planned. This report outlines the progress of implemen-tation of the bee keeping project.

2. Background

The JFFLS programme is a joint programme of FAO, UNICEF, WFP, UNFPA and Ministry of Agriculture which was initiated in 2005 as part of the response to the impact of HIV and AIDS on the Swazi population. The programme tar-gets orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in and out of school, between the ages of 12 and 18 and is aimed at pro-viding the children with agricultural and life skills training. The program started with 5 pilot sites in 2006 and scaled up in 2007, and currently supports 21 JFFLS sites. Each site caters for 25 children bringing the total number of participants to 525 country-wide. The children are mainly engaged in vegetable gardening, field crops, and dry land crop farming as well as poultry farming. They are further being equipped with skills in handcraft and cottage industry. WFP provides food packages to the OVC and their caretaking households, which acts as an incentive for the children to participate in the schools.

The overall goal of the JFFLS is to improve livelihoods and long-term food security of OVC and their households and to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS. The specific objectives are: (i) to share agricultural, business and life skills with OVC; (ii) empower young people with life and livelihood skills; and (iii) create awareness of the importance of agricul-ture and its contribution to personal well being and future food security.

The beekeeping enterprise was picked as a project of choice to be funded by Friends of WFP because it has high poten-tial as an income generating activity in the country owing to the fact that there is a very high demand for honey with very few suppliers and most of the honey consumed in Swaziland is imported from the Republic of South Africa. The skills passed on to OVC would ensure that they have constant income to meet their basic needs as most come from families that are very poor and food insecure with very high dependency ratio.

3. Update on Beekeeping project

3.1 Expenditure Table 1 below shows how the funds have been spent. The funds have been spent on paying of salary for a temporal driver and office materials for FAO that is managing the project, training of the children I bee keeping and purchase of bee keeping equipment.

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3.2 Payment for the driver and office expenses The salary for temporal driver and office ex-penses that constitute 50 percent contribution by WFP of the total expenses were transferred to FAO on 2 September 2009 as a lump sum.

3.3 Training The training has been conducted and a total of 88 junior farmers and 21 facilitators participated in the training. Each session was conducted for three days and decentralized by region, with each JFFLS site represented by 4 junior farmers and one site facilitator (supervisor).

The training was hands-on and involved site visits to beekeeping cottage industries where the participants witnessed beekeeping process includ-ing honey processing, construction of bee hives, trapping honey bees, managing a beekeeping en-

terprise, harvesting honey and processing for maximum benefits.

The facilitators for the training included epiculturalists from the Ministry of Agriculture and the main honey proces-sors and marketers in the country. Further linkages of the junior farmers will be provided to the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure continued technical support.

3.4 Purchase of equipment WFP has purchased the beekeeping equipment and, together with FAO, is currently distributing items including hive boxes, smokers, brushes, buckets and protective clothing (overalls, gloves and protective veils) to the 21 JFFLS sites in various communities in the country.

One of the first project sites to receive beekeeping equipment was Boyane Primary School in the Manzini Region. The introduction of the beekeep-ing project in 2009 received an enthusiastic re-sponse from the JFFLS facilitator and pupils. “When we participated in the training, I made sure that the children and I did our very best so we could be part of the beekeeping sites as we have lots of bees in the area and also have many trees. As a result, I was top of the class and won a big bottle of honey as a prize,” said Mrs. Duduzile Dlamini, JFFLS fa-cilitator and agriculture teacher at Boyane Primary.

Mrs. Dlamini said her class was anxious to start practicing what they learnt at the beekeeping work-shop and had looked forward to the arrival of the equipment. “The junior farmers kept asking me when we would receive these items, especially the active ones such as Thembinkosi and Menelisi,” she added.

The two boys could not contain their excitement and were amongst the first to wear the full gear of protective clothing during the presentation.

Annex 3.1: Friends of WFP (USA) Report continued

Table 1: JFFLS Financial Report

Funding received $95,327.00

Expenditure:

Non-Staff training ( Including Accommodation, Conferencing, meals, Travel and Stationery) $16,114.74

Other Office Costs (transferred to FAO) $6,561.16

Temporary Assistance (transferred to FAO for Driver) $4,000.00

Bee- Keeping Equipment $67,560.60

TOTAL $94,236.50

Balance $1,090.50

FAO and WFP staff members, Nhlanhla Malaza and Tammy Dlamini about to deliver the beekeeping equipment at Boyane Primary on 27 January 2010.

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“I am very happy that the materials have fi-nally arrived so we can start looking after the bees and harvesting the honey,” said 13-year-old Menelisi excitedly.

4. Challenges

The project was delayed by among other things the delay in engagement of facilitators as there are few specialized facilitators in the country. The training also had to be conducted during the August-September school holidays to ensure maximum participation by the children as most of them are school going. The procurement of the equipment was also a challenge due to the specialized nature of the service that has very few suppliers in the coun-

try. As a result, it was difficult to obtain the required quantities in a timely manner as per project require-ments.

5. Next Steps

Following the successful training and approval by the Ministry of Agriculture of the sites for beekeeping, WFP is in the process of finalizing the purchase and distribution of the equipment to the sites. Some of the purchased equipment has already been distributed and laid out at the sites awaiting the facilitators and junior farmers to trap the bees. The actual harvesting of honey is expected to start in earnest around May 2010, which is the beginning of winter.

Pupils in protective clothing included Thembinkosi Dlamini (13) and Me-nelisi Mathunjwa (13), who are both in Grade 7.

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Annex 4: Report on Contribution from the Govt of Germany

UPDATE ON THE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF GERMANY TO

SWAZILAND PRRO 16020

March 2010

1. Introduction

The German Government granted World Food Programme (WFP) Swaziland a sum of US$376,506 (250,000 Euros) in 2009 through the directed multilateral funding window towards the implementation of the ongoing Protrated Relief and Recovery Operation: Assistance to Food Insecure People Affected by HIV and AIDS and Natural Disasters (PRRO 10602.0: 2008-2011). The funds were to meet the cost of procuring and transporting food commodities between 1 January and 31 December 2009. This report outlines the progress of utilisation of the funds.

2. Background

In May 2008, WFP began implementing a three-year, country-specific Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO 106020). The aim of the PRRO is to improve food security, livelihoods and productive capacity of the most vulnerable households impacted by HIV/AIDS, poverty and natural disasters. In addition, the project includes activities to enhance the government’s capacity to manage food assistance interventions.

WFP recovery activities target orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in Neighbourhood Care Points, chronically ill people on anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and tuberculosis treatment, malnourished mothers and children on Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) and Mother and Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) programmes, households whose breadwinner is on ART, as well as rural-poor agricultural-based households.

As part of the food-for-work activity, food-insecure families provide at least one volunteer for community development projects. WFP provides the volunteers with a monthly take-home ration of maize meal, pulses and vegetable oil as compensation. They provide labour to help build or improve their community assets, such as protecting dams for farming purposes.

Relief activities under PRRO 106020 include the provision of food rations to targeted households and school children affected by acute food shortages during the lean season (October - March) in the traditionally food-insecure areas of the Lowveld and Lubombo. WFP’s response is determined by food security and vulnerability assessments such as the joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission and the annual national vulnerability assessments conducted by the Swazi Vulnerability Assessment Committee (VAC). It also conducts periodic Community and Household Surveillance exercises to determine the effect of WFP food assistance on beneficiaries.

WFP support complements the activities undertaken by the government, communities and development partners to improve the livelihoods and food security of vulnerable people in the fields of health, agriculture and education. Under PRRO 106020, WFP targets an average of 200,000 beneficiaries per year, with relief food only provided during the lean season.

3. Update on the German contribution

3.1 Expenditure Overall, the German contribution enabled WFP to procure a total of 649 mt in food commodities: 492 mt of white maize and 157 mt of pulses (yellow and green peas) from within the southern Africa region. The delivery of the food to the Country Office’s Warehouse started from the end of January 2010 until early March.

3.2 WFP Activities Benefiting from the Funds The procured commodities enabled WFP Swaziland to resume full distributions in January 2010 after halving rations in October 2010 as a result of a serious shortfall in the pipeline. They were distributed to various WFP activities including support to households affected by HIV and AIDS (see beneficiary profile below), support to orphaned and vulnerable children in neighbourhood care points and targeted food distribution.

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Lomahasha- Twenty-one year old Siphiwe Mashiyane was forced to drop out of school in 2007 so that she could look after her four siblings. This followed her mother’s death in 2006 from a chronic illness and abandon-ment by her father in the same year.

“I decided to quit school because I have to look after my siblings as the eldest and could not afford the school fees. My grandmother had also died in 2006 so I really had no one to turn to for financial help,” she said.

Siphiwe was in Grade 9 at a local high school when she dropped out three years ago. Inevitably, her siblings (two brothers and two sisters aged between 12 and 19 years) followed suit. The family shares a four-roomed house located at Nduma in Lomahasha in the Lubombo region. Being the eldest, Siphiwe has taken over many of the household chores, which she shares with 19-year-old sister, Nomsa.

Without any means of income, the children are used to doing without many basic necessities.

“Before we started receiving food assistance, my siblings and I used to beg from neighbours and skip meals to make our food last longer,” she says, adjusting her white head-scarve in preparation to carry the sacks of maize and pulses her family receives as part of a food assistance programme.

Because her parents were subsistence farmers, Siphiwe learnt some farming skills and uses the family crop fields to grow vegetables to supplement their meals. However, this is not easy since Nduma is also affected by the drought that has plagued the region for over seven years.

“We stopped ploughing crops like maize in 2007 because of the lack of rain and expensive farming inputs. Currently, I plant vegetables since I can use the dirty water from washing our dishes to water them,” she said.

Siphiwe and her siblings are beneficiaries of food assistance provided by the United Nations World Food Pro-gramme (WFP).

WFP food commodities are distributed by WFP’s Cooperating Partner, World Vision International, to households affected by HIV and AIDS in the Nduma community on a monthly basis. The food basket comprises of 81 kilograms (kg) of maize, 14 kg of pulses (beans or peas) and 4.5 kg of vegetable oil, which is enough for a family of six. Beneficiaries of food assistance under WFP Support to Households Affected by HIV and AIDS are selected based on circumstances that include; inability to access food; no family members with employment, and; few or no livestock assets.

Still, Siphiwe has dreams for her future and that of her siblings. “I can make a living from selling vegetables in the market so I want to increase my produce. I also want to learn how to grow drought-resistant crops suitable for the Nduma climate.” “I will teach my brothers and sisters will learn how to farm whilst they are young so that they can get skills that will last them a lifetime,” she says.

The two youngest children resumed their schooling at the local primary school this year, thanks to the Government roll-out of the state-funded education programme.

Pic 1: Siphiwe Mashiyane with her family’s

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3.3 Food Distribution

A total of 386 mt has been distributed so far from the food commodities procured with the German con-tribution to targeted beneficiaries under various WFP programme activities. A balance of 262 mt is still to be allocated to Cooperating Partners for distribution to beneficiaries.

4. Challenges

The funds utilisation was delayed by the timing of the confirmation of the German contribution, which ar-rived during the festive season whereby suppliers were not operating and only resumed operations in mid-January 2010.

5. Next Steps

WFP is continuing with its March and April distributions, which will mark the end of the second year of implementation of PRRO 106020. Commodities procured from the German contribution will have been fully utilised by the end of April 2010.

Food commodity Quantity (mt) Procured

Quantity (mt) Dis-tributed

Balance (mt) at Ware-house

White Maize 478 319.75

158.25

White Maize 14 8.2 5.8

Yellow Peas 67 58.35 8.65

Green Peas 90 - 90

Total 649 386.30 262.70

Food commodity Quantity (mt) Procured

Quantity (mt) Dis-tributed

Balance (mt) at Ware-house

White Maize 478 319.75

158.25

White Maize 14 8.2 5.8

Yellow Peas 67 58.35 8.65

Green Peas 90 - 90

Total 649 386.30 262.70

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Annex 5 : Report to the Central Emergency Response Fund

ANNUAL REPORT OF

THE RESIDENT/HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR

ON THE USE OF CERF GRANTS

Summary of Funding and Beneficiaries

for the humanitar-ian response: 6,289,700 US$

Total amount received for the humanitar-ian response: 2,696,616US $

Breakdown of total country funding re-ceived by source:

CERF 1,320,110 US$

CHF/HRF COUNTRY LEVEL FUNDS US$

OTHER (Bilateral/Multilateral) 1,376,506 US$

Total amount of CERF funding received from the Rapid Response window: 1,320,110 US$

Total amount of CERF funding received from the Underfunded window:

Please provide the breakdown of CERF funds by type of partner:

There had been no expenditure by the 31st December

a. Direct UN agencies/IOM

implementation: 1,320, 110 US $

b. Funds forwarded to NGOs for

implementation (in Annex,

please provide a list of each

NGO and amount of CERF

funding forwarded):

US$

c. Funds for Government imple-

mentation: US$

e. TOTAL: 1,320,110 US$

Beneficiaries

Total number of individuals affected by the crisis:

256,383 individuals

Total number of individuals reached with CERF funding:

81,500 total individuals (Planned)

9,780 children under 5 (Planned)

43,195 females (Planned)

Geographical areas of implementation: Lubombo and Shiselweni regions

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Total amount required for the humanitar-ian response: 6,289,700 US$

Total amount received for the humanitar-ian response: 2,696,616US $

Breakdown of total country funding re-ceived by source:

CERF 1,320,110 US$

CHF/HRF COUNTRY LEVEL FUNDS US$

OTHER (Bilateral/Multilateral) 1,376,506 US$

Total amount of CERF funding received from the Rapid Response window: 1,320,110 US$

Total amount of CERF funding received from the Underfunded window:

Please provide the breakdown of CERF funds by type of partner:

There had been no expenditure by the 31st December

a. Direct UN agencies/IOM

implementation: 1,320, 110 US $

b. Funds forwarded to NGOs for

implementation (in Annex,

please provide a list of each

NGO and amount of CERF

funding forwarded):

US$

c. Funds for Government imple-

mentation: US$

e. TOTAL: 1,320,110 US$

Beneficiaries

Total number of individuals affected by the crisis:

256,383 individuals

Total number of individuals reached with CERF funding:

81,500 total individuals (Planned)

9,780 children under 5 (Planned)

43,195 females (Planned)

Geographical areas of implementation: Lubombo and Shiselweni regions

Country SWAZILAND

Resident/Humanitarian Coordinator Mr. Timothy Musinga Bandora

Reporting Period 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2009

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II. Analysis

Swaziland is suffering from a serious crisis resulting from the combined effects of drought and natural disas-ters, the impact of HIV and AIDS, and widespread poverty. Cereal production has declined drastically over the past decade resulting in an average of about 60,000 mt of maize cereal produced each year as com-pared to an annual requirement of about 130,000 mt. The country increasingly relies on imports to fill the production gaps, however many poor people cannot access food due to poverty. It is estimated that between 20 and 25 percent of the population suffers from food shortages each year. The World Food Programme (WFP) has been providing food assistance to an average of 200,000 beneficiaries per year including school children, orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in community care points and families of people living with HIV.

In May 2009, the Government of Swaziland carried out its annual vulnerability assessment. According to the report issued in July 2009, maize production in the 2008/2009 agricultural season reached only 70,672 ton-nes, a slight increase compared to 2007/08 when production was 62,000 tonnes. A total of 256,383 people were assessed to be in need of food assistance until the next harvest starting in April 2010, of these 114,383 were classified as acutely food insecure whilst 142,000 had a chronic food deficit situation (the latter group includes households headed by the elderly, children or people directly affected by HIV and AIDS). In Novem-ber 2009, the government requested WFP assistance to support 56,383 people within the acute food deficit group. The Government of Swaziland also requested that households participate in food for work (FFW) ac-tivities to help enhance their future food security.

WFP had planned to provide food assistance to 192,500 food-insecure people under its on-going Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation over six months (November 2009 to April 2010), which includes lean season school meals programme, support to OVC, and support to vulnerable households facing both acute and chronic hunger with a focus in Lubombo and Shiselweni regions. However, the WFP pipeline experienced serious shortfalls that necessitated the halving of beneficiary rations for all its programmes between October and December 2010. This meant that WFP could not respond positively to the government request. Conse-quently WFP applied for $1.3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide food support to 81,500 people facing acute hunger for a period of three months through Food For Work (FFW), which was part of the $6.3 million required to meet the food needs of the entire programme.

CERF funding was received in mid-December 2009 and enabled WFP to procure 2,330.24mt of mixed com-modities. However, most of the food commodities arrived in-country between January and March. The con-signment of vegetable oil which was an international purchase has still not arrived and is only expected in April. Nonetheless, WFP received other contributions; US$1 million from multilateral funds from Spain and US$376,506 direct contribution from Germany, which funds were used to leverage the CERF contribution for the quick purchase of food and response.

II. Activities

1. Purchase of food: Once the CERF grant was received in mid-December, WFP started the procurement of the food commodities. However, the procurement was only completed in January 2010. The tonnage of food purchased by commodity type includes:

263 mt of pulses

1,956 mt cereals

111.24 mt vegetable oil

All the food commodities have since been received except for vegetable oil which is expected in April.

2. Beneficiary Selection: Beneficiary selection started in December 2009 and beneficiaries were selected by cooperating NGOs based on agreed criteria, which includes: households with a poor harvest, low live-stock numbers, low income and have at least one household member that can work and thus participate in food for work activities

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3. Food for work activities: Only two of the five NGO partners had started FFW activities by December. The other partners started their FFW activities in February/ March due to delays in the mobilization of the communities.

The FFW period has been extended to end in May 2010 to give time to partners and communities that had a late start to complete meaningful activities that help to reduce the need for food assistance in future. FFW activities include rehabilitation of eroded land and spring and dam protection.

4. Distribution of food: No food was distributed in December under the FFW programme. Food

distributions under the programme commenced in January.

Annex 6: WFP Standard Project Report (SPR) – Financial Section

Standard Project Report 2009

Direct Project Costs 2009

Figures Based on Project Overview of Financial Section

SWAZILAND Single Country PRRO - 106020

Commodity44.25 %

Transport2.77 %

LTSH20.32 %

ODOC12.57 %

DSC20.09 %

Commodity62.85 %Transport6.29 %LTSH11.49 %ODOC6.09 %DSC13.28 %

Cumulative Direct Project Costs until 31 December 2009

Approved Budget ConfirmedContributions

ExpendituresBalance of

ContributionsPreviouslyReported During the Period Cumulative Total

Direct Project Costs

Commodity 19,280,494 6,989,695 3,948,396 1,474,456 5,422,852 1,566,843Transport 6,938,493 647,361 449,974 92,283 542,257 105,104LTSH 4,594,782 1,613,135 314,248 677,152 991,400 621,735ODOC 2,032,000 971,177 106,480 418,698 525,178 445,998DSC 3,181,975 1,559,492 476,774 669,282 1,146,056 413,436Unprogrammed Project Costs 29,096 29,096

Total Direct Project Costs 36,027,743 11,809,957 5,295,872 3,331,872 8,627,744 3,182,213

Indirect Support Costs 2,521,942 418,941 87,422 331,519 418,941 0

Total 38,549,685 12,228,897 5,383,294 3,663,391 9,046,685 3,182,213

World Food Programme

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Project: 106020PRRO-SWZ-SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE GROUPS

Statement of Account for the Period 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009(Amounts in US dollars)

Anthony TyrrellChief

Contribution and Project Accounts Branch

The project has been operationally and financially closed. This financial report is final.

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Incoming and Outgoing Total Subtotal GER BMZ (BERLIN)

Total Transfers Multilateral Directed 10010969

Multilateral GER-C-00095-01

Confirmed Contributions

In Kind 912,269 912,269 0 0 0

Cash 11,316,628 4,133,418 3,428,161 3,755,048 376,506

Total Confirmed Contributions 12,228,897 5,045,687 3,428,161 3,755,048 376,506

Expenditures

Project Costs

Commodity 5,422,852 3,195,834 1,221,147 1,005,872 0

Transport 542,257 367,930 105,143 69,184 0

LTSH 991,399 694,190 124,944 213,036 0

ODOC 525,178 307,004 54,081 187,167 0

DSC 1,146,056 480,730 436,585 208,076 36,793

Total Direct Project Costs 8,627,743 5,045,687 1,941,900 1,683,335 36,793

Indirect Support Costs 418,940 0 179,004 239,937 24,631

Total Expenditures 9,046,684 5,045,687 2,120,903 1,923,272 61,424

Balance of Contributions 3,182,214 0 1,307,258 1,831,777 315,082

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PROJECT DETAIL BY CONTRIBUTION

Project : 106020

(Amounts in US dollars)


Statement of Account as at 31 December 2009

PRRO-SWZ-SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE GROUPS

*This line indicates the associated costs (0USD) linked to the commodity carried over ( MT) to the subsequent operation

Note: SPR amounts are round off to the nearest dollar. Balances with (+/-) USD 1 will be round off to ''0''.

The following donors have provided multilateral contributions for this project:

DEN MOFA IRE DAFF NET MOFA SPA MOFA

GRE EMB ITA JPN MOFA JPN MOFA LUX MAE UN CERF

10002925 10002866 10003810 10002066 10011140

GRE-C-00016-16 JPN-C-00075-08 JPN-C-00082-09 LUX-C-00037-03 001-C-00361-01

GRE2008-001HQ 16 JPN2008-014HQ 08 JPN2008-021HQ 09 LUX2009-001HQ 03


In Kind 0 0 0 0 0

Cash 93,458 1,142,857 87,446 360,892 1,320,110

Total Confirmed Contributions 93,458 1,142,857 87,446 360,892 1,320,110

Expenditures

Project Costs

Commodity 62,154 573,572 55,663 176,592 0

Transport 3,452 40,226 0 16,378 0

LTSH 9,230 172,462 14,548 0 0

ODOC 3,748 82,451 6,432 0 0

DSC 6,794 119,434 10,796 0 0

Total Direct Project Costs 85,378 988,145 87,439 192,970 0

Indirect Support Costs 6,114 74,766 0 23,610 86,362

Total Expenditures 91,492 1,062,911 87,439 216,580 86,362

Balance of Contributions 1,966 79,946 7 144,313 1,233,748

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Project : 106020





WPD ACHI SZ WPD JAWFP WPD US FRIENDS WPD US FRIENDS Unassigned

10010913 10010363 10003038 10004359

WPD-C-00531-01 WPD-C-00463-01 WPD-C-00280-26 WPD-C-00372-15

WPD2008-016HQ 27 WPD2009-016HQ 15


In Kind 0 0 0 0

Cash 14,216 157,563 100,000 102,000

Total Confirmed Contributions 14,216 157,563 100,000 102,000

Expenditures

Project Costs

Commodity 0 86,876 51,015 0 0

Transport 0 7,182 1,947 0 0

LTSH 0 0 16,797 0 (40,771)

ODOC 0 0 7,426 87,109 (23,074)

DSC 0 17,990 16,270 0 20,666

Total Direct Project Costs 0 112,047 93,455 87,109 (43,179)

Indirect Support Costs 930 10,308 6,542 6,673 0

Total Expenditures 930 122,355 99,997 93,782 (43,179)

Balance of Contributions 13,286 35,208 3 8,218 43,179

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Incoming and Outgoing Total Subtotal GER BMZ (BERLIN)

Total Transfers Multilateral Directed 10010969

Multilateral GER-C-00095-01

Confirmed Contributions no_hide no_hide no_hide no_hide

In Kind 912,269 912,269 0 0 0

Cash 11,316,628 4,133,418 3,428,161 3,755,048 376,506

Total Confirmed Contributions 12,228,897 5,045,687 3,428,161 3,755,048 376,506

Contribution Received

In Kind 0 0

Cash 3,755,048 376,506

Total Contribution Received 3,755,048 376,506

Outstanding Confirmed Contributions

In Kind 0 0

Cash 0 0

Outstanding Contribution Receivable 0 0

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STATUS OF CONTRIBUTION RECEIVABLE

Project : 106020



GRE EMB ITA JPN MOFA JPN MOFA LUX MAE UN CERF

10002925 10002866 10003810 10002066 10011140

GRE-C-00016-16 JPN-C-00075-08 JPN-C-00082-09 LUX-C-00037-03 001-C-00361-01

GRE2008-001HQ 16 JPN2008-014HQ 08 JPN2008-021HQ 09 LUX2009-001HQ 03

Confirmed Contributions no_hide no_hide no_hide no_hide no_hide

In Kind 0 0 0 0 0

Cash 93,458 1,142,857 87,446 360,892 1,320,110

Total Confirmed Contributions 93,458 1,142,857 87,446 360,892 1,320,110


In Kind 0 0 0 0 0

Cash 93,458 1,142,857 87,446 360,892 1,320,110

Total Contribution Received 93,458 1,142,857 87,446 360,892 1,320,110


In Kind 0 0 0 0 0

Cash 0 0 0 0 0

Outstanding Contribution Receivable 0 0 0 0 0

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WPD ACHI SZ WPD JAWFP WPD US FRIENDS WPD US FRIENDS

10010913 10010363 10003038 10004359

WPD-C-00531-01 WPD-C-00463-01 WPD-C-00280-26 WPD-C-00372-15

WPD2008-016HQ 27 WPD2009-016HQ 15

Confirmed Contributions no_hide no_hide no_hide no_hide

In Kind 0 0 0 0

Cash 14,216 157,563 100,000 102,000

Total Confirmed Contributions 14,216 157,563 100,000 102,000


In Kind 0 0 0 0

Cash 14,216 157,563 100,000 102,000

Total Contribution Received 14,216 157,563 100,000 102,000


In Kind 0 0 0 0

Cash 0 0 0 0

Outstanding Contribution Receivable 0 0 0 0

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