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Sierra Leone

WFP Sierra Leone Country Brief, April 2017

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Highlights

  • Ministry of Health and Sanitation staff and partners were trained on implementation of the stunting prevention pilot in Moyamba district.

  • Homeless storm victims received food assistance in Mile 91 town of Tonkolili district in northern Sierra Leone.

  • WFP, in collaboration with the national disaster management authority, Red Cross and Save the Children, provided food and non-food items to households affected by fire and host families sheltering them in Susan’s Bay area of the capital Freetown.

Operational Updates

  • In collaboration with the national disaster management authority and other partners, WFP provided a two-week food ration to 713 people from 71 households affected by a recent tornado storm that unroofed scores of buildings in Mile 91 town, in Tonkolili district, northern Sierra Leone.

  • WFP alongside the national disaster management authority also delivered a one-month food ration to households displaced by fire and their host families sheltering them in Susan’s Bay area of the capital Freetown. Red Cross and Save the Children provided non-food items.

  • Ministry of Health and Sanitation staff and NGO partners were trained on implementation of the stunting prevention pilot in Moyamba district. The programme aims at reaching 17,000 children aged 6-23 months and 18,600 pregnant and nursing women in the 14 chiefdoms of Moyamba district in 2017.

Challenges

  • Livelihood activities were delayed due to prerequisite assessments and verifications have now started, though distribution tonnages are still low. Improvement in the figures will be realised when work starts in earnest.

  • Poor mobile coverage and incorrect phone numbers resulted in difficulty contacting some beneficiaries by phone within catchment areas of peripheral health facilities during the post distribution monitoring exercise for the HIV/TB programme.

Partnerships

  • WFP and implementing partners including World Vision International, Pure Heart Foundation and Child Fund, held their quarterly cooperating partners meeting wherein implementation updates were shared and operational challenges discussed. The accuracy and timely submission of monthly reports/invoices were among the issues highlighted.

  • WFP developed implementation agreements for asset creation activities in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security in Bombali, Kambia, Kailahun, Kenema, Port Loko and Pujehun districts.