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Assistance to Strengthen Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation among Marginalized Populations

(EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS AND NICARAGUA)

REGIONAL PRRO 10444.0 (1 June 2007 – 31 May 2009)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The PRRO seeks to address the food needs of the most vulnerable people who are frequently affected by natural disasters in Central America. It will simultaneously build capacity at community level to help people cope better with disasters and allow for a phase-down of WFP interventions over the longer term.

The PRRO will prevent the deterioration of the nutritional status of children and pregnant and lactating women in support of government nutrition plans and the MDGs related to hunger and health (MDG1, MDG4, MDG5). As well, it will support households’ capacity to respond to shocks, by improving disaster preparedness, access to food, and environmental conditions corresponding to MDGs 1 and 7 – the environmental MDG.

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua are particularly exposed to recurrent natural disasters. During the 26 named storms of the 2005 hurricane season, for example, four major hurricanes directly affected these countries. Despite a relatively calm 2006 hurricane season, WFP had to intervene − through its existing protracted relief and recovery operation and country programmes − in localized emergencies resulting from volcanic eruptions, flooding and earthquakes. For 2007, a total of about 17 hurricanes are forecast, five of which are expected to be of severe intensity.

Disasters of this type lead to increased hunger and under nutrition among the most vulnerable people. The 2005/06 regional EFSA found that households’ food quantity and diversity had declined by more than 50% in Honduras, 44% in El Salvador, and 25% in Guatemala, mostly owing to asset and crop losses caused by natural disasters. A WFP assessment concluded that about 40 percent of the population of Gracias a Dios, a province in Honduras, had access to only half of the recommended kilocalorie intake, five months after the October 2005 Hurricane Beta. These drastic reductions in consumption come on top of chronic food insecurity and malnutrition. For example, in areas of El Salvador affected by hurricanes and drought, the prevalence of stunting among children under 5 is more than double the national average. In Honduras, acute malnutrition is almost 3 times the national average in hurricane and drought-prone areas.

During 2006, United Nations country teams created inter-agency groups for joint post-emergency evaluation exercises. These groups are increasingly applying joint programming principles and implementation mechanisms, through the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF). This protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO) will be complemented by WFPs regional capacity-building initiatives to support food-based. social

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protection programmes. Regional special operation SO 10449.0, creating the Latin America and Caribbean Emergency Response Network (LACERN), will offer capacity-building opportunities through national governments and regional institutions, providing a wider framework for contingency planning, nutritional and food security assessments, targeting, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and food fortification.

Information on beneficiary target groups and options for interventions were derived from WFPs comprehensive and region-wide food security assessments. Intervention modalities were guided by experience gained and lessons learned from previous emergencies in the region. Strong collaboration with national counterparts informed the overall strategy of the operation.

The proposed operation covers the period from 1 June 2007 to 31 May 2009 at an estimated total cost of US$32.2 million. Up to 471,000 beneficiaries a year will benefit from 46,500 mt of food aid.

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1. SITUATION ANALYSIS AND SCENARIOS

1. El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua lie on the isthmus between North and South America. Its geographic location exposes this area to hurricanes, floods, droughts and earthquakes. In recent decades, a dramatic increase in numbers of natural disasters has been attributed to the many effects of climate change. During the 1970s, 101 events were recorded in Central America, compared with 400 in the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in Hurricane Mitch in 1998 – one of the most devastating hurricanes of the century. In 2005 − the busiest hurricane season on record, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes − the isthmus suffered the devastating effects of four major hurricanes: Beta, Gamma, Stan and Wilma. It also faced localized tropical storms and other natural disasters with equally disastrous consequences for affected populations.

2. The human and economic costs associated with these events are enormous. Over the last decade, almost 10 million people in Central America have been affected by natural disasters. The Coordination Centre for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America (CEPREDENAC) estimates total economic losses of US$10 billion between 1970 and 2002 −an average loss of more than US$300 million a year for 32 years. For Guatemala, for example, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), estimated losses of US$990 million caused by Hurricane Stan. The degree to which populations are affected by disasters and their ability to recover vary regionally and among population groups.

3. Natural barriers and inadequate transport and communication infrastructure result in higher

costs and lower levels of social investment in remote and sparsely populated regions in the Atlantic and Pacific coastal areas and the Guatemalan Highlands, which often lack public services. In these areas, health and nutrition status is worse, illiteracy rates higher, food insecurity more severe and poverty deeper than in others.

4. The limited presence of government institutions and national and international cooperation

agencies has also reduced support in sectors that are vital for coping with natural disasters. Where disaster prevention and mitigation measures are scarce or non-existent, affected populations suffer greater losses and have to invest more of their own means in recovery.

5. Many of these marginal regions are inhabited by indigenous and/or Afro-descendent

populations1 and socially marginalized small-scale farmers − often the poorest population segments in their countries. These poorest communities often settle in risk-prone areas, such as riverbeds or environmentally degraded lands on very steep slopes.

6. A large proportion of indigenous communities and small farmers in hurricane-, flood- and

drought-affected areas depend on subsistence rainfed agriculture, which is very susceptible to unfavourable rainfall patterns. The 2005 WFP regional Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA) confirmed that up to 80 percent of households in the Northern Atlantic Autonomous

1 Among the most important of these groups are the Ch’orti’, Garífuna, Kaqchikel, K’iche’, Mayagna, Mam, Miskito, Pechs, Poqomam, Poqomchi’, Q’eqchi’, Sumo and Tawahcas.

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Region (RAAN) and in drought-prone areas of Honduras and El Salvador depends on agriculture as their main source of income.

7. Disparities among regions and social groups are mirrored in poverty levels. RAAN is the

poorest region of Nicaragua, with the highest concentration of indigenous and Afro-descendent populations and a poverty level of 48 percent. In the Náhualt and Pipil communities of Sonsonate in El Salvador, 61 percent of indigenous families live below the poverty line. In Guatemala, 72 percent of indigenous people are classified as poor, but this group represents only 41 percent of the total population. In Sololá and Chimaltenango, in the western highlands of Guatemala, indigenous people account for 96 and 78 percent of the total population, respectively.

8. Poverty severely limits people’s capacity to respond to livelihood shocks and often results in

food insecurity. The 2005 regional EFSA found that households’ food quantity and diversity had declined by more than 50 percent in Honduras and 44 percent in El Salvador, mostly owing to asset and crop losses caused by natural disasters. According to the 2006 Guatemala EFSA, households’ food quantity and diversity declined by 25 percent, and their meal consumption by almost 10 percent. In 2004, the Mesoamerican Famine Early-Warning System (MFEWS) reported that 60 percent of drought-affected households were meeting only 35 percent of their food requirements during the lean period. A WFP assessment concluded that about 40 percent of the population of Gracias a Dios had access to only half of the recommended kilocalorie intake, five months after the October 2005 Hurricane Beta. In Guatemala, 72 percent of the affected population reported serious difficulties with access to food, following food stock reductions and crop losses induced by Hurricane Stan.

9. According to the 2005 regional EFSA, in the drought corridor of Honduras and El Salvador and in RAAN, 40 percent of households were consuming mainly maize and beans, with very little animal protein, vegetables and fruits. The same was true of 33 percent of households in El Salvador’s south-western departments. In Guatemala, 33 percent of Hurricane Stan-affected households experienced severe or moderate food insecurity.

10. These poor consumption and food access patterns, coupled with inadequate health and feeding

practices, high illiteracy rates and poor sanitation facilities, contribute to high levels of malnutrition among vulnerable groups. In areas of El Salvador affected by hurricanes and drought, the prevalence of stunting among children under 5 is more than double the national average. In Guatemala, an average 49.3 percent of children under 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition, with rates reaching 54.3 percent in hurricane-prone areas. In RAAN and Gracias a Dios, anaemia prevalence among children of 12 to 59 months is more than 40 percent. A third of the women of reproductive age in RAAN suffer from anaemia, compared with national averages of less than one quarter.

11. High rates of stunting, acute malnutrition and anaemia indicate a greater risk of increased global malnutrition. Immediately after Hurricane Stan, a Guatemala Ministry of Health and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) survey of the affected areas found acute malnutrition rates of up to 9.3 percent2 in 15 departments.

2 Measured as the percentage of children of 6 to 59 months with < -2SD (February−March 2005).

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Table 1: Rates of stunting, acute malnutrition, anaemia and underweight (%) Stunting:

children 6− 59 months

(height/age < -2SD)

Acute malnutrition: children 6−36

months (< -2SD)

Anaemia: children 12−59

months

Anaemia: women of reproductive

age

Underweight: children 6−59

months (weight/age

< -2SD) El Salvador

Drought-prone 17.6 3.4 23.8 9.1 9.2 Hurricane-prone 34 3.7 21.7 8.2 15.4 National average 18.9 1.6 19.8 8.8 10.3

Nicaragua Drought-prone 26.3 1.5 29 23 15.3 Hurricane-prone (RAAN) 34.8 5 46 34 13.8

National average 20 2 33 22.3 12.6 Guatemala

Drought-prone 52.2 3.4 25 17.5 23.5 Hurricane-prone (coast and highlands) 54.3 2.8 29.4 22.7 25.1

National average 49.3 2.6 27.8 20.2 22.7 Honduras

Drought-prone 30.2 5.5 21.2 19 23.5 Hurricane-prone (Gracias a Dios) 36 5.1 40.4 23.3 20.4

National average 29.2 1.8 29.9 14.7 15.4 Source: EFSA, VAM country reports and the Encuesta National de Salud Familiar (FESAL; National Survey of Family Health) 2003 report, Guatemala, Institute for National Statistics.

12. Traditional coping mechanisms have been overstretched by recent disasters, resulting in high levels of food insecurity, and leaving marginalized population groups in remote geographical areas highly vulnerable to any disaster in the near future.

13. Although 2006 was relatively calm, in coming years the region is likely to face increased

Atlantic hurricanes and drought as a result of the return of El Niño/La Niña.3 The 2007 hurricane season is expected to be above average, with 17 hurricanes forecast – five of category 3 or above which usually cause extensive damage to livelihoods and infrastructure.

2. POLICIES AND CAPACITIES OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE UNITED NATIONS 14. CEPREDENAC has drafted a regional plan for reducing disasters in 2006−2010. Within this

regional framework, national disaster response agencies are responding to the need to reinforce participation and capacity building in disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness among vulnerable communities and local authorities.

3 El Niño results in higher water temperatures in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. These higher temperatures lower atmospheric pressure over the ocean, thereby affecting air direction patterns. Air masses therefore move away from the Americas towards Oceania, causing cooler continental air and increasing the likelihood of droughts. El Niño is normally followed by the opposite phenomenon − the lower ocean temperatures of La Niña. These opposing air movements towards the Americas increase precipitation, and hence the risk of floods. Temperature fluctuations for periods of 12 to 18 months have been observed at intervals of two to seven years.

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15. Safety net programmes depend on external funding sources, especially for food-based programmes addressing the needs of very vulnerable populations in isolated, disaster-prone and marginalized areas. This is particularly true of supplementary feeding programmes supporting curative care in areas were budgets are inadequate because the health sector lacks resources.

16. As stated in the Human Development Reports of 2003 for Honduras and 2005 for Nicaragua

and Guatemala, the United Nations increasingly recognizes the need to respond to socio-cultural challenges and development needs, including through risk reduction.

17. During 2006, United Nations country teams created inter-agency groups for joint post-

emergency evaluation exercises. These groups are increasingly applying joint programming principles and implementation mechanisms, through the United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF).

18. This protracted relief and recovery operation (PRRO) will be complemented by WFP’s

regional capacity-building initiatives to support food-based social protection programmes, DEV 10411.0, and integrated micronutrient programmes, DEV 10421.0. Regional special operation SO 10449.0, creating the Latin America and Caribbean Emergency Response Network (LACERN), will offer capacity-building opportunities through national governments and regional institutions, providing a wider framework for contingency planning, nutritional and food security assessments, targeting, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and food fortification. WFP is also working with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on a proposal to eradicate child malnutrition in Central America by 2015.

19. The PRRO will focus on disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness and response (EPR),

working with implementing partners, communities and households.

3. OBJECTIVES OF WFP ASSISTANCE 20. The present regional PRRO contributes to WFP Strategic Objectives 2, 3 and 5 through the

following objectives: • meeting, in a timely manner, the immediate food needs of vulnerable populations

affected by crisis situations (Strategic Objective 2); • enhancing households’ resilience to recurrent or seasonal shocks, through disaster

mitigation activities (Strategic Objective 2); • preventing deterioration of the nutrition and health status of children and pregnant

and lactating women, through targeted supplementary feeding activities in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua (Strategic Objective 3);4

4 Guatemala is implementing the country PRRO 10457.0, focusing on supplementary feeding and underlying causes of chronic malnutrition among children under 3 and pregnant and lactating women.

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• strengthening the emergency preparedness and response (EPR) capacity of communities, households and partners to cope with and manage recurrent or seasonal shocks (Strategic Objective 5).

4. WFP RESPONSE STRATEGY

Nature and effectiveness of food security assistance to date 21. WFP addresses chronic causes of food insecurity and longer-term development needs through

country programmes. Its emergency and protracted operations have responded to the immediate needs of millions of Central Americans affected by disasters.

22. The PRRO 10212.0 mid-term evaluation found that WFP had delivered relevant assistance to the most affected and remotely located communities, particularly compared with the relatively low coverage of other humanitarian actors. Standardized project reports show that global malnutrition − weight-for-age − dropped by 25 percent in children under 5. In spite of these results, however, overall rates of malnutrition and stunting remain high and require attention.

23. The evaluation also reported achievements regarding increased community involvement,

greater community capacity for monitoring and responding, and more women’s participation in food aid management committees. However, it also reported low operational capacity among cooperating partners in food for work (FFW), food for training (FFT) and monitoring and results reporting. The evaluation emphasized the need to improve regional coordination and strengthen counterparts’ operational capacity, particularly in M&E.

24. The regional bureau has primary responsibility for coordinating activities. The coordination

and oversight roles of country offices and the regional bureau have therefore been strengthened, as reflected in the budget plan. The regional bureau will retain an estimated 19 percent of total direct support costs (DSC) on a consensual fair share basis.

Strategy outline

25. The evaluation’s findings, conclusions and recommendations have been integrated into the strategy for this PRRO, in order to address major concerns, build on achievements and initiate an exit strategy. Capacity building will be a main focus, including for community-level EPR planning; inter-institutional awareness, integration and coordination; early warning and planning exercises; and rapid food security, vulnerability and emergency food needs assessments.

26. Capacity building will speed the transition from dependency on relief assistance to self-help, by contributing to disaster mitigation among affected communities and households. Where there are recurrent disasters and vulnerable populations share similar socio-economic and cultural conditions, a PRRO is the best option for the transition from relief assistance because of the flexibility of its recovery component. Recurrent natural disasters require an effective context-specific and region-wide responses.

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27. This operation’s regional scale is justified by the need to respond to food insecurity in multi-country emergencies. Populations across borders are likely to be affected similarly, owing to the common characteristics of indigenous and Afro-descendent populations in the north and south Atlantic regions and Gracias a Dios, and of small farmers in the drought corridor of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The likelihood of a single hurricane affecting all four countries is also high enough to justify one coordinated response.

28. It is important to have the operational flexibility to foster synergies among countries and

support from the regional bureau. A regional approach also allows food allocations to be shifted to where they are most needed, reflecting the different rates of capacity strengthening among countries.

29. Regarding capacity building and technical assistance, shared operational procedures and tools

for targeting, early warning assessments, nutrition surveillance, food security monitoring and overall M&E also increase synergies among country offices, the regional bureau and cooperation partners, while encouraging South-to-South cooperation. This intervention will be coordinated with other regional capacity-building projects addressing national entities, in order to reduce the risk of duplication of efforts, allow economies of scale, and ensure greater consistency with overall regional and corporate strategies.

30. Pre-positioned rolling stocks in vulnerable areas will improve the response capacity. Disaster

mitigation activities will draw on these stocks when relief food requirements are lacking. Knowledge of resource availability improves coordination among partners, and encourages the mobilization of complementary resources for relief, preparedness and recovery-oriented interventions.

31. The focus on communities, indigenous populations and Afro-descendants, and the

strengthened approach to local capacity building, community disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness activities are expected to encourage additional support from both traditional and new donors.

Relief component

32. The relief component focuses on providing temporary and immediate assistance to populations whose food security has been severely affected by recurring natural disasters. General food distribution (GFD) will be of limited duration. A rapid shift to relief FFW will address immediate disaster-mitigation needs such as road clearing and debris removal. Such food assistance will be limited to disaster-affected populations for up to three months. If relief requirements are greater than expected in a country or the region, recovery food assistance will be used for immediate response until relief tonnage has been increased as necessary. An emergency operation (EMOP) to provide additional relief will be considered.

33. For contingency planning, rolling stocks will be located as close as possible to hurricane-prone food-insecure areas before the June–November hurricane season, in coordination with national and local counterparts. This will increase the effectiveness of the relief response. These relief stocks will also be available for disaster mitigation activities, so they are unlikely to remain

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unused for long periods. WFP and its partners will facilitate contingency planning and other emergency preparedness activities that involve communities in the design of local emergency response mechanisms.

34. The share of relief assistance compared with recovery will depend on the intensity of the

hurricane season, but relief is currently expected to require about one-quarter of total tonnage. About 35 percent of total tonnage is expected to be required for the first year of the intervention, 50 percent for the second and 15 percent for the last.

Recovery component 35. The recovery component envisages food-for-assets (FFA) and FFT to mitigate the effects of

natural disasters in the longer term. FFA will focus on rehabilitating damaged agricultural lands and infrastructure − for example, through reforestation, agricultural diversification and the construction of small dams, barriers, canals, wells and other disaster-mitigating assets − to increase the longer-term resilience of vulnerable communities and households. These activities will last for up to four months each, mainly during the lean season of April to August. Relief assistance will be prioritized from June to November.

36. FFT will encourage households, particularly women, to participate in disaster preparedness

and in nutrition, health and sanitation awareness sessions. Family food rations will be the incentive for these capacity-building activities. The timeliness and efficiency of interventions will depend greatly on building the operational capacities of WFP partners, so technical assistance and training activities will be provided to counterparts such as community-level non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and local authorities.

37. With its partners, and following an agreed protocol, WFP will monitor and analyse risk, food

security and nutrition proxy indicators, through sentinel sites in areas that are vulnerable to recurring natural disasters, seasonal food insecurity and malnutrition. This will identify substantial degradations in conditions, to trigger recovery activities. Implementing partners will receive the technical assistance, tools and training required to establish a nutrition and food security surveillance system. Rigorous and transparent needs assessments will improve targeting.

38. Emergency supplementary feeding activities will be implemented for up to six months for

pregnant and lactating women, and for up to four months for children under 5. This assistance will be additional to regular food assistance under the PRRO, but is not expected to address chronic malnutrition or malnutrition rates, which would require a longer-term developmental feeding intervention. The most critical period is immediately and shortly after a natural disaster, sometimes continuing into the lean season. Supplementary food assistance will be distributed in disaster-prone areas only, to prevent increased malnutrition. Capacity building will ensure the monitoring and risk analysis of food insecurity and malnutrition, and facilitate targeting.

39. Nutritional activities will be carried out through established health structures, community

groups or NGO partners, depending on their capacity. Operational alliances will ensure that food supplementation is provided within the framework of a basic health package, including

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nutrition and health training and basic health services, such as growth monitoring and provision of de-worming tablets, vaccinations, vitamin A, folic acid and iron.

40. Capacity-building will focus on enhancing the EPR capacity of households, communities and

the Government. Technical assistance will help to develop common operational procedures and tools for targeting, early warning assessments, nutritional surveillance, food security assessment and M&E. The strengthening of risk analysis capability and disaster mitigation will be coordinated with partners, and implementation and stand-by agreements will be negotiated. Training will continue throughout the year, through government structures, specialized institutions and consultants.

Exit strategy

41. The sustainability of this PRRO will be ensured by increasing the involvement of government institutions, local authorities, communities and NGOs in managing and implementing activities. A comprehensive regional approach to capacity building is therefore a critical element of the WFP exit strategy. WFP LAC has invested considerable amount of resources in national level capacity building and emergency preparedness. One of the key elements, was the training of government and other partner staff in emergency needs assessments, warehouse management, etc. This trend will continue with more focused trainings on other aspects of EPR at national level among Government staff. The key to the success of the current PRRO, which is focused on building capacities at community level, is the ability to link to the broader work that WFP is doing at the national level.

42. As seed money, the capacity-building component will require some US$1.4 million for other

direct operational costs (ODOC) for workshops and training sessions. This should be complemented by contributions additional to the PRRO budget, to increase the effectiveness of capacity building. The pace of the phase-down strategy will depend on the success and speed of capacity building and disaster mitigation and the support of similar efforts at the regional and national levels. During the implementation of the PRRO, COs will therefore emphasise capacity building activities at both the national and community level, with a view to enhancing institutional and organizational capacities in preparedness and response programmes. The end-result would be for communities (and Governments) to respond effectively and better cope with, small scale emergencies. By explicitly focusing on these aspects, the mid-term evaluation of the PRRO will provide insights and recommend adjustments, if necessary, to programme implementation.

5. BENEFICIARIES AND TARGETING

Relief component 43. Following a disaster, relief food distributions will respond to the immediate food needs of

individuals who have been evacuated to temporary shelters and who do not have access to food. Relief assistance will also be provided to food-insecure families in disaster-affected communities, through community FFW activities. Food-insecure beneficiaries will be selected through rapid needs assessments.

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44. Following an initial relief distribution phase, government authorities, United Nations agencies

and NGOs will conduct an EFSA to determine whether beneficiaries have regained food security or require further relief food assistance. The PRRO makes provisions for approximately 130,000 such beneficiaries − 60 percent of them women, who also make up 80 percent of food aid recipients. Beneficiary numbers will be adjusted according to requirements, through budget revisions for small increases and separate EMOPs when requirements are greater.

Recovery component: FFA and FFT 45. Relief assistance beneficiaries requiring longer assistance will benefit from FFA and FFT

activities under the recovery component. Vulnerability analysis, food security and nutritional data from the vulnerability analysis and mapping (VAM) unit and sentinel sites have identified the most vulnerable areas and communities, where recovery activities will be implemented.

46. Owing to the high prevalence of hurricanes and floods and the presence of particularly

vulnerable indigenous and Afro-descendent populations, contingency stocks are envisaged for the following areas:

• El Salvador south-western region − Santa Ana, Ahuachapán, Sonsonate and La Libertad;

• Honduras northeastern region − Gracias a Dios, Olancho and Colón; • Nicaragua north and south Atlantic autonomous regions and departments of

Jinotega and Matagalpa; • Guatemala highlands− San Marcos and Sololá; Pacific coast − Escuintla and Santa

Rosa; and Atlantic coast − Izabal. 47. The following drought-prone areas will also be targeted:

• El Salvador northeastern − Morazán, San Miguel and La Unión; • Honduras south-central − Choluteca, Valle, Francisco Morazán, Paraíso, La Paz

and Intibuca; • Guatemala eastern − Chiquimula, Zacapa, Progreso, Jalapa; and south-western −

department of Jutiapa.

48. FFA and FFT beneficiary households will be selected according to the following vulnerability criteria:

• low ratio of income earners to household members; • high ratio of vulnerable individuals − children under 5, pregnant and lactating women, elderly or incapacitated individuals − to household members; • single-parent head of household; • dependence on subsistence agriculture − renters or owners of less than 1 ha of land, and landless or migrant workers, such as coffee pickers; • crop production loss of more than 50 percent.

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Recovery component: targeted supplementary feeding 49. Every year, supplementary feeding activities will target up to 37,000 pregnant and lactating

women and up to 155,000 children of 6 to 59 months, prioritizing those of 6 to 36 months. Numerous indigenous and Afro-descendent communities live in hurricane-prone areas; their nutrition status is often worse than that of other groups, so most beneficiaries will come from these particularly vulnerable populations.

50. Supplementary feeding activities will target the drought- and hurricane-affected areas listed in paragraphs 46 and 47. Targeting and monitoring at the community level will use the underweight indicator; where this is not available, a proxy chronic malnutrition rate of at least 65 percent of children in the first grade of primary school will be applied.

Recovery component: capacity building

51. Capacity building will be included in all recovery activities. The communities and households where recurrent natural disasters are most likely to increase food insecurity will be targeted. Some 56,000 individuals from 480 communities, local authorities and partners will receive capacity building. Women will account for 60 percent of participants in health, nutrition and emergency preparedness technical workshops and training sessions.

Table 2: TOTAL BENEFICIARY AND RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

Beneficiaries Activity

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3

Resource requirement

(mt) Honduras (29%), Guatemala (28%), Nicaragua (24%), El Salvador (18%)

Relief subtotal: GFD and FFW, up to 3 months 48 000 64 000 16 000 6 811 FFA/FFT, up to 4 months 150 500 215 000 64 500 32 016

Supplementary feeding I, up to 6 months (pregnant and lactating women) 25 900 37 000 11 100 2 264

Supplementary feeding II, up to 4 months (children 6−59 months) 108 500 155 000 46 500 5 394 Recovery subtotal 284 900 407 000 122 100 39 674 Total 332 900 471 000 138 100 46 486 Capacity building: EPR/health and nutrition* 18 100 33 000 4 900 US$1 396 800 * Budgeted under ODOC for all capacity-building activities: Honduras, US$392,250; Nicaragua, US$336,750; Guatemala, US$327,750; El Salvador, US$252,750. No food assistance required. Further details by country in the budget plan.

6. NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND THE FOOD BASKET 52. The ration composition will take into account nutrition considerations, local consumption

habits and the need to standardize across countries. Rice will be distributed in the Honduran and Nicaraguan Atlantic coast, and maize in the other areas. Small variations will occur according to local needs and circumstances.

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Table 3: RATIONS PER ACTIVITY, COMMODITY AND KILOCALORIES, BY NUMBER OF DAYS

Supplementary feeding Commodity Children 6−59

months Pregnant and lactating

women

FFA, FFT and FFW GFD

Maize 0 0 300 300 Rice 0 0 100 100 Pulses 25 0 40 40 CSB 100 150 100 100 Vegetable oil 20 20 20 20 Kcal 641 747 2 100 2 100 No of days 120 180 120 90

53. Relief assistance will be distributed to individuals, while recovery assistance envisages family rations for households with malnourished children under 5 or pregnant and lactating women. Distributions will cover requirements for an additional two months for FFA and FFT beneficiaries, and for up to six months for others.

54. The specific nutritional needs of malnourished children and pregnant and lactating women will be addressed through individual supplementary food rations of blended food and vitamin A-fortified vegetable oil, combined with FFA and FFT family rations. This combination will help households to maintain their food consumption levels for up to six months following a disaster or during the lean season. It will prevent nutritional status from deteriorating, particularly among pregnant and lactating women and children under 5, prioritizing those of 6 to 36 months. The ration will also help reduce the high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies, particularly anaemia.

7. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 55. Overall logistics coordination and execution will be carried out by the National Family

Secretariat (SNF), through its Division of Food Assistance (DAA), in El Salvador, by the ministries of agriculture in Nicaragua and Guatemala, and by the Emergency Preparedness and Response Agency (COPECO) in Honduras. Formal agreements outlining rights and responsibilities will be signed with government counterparts and partners, ministries of health, municipalities, community organizations and NGOs.

56. Partners will be organizations that: (i) share common objectives with WFP; (ii) have proven

implementation capacities; (iii) are present at the local level; (iv) contribute complementary resources such as non-food inputs, technical assistance and training; and (v) are committed to gender mainstreaming. The NGOs operating in the target zones are Action contre la faim,Christian Children Fund, World Vision International, Gruppo Volontariato Civile, Alisei,Comitato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo dei Popoli, CARITAS, Plan International, Médecins du monde, Catholic Relief Services, and Samaritans’ Purse.

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57. Given the prevalence of indigenous and Afro-descendent communities in target areas, specific socio-cultural requirements and coping mechanisms will have to be taken into account. The design and implementation of EPR activities, FFA and FFT interventions, nutritional education programmes, etc. will follow a community-based approach whenever possible.

58. WFP will collaborate on strengthening community emergency plans with the Nicaragua National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation System (SINAPRED), COPECO in Honduras, the El Salvador National Emergency Committee (COEN), and the Centre for Information and Coordination (CCI/SESAN) and the National Coordinator for Disaster Mitigation (CONRED) in Guatemala.

59. In El Salvador, logistics will be coordinated jointly with SNF. Transport to and distribution at

final delivery points will be the responsibility of counterparts, in coordination with SNF/DAA and WFP.

60. In Guatemala, depending on the origin and type of commodities, two ports can be used: Puerto

Quetzal on the Pacific coast, and Puerto Santo Tomás de Castilla on the Atlantic. WFP and the National Institute for Agricultural Trade (INDECA) will be responsible for reception, customs clearance, transportation, handling and storage. WFP will use six existing INDECA warehouses at Fraijanes, Quetzaltenango, Chimaltenango, Los Amates, Retalulheu and Amatitlán, from which contracted transport companies will deliver food to project sites and cooperating partners.

61. In Honduras, food aid will arrive at Puerto Cortés. WFP and COPECO will be responsible for

reception and customs clearance, transportation, handling and storage in San Pedro Sula, San Lorenzo and Tegucigalpa. Once commodities have been dispatched from these warehouses, counterparts and partners will be responsible until the commodities arrive in municipal warehouses, when partners and local authorities will take over final food delivery.

62. In Nicaragua, food will be received at the port of Corinto and initially stored in the central

warehouse. Two new warehouses in Puerto Cabezas and Siuna are already operational, facilitating deliveries in RAAN. One additional warehouse will be opened in Waspan. Community organizations will be responsible for transportation to distribution points. Operations in RAAN and Gracias a Dios will require the use of airplanes, helicopters, canoes, fibreglass boats and river convoys, because of deficient road conditions.

63. The concentration of target populations in remote areas will require particularly high landside transport, storage and handling (LTSH) rates in Nicaragua, which will be reviewed periodically. These high costs are owing to the scarcity of extended delivery points, the lack of partners with logistics capacity, the use of multiple means of transport, and the current volatility of fuel prices.

64. This PRRO will take advantage of the proven cost-effectiveness of local and regional

purchases. No impact on local market prices was reported during implementation of the previous PRRO.

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8. PERFORMANCE MONITORING 65. To ensure a common results-based management (RBM) M&E system, a joint regional

monitoring plan matrix will be developed, in collaboration with country offices. This will facilitate the cross-fertilization of experiences, both among country offices and with the regional coordinators. The logical framework in Annex I will provide the basis for standardizing monitoring and aligning it to corporate performance indicators.

66. Common growth monitoring approaches, field interview and livelihood focus group discussion

techniques, household survey questionnaires and reporting formats will also be developed, including targeting and monitoring through nutritional and food security surveillance, and an early warning system based on sentinel sites. Collection and analysis of needs assessment, baseline and M&E data will take the socio-cultural dimensions of beneficiary groups into account. A reporting and performance review system will be established to ensure the timely tracking of outputs and outcomes and to inform decision-makers.

67. A mid-term PRRO evaluation will examine the extent to which this project contributes to

regional capacity-building efforts. The evaluation will also examine the improved capacity to respond to natural disasters and related food insecurity issues of local governments, partners, communities and households, and will help assess the sustainability of the intervention and its phase-out time frame. The evaluation findings, conclusions and recommendations will inform decision-making.

9. RISK ASSESSMENT AND CONTINGENCY PLAN 68. In areas that traditionally lack adequate technical and financial resources, non-food resources will be essential to allow adequate capacity-building activities and to complement FFT, FFA and supplementary feeding interventions. Community-level EPR efforts will be coordinated, to build synergies with the national-level activities planned under LACERN. LACERN’s tools and methodologies will contribute to achieving results under this PRRO.

10. SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS 69. High crime rates, including kidnappings, armed robbery, gang activities, carjacking and petty theft, are common in the region. Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador are currently at United Nations Security Phase 1, except for Ahuachapan and Sonsonate in El Salvador, which are at Phase 2. The isolation of most communities in the north Atlantic region of Nicaragua and Gracias a Dios in Honduras favours high rates of drug trafficking in coastal areas and banditry on secondary roads. 70. A recent Fast Information Technology and Telecommunications Emergency and Support Team (FITTEST) assessment in all four countries confirmed the risks of river and sea operations, outlining the need for minimum communication standards to ensure that country offices are compliant with minimum operating security standards (MOSS).

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11. RECOMMENDATION 71. The Executive Director is requested to approve the proposed Protracted Relief and Recovery

Operation for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

………………………… Date: ……………………………….

Josette Sheeran Executive Director

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ANNEX IA

WFP PROJECT COST BREAKDOWN

Quantity (mt)

Average cost per mt (US$)

Value (US$)

COSTS

A. Direct operational costs

Maize 24,156 264.34 6,385,521

Rice 4,572 441.91 2,020,427

Mixed and blended 12, 030 350.75 4,170,794

Pulses 3,455 642.83 2,214,387

Vegetable oil 2,273 936.67 2,124,674

…

…

…

…

Total commodities 46,486 16,915,803

External transport 2,555,313

Landside transport

ITSH

Total LTSH 5,097,146

Other direct operational costs 1,396,800

Total direct operational costs 25,964,982

B. Direct support costs (see Annex IIB for details) 4,132,231

C. Indirect support costs (7 percent of total direct costs) 2,106,805

TOTAL WFP COSTS 32,204 018

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ANNEX IB

DIRECT SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS (US dollars)

Staff

International professional staff 969,120

National professional officers 195,806

National general service staff 1,146,882

International consultants 74,000

National consultants 312,400

Temporary assistance 243,656

Overtime 20,000

Staff duty travel 318,840

Staff training and development 103,000

Subtotal 3,383,704

Office expenses and other recurrent costs

Rental of facility 122,376

Utilities (general) 42,250

Office supplies 58,776

Communication and IT services 78,987

Insurance 17,288

Equipment repair and maintenance 27,009

Vehicle maintenance and running cost 63,100

Other office expenses 60,600

United Nations Organizations Services 107,224

Subtotal 577,610

Equipment and other fixed costs

Furniture tools and equipment 35,050

Vehicles 52,800

TC/IT equipment 83,070

Subtotal 170,920

TOTAL DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS 4,132,234

Annex II: Logical Framework − Central American Regional PRRO 10444.0)

A. SO 2 Protect livelihoods in crisis situations and enhance resilience to shocksResults chain Performance indicators Risks, assumptions

Outcome1. Immediate food needs of the vulnerable

population affected by crisis situationsmet in a timely manner (relief).

1.1.1 Percentages of beneficiary household adult members consuming at least 2 mealsa day, and child members consuming at least 3 meals a day.1.1.2 Percentage of population identified as food-insecure, by EFSA/emergency needsassessment (ENA), receiving planned rations following a disaster.

2. Households’ resilience to recurrent orseasonal shocks enhanced throughdisaster mitigation activities (relief andrecovery).

2.1.1 Percentage of trained beneficiaries generating income from acquired skills.2.1.2 Percentage of beneficiary households selling at least 25 percent of theirproductive assets.2.1.3 User rate of constructed/rehabilitated physical disaster mitigation assets.2.1.4 Percentage of beneficiary households spending more than 70 percent of theirtotal expenditure on food.2.1.5 Percentage of beneficiary households consuming at least 5 food groups daily.

The recurrence of natural disasters duringthis PRRO could affect vulnerable targetareas, thus interrupting or even reversingsome of the gains attributable to PRROactivities.

Output1.1. Sufficient food quantity provided in atimely manner to the targeted vulnerablepopulation.

1.1.1 Beneficiaries receiving WFP relief food assistance as percentages of plannedbeneficiaries, by age group and gender.1.1.2 Food tonnages distributed through each activity, as percentages of planneddistributions, by commodity.

The PRRO will need adequate resourcesand commodities that are available ontime.

2.1 Human and physical assetscreated/maintained.

2.1.1 Numbers of dykes, barriers, water canals, wells and other disaster mitigationassets constructed or rehabilitated.2.1.2 Hectares of land reforested.2.1.3 Beneficiaries of EPR, productive or income-generation training/awarenesssessions, as percentages of planned beneficiaries, by gender.

Counterparts must have sufficient non-food items available in target zones forFFW, FFT, FFA activities.

B. SO 3 Support the improved nutrition and health status of children and pregnant and lactating women in target communities in crisissituations or vulnerable to shocks

Results chain Performance indicators Risks, assumptionsOutcome1. Deterioration of nutritional status to

pre-crisis levels prevented in targetedpopulation (recovery).

1.1.1 Prevalence of malnutrition among targeted children under 5, using weight-for-age,by gender.1.1.2 Prevalence of malnutrition among targeted women of childbearing age, using bodymass index.

2. Deterioration of anaemia levels to pre-crisis levels prevented in targetedpopulation (recovery).

2.1.1 Prevalence of anaemia among targeted pregnant and lactating women and children.

3. Access to complementary servicesfrom a basic health package increasedthrough supplementary feeding ofbeneficiaries (recovery).

3.1.1 Percentages of supplementary feeding beneficiaries provided with nutrition andhealth awareness sessions, growth monitoring, deworming tablets, vaccinations, vitaminA, folic acid and iron, by type of assistance and beneficiary category.3.1.2 Percentages of trained beneficiaries applying acquired health and nutrition.

Reduced prevalence of malnutritionand anaemia also depends on:1) behavioural changes bybeneficiaries, which are visible over alonger period;2) beneficiaries’ access to

complementary non-food health andnutrition services.

Output1.1 Food ration and basket provided totargeted children under 5 and pregnant andlactating women.

As Strategic Objective 2 output indicators 1.1.1 and 1.1.2.1.1.3 Tonnage of micronutrient-fortified food delivered through WFP-supportedinterventions, compared with tonnage of non-fortified food, by commodity.

Reduced prices of locally/regionallyproduced fortified blended foods allowlocal/regional purchases of largerquantities of these products.

1.2 Nutrition and health educationprovided to women of childbearing age.

1.2.1 Beneficiaries of educational activities, as percentages of planned beneficiaries. Health-related government and NGOs,including United Nations partners suchas UNICEF and the World HealthOrganization (WHO) must bemobilized in isolated areas.

C. SO 5 Strengthen the capacity of countries and regions to establish and manage food assistance and hunger reduction programmesResults chain Performance indicators Risks, assumptions

Outcome1. EPR capacity of communities,

households and partnersstrengthened to manage recurrentor seasonal shocks moreeffectively (recovery).

1.1 Percentage of trained beneficiaries applying acquired EPR skills.1.2 Percentage of constructed/rehabilitated disaster-mitigation assets that are properlymaintained.1.3 Percentage of beneficiary communities identified by operational nutrition and

surveillance system or EFSA.1.4 Percentage of beneficiary communities with reactivated (less than 1 year) contingencyplans.

WFP regional capacity-buildingprojects help to create the requiredmethodological and institutionalframework.

Output1.1 Capacity building carried out.1.2 Communities and health and NGOstaff trained in EPR, nutrition andhealth-related issues.1.3 Sentinel sites established inbeneficiary communities to monitorlivelihood and nutrition-relatedoutcome indicators.1.4 EFSA carried out.

1.1.1 Percentages of target communities, local institutions and NGOs benefiting fromcapacity-building activities, by type of activity.1.1.2 Numbers of communities and health and NGO staff members trained in EPR, nutritionand health-related issues, by type of training and gender.1.1.3 Number of sentinel sites established in beneficiary communities to monitor livelihoodand nutrition-related outcome indicators, including in this logical framework.1.1.4 Number of EFSAs carried out.

Government health and educationcounterparts must be sensitized to theneed to mobilize more resources totarget areas.

ANNEX III - Areas covered by the Central American PRRO

ACRONYMS used in the document

CEPREDENAC Coordination Centre for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America

CCI/SESAN Guatemala Centre for Information and Coordination COEN El Salvador National Emergency Committee CONRED Guatemala National Coordinator for Disaster Mitigation COPECO Honduras Emergency Preparedness and Response Agency CSB corn-soya blend DAA El Salvador Division of Food Assistance DSC direct support costs ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean EFSA Emergency Food Security Assessment EMOP emergency operation ENA emergency needs assessment EPR emergency preparedness and response FESAL Encuesta Nacional de Salud Familiar (National Survey of Family

Health) FFA food for assets FFT food for training FFW food for work FITTEST Fast Information Technology and Telecommunications Emergency and

Support Team GFD general food distribution IDB Inter-American Development Bank INDECA Guatemala National Institute for Agricultural Trade LACERN Latin America and Caribbean Emergency Response Network LTSH landside transport, storage and handling M&E monitoring and evaluation MFEWS Mesoamerican Famine Early-Warning System MOSS minimum operating security standards NGO non-governmental organization ODOC other direct operational costs PRRO protracted relief and recovery operation RAAN Northern Atlantic Autonomous Region RBM results-based management SINAPRED Nicaragua National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation System SNF El Salvador National Family Secretariat UNDAF United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund VAM vulnerability analysis and mapping WHO World Health Organization

Project Type: PRRORecipient Country: REGIONALProject Number: 10444.0Duration (months): 24Start Date: 01-Apr-2007End Date: 31-Mar-2009

Total US$

DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS (DOC) 25,964,982$

DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (DSC) 4,132,231$

TOTAL WFP DIRECT COSTS 30,097,213$

INDIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (ISC) 7% 2,106,805$

TOTAL WFP COSTS 32,204,018$

Cost Category Tonnage Value

Commodity Maize 24,156 6,385,522$Rice 4,572 2,020,427$Pulses 3,455 2,214,387$Mixed & Blended 12,030 4,170,794$Vegetable oil 2,273 2,124,674$

Total Commodities 46,486 16,915,803$

External Transport 2,555,233$

ITSHOverlandLTSH 5,097,146$

ODOC 1,396,800$

1/ This format should also be used for Project Budget Plan Revisions.2/ Please adapt your planning according to the Project Document (duration of the project).3/ This worksheet includes total amount for all years. 4/ In the case of a Regional PRRO, this includes total amounts per country for all years. Different sets of this format have to be filled in per country.5/ The ISC is indicated here to provide a picture of the overall WFP costs even though they are not Project Costs per se. The ISC rate may be amended by the Executive Board during the Project's life.

SUMMARY HONDURASProject Type: PRRORecipient Country: REGIONALProject Number: 10444.0Duration (months): 24Start Date: 01-Apr-2007End Date: 31-Mar-2009

Total US$


DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (DSC) 755,880$


INDIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (ISC) 7% 601,295$


Cost Category Tonnage ValueCommodity Maize 5,508 1,487,160$Rice 1,836 827,393$Pulses 1,124 802,698$Mixed & Blended 4,206 1,366,950$Vegetable oil 787 715,415$Total Commodities 13,462 5,199,617$

External Transport 739,961$


ODOC 418,400$

SUMMARY NICARAGUAProject Type: PRRORecipient Country: REGIONALProject Number: 10444.0Duration (months): 24Start Date: 01-Apr-2007End Date: 31-Mar-2009

Total US$






Cost Category Tonnage ValueCommodity Maize 4,680 1,263,600$Rice 1,560 648,804$Pulses 924 507,904$Mixed & Blended 3,408 1,131,047$Vegetable oil 638 579,476$Total Commodities 11,210 4,130,831$



ODOC 359,200$

SUMMARY EL SALVADORProject Type: PRRORecipient Country: REGIONALProject Number: 10444.0Duration (months): 24Start Date: 01-Apr-2007End Date: 31-Mar-2009

Total US$






Cost Category Tonnage ValueCommodity Maize 3,528 1,097,737$Rice 1,176 544,229$Pulses 710 452,241$Mixed & Blended 2,676 850,995$Vegetable oil 499 453,324$Total Commodities 8,590 3,398,525$


ITSHOverlandLTSH 941,850$

ODOC 269,600$

SUMMARY REGIONAL BUREAUProject Type: PRRORecipient Country: REGIONALProject Number: 10444.0Duration (months): 24Start Date: 01-Apr-2007End Date: 31-Mar-2009

Total US$

DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS (DOC) -$


TOTAL WFP DIRECT COSTS 949,592$



Cost Category Tonnage ValueCommodity

Total Commodities - -$

External Transport -$

ITSHOverlandLTSH -$

ODOC -$

SUMMARY GUATEMALAProject Type: PRRORecipient Country: REGIONALProject Number: 10444.0Duration (months): 24Start Date: 01-Apr-2007End Date: 31-Mar-2009

Total US$






Cost Category Tonnage ValueCommodity Maize 10,440 2,537,024$Rice - -$ Pulses 696 451,544$Mixed & Blended 1,740 821,802$Vegetable oil 348 376,459$Total Commodities 13,224 4,186,830$



ODOC 349,600$

SUMMARY OPERATION:OVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH

TOTAL

Cost per mt Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity ValueCommodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 355.16 24,156 5,309,086$ 20,160 1,076,436$ 3,996 6,385,522$Rice 355.16 4,572 1,592,285$ 3,600 428,142$ 972 2,020,427$Pulses 642.83 3,455 1,920,439$ 2,994 293,948$ 461 2,214,387$Mixed & Blended 350.75 12,030 3,768,913$ 10,878 401,881$ 1,152 4,170,794$Vegetable oil 935.67 2,273 1,909,168$ 2,042 215,506$ 230 2,124,674$

46,486 14,499,890$ 38,567 2,415,913$ 6,811 16,915,803$

Overall Rate

54.97 2,555,233$

542110 - Port Operations Costs 191,971$542120 - Landside Transport 1,085,305$542130 - Air Transport -$542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 844,100$542150 - EDP Operations Overall Rate 784,899$542160 - Distribution Costs ITSH - 2,055,277$542170 - Other LTSH Costs OVERLAND - 135,595$

Total LTSH 109.65 5,097,146$

DSC Overall Rate

Total DSC 88.89 4,132,231$

ODOC Overall Rate

Total ODOC 30.05 1,396,800$

LTSH

Component A RELIEF Component B RECOVERY

Total Commodities

Total External Transport

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SUMMARY HONDURAS:OVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH

TOTALCost per mt Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 270.00 5,508 1,166,400$ 4,320 320,760$ 1,188 1,487,160$Rice 450.65 1,836 648,936$ 1,440 178,457$ 396 827,393$Pulses 713.89 1,124 689,618$ 966 113,080$ 158 802,698$Mixed & Blended 325.00 4,206 1,238,250$ 3,810 128,700$ 396 1,366,950$Vegetable oil 908.81 787 643,437$ 708 71,978$ 79 715,415$

13,462 3,728,645$ 11,244 812,975$ 2,218 5,199,617$

Overall Rate54.97 739,961$

542110 - Port Operations Costs 55,592$542120 - Landside Transport 314,290$542130 - Air Transport -$542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 244,440$542150 - EDP Operations Overall Rate 227,296$542160 - Distribution Costs ITSH - 595,180$542170 - Other LTSH Costs OVERLAND - 39,266$Total LTSH 109.65 1,476,064$

DSC Overall RateTotal DSC 56.15 755,880$

ODOC Overall RateTotal ODOC 31.08 418,400$

Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A

SUMMARY NICARAGUA:OVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH


Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 270.00 4,680 972,000$ 3,600 291,600$ 1,080 1,263,600Rice 415.90 1,560 499,080$ 1,200 149,724$ 360 648,804Pulses 549.68 924 428,750$ 780 79,154$ 144 507,904Mixed & Blended 331.88 3,408 1,011,570$ 3,048 119,477$ 360 1,131,047Vegetable oil 907.70 638 514,121$ 566 65,354$ 72 579,476

11,210 3,425,522$ 9,194 705,309$ 2,016 4,130,831$





Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A

SUMMARY EL SALVADOR:OVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH


Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 311.15 3,528 896,112$ 2,880 201,625$ 648 1,097,737$Rice 462.78 1,176 444,269$ 960 99,960$ 216 544,229$Pulses 636.60 710 397,238$ 624 55,002$ 86 452,241$Mixed & Blended 318.01 2,676 782,305$ 2,460 68,690$ 216 850,995$Vegetable oil 908.10 499 414,094$ 456 39,230$ 43 453,324$

8,590 2,934,017$ 6,273 464,508$ 1,210 3,398,525$


542110 - Port Operations Costs 35,472$542120 - Landside Transport 200,542$542130 - Air Transport -$542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 155,973$542150 - EDP Operations Overall Rate 145,033$542160 - Distribution Costs ITSH - 379,774$542170 - Other LTSH Costs OVERLAND - 25,055$Total LTSH 109.65 941,850$



Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A

SUMMARY GUATEMALA:OVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH


Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 243.01 10,440 2,274,574$ 9,360.00 262,451$ 1,080.00 2,537,024$Rice - -$ - -$ - -$Pulses 648.77 696 404,832$ 624.00 46,711$ 72.00 451,544$Mixed & Blended 472.30 1,740 736,788$ 1,560.00 85,014$ 180.00 821,802$Vegetable oil 1,081.78 348 337,515$ 312.00 38,944$ 36.00 376,459$

13,224 3,753,709$ 11,856 433,120$ 1,368 4,186,830$





LTSH

Component A Component B

Total Commodities


SUMMARY YEAR 1 OPERATION:OVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH

Year 1 TOTAL

Cost per mt Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity ValueCommodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 350.00 8,555 2,469,600.00$ 7,056.00 524,475.00$ 1,498.50 2,994,075$Rice 350.00 1,625 441,000.00$ 1,260.00 127,575.00$ 364.50 568,575$Pulses - 1,221 -$ 1,047.90 -$ 172.80 -$Mixed & Blended - 4,239 -$ 3,807.30 -$ 432.00 -$Vegetable oil - 801 -$ 714.84 -$ 86.40 -$

16,440 2,910,600$ 13,886.04 652,050$ 2,554.20 3,562,650$

Annual Rate Year 1

54.97 647,396.45$

Year 1542110 - Port Operations Costs 67,893.12542120 - Landside Transport 383,832.22542130 - Air Transport -542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 298,527.02542150 - EDP Operations 277,589.65542160 - Distribution Costs 726,875.46542170 - Other LTSH Costs 47,954.85

Total LTSH 1,802,672$

DSC Annual Rate Year 1

Total DSC 85.01 1,397,622$

ODOC Annual Rate Year 1

Total ODOC 26.55 436,500$

LTSH


Total Commodities


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SUMMARY YEAR 1 HONDURASOVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH

Year 1 TOTALCost per mt Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 270.00 1,958 408,240.00$ 1,512.00 120,285.00$ 445.50 528,525$Rice 450.65 653 227,127.60$ 504.00 66,921.53$ 148.50 294,049$Pulses 713.89 398 241,366.21$ 338.10 42,405.07$ 59.40 283,771$Mixed & Blended 325.00 1,482 433,387.50$ 1,333.50 48,262.50$ 148.50 481,650$Vegetable oil 908.81 278 225,203.12$ 247.80 26,991.66$ 29.70 252,195$

4,767 1,535,324$ 3,935.40 304,866$ 831.60 1,840,190$

Annual Rate Year 154.97 262,033.73$

Year 1542110 - Port Operations Costs 19,686.24$542120 - Landside Transport 111,295.71$542130 - Air Transport -$542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 86,560.68$542150 - EDP Operations 80,489.69$542160 - Distribution Costs 210,764.28$542170 - Other LTSH Costs 13,904.95$Total LTSH 522,702$

DSC Annual Rate Year 1Total DSC 64.42 307,074$

ODOC Annual Rate Year 1Total ODOC 27.43 130,750$

Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A

SUMMARY YEAR 1 NICARAGUAOVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH



3,974 1,198,933$ 3,218.04 264,491$ 756.00 1,463,424$





Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A

SUMMARY YEAR 1 EL SALVADOROVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH


Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 311.15 1,251 313,639.20$ 1,008.00 75,609.45$ 243.00 389,249$Rice 462.78 417 155,494.08$ 336.00 37,485.18$ 81.00 192,979$Pulses 636.60 251 139,033.44$ 218.40 20,625.84$ 32.40 159,659$Mixed & Blended 318.01 942 273,806.61$ 861.00 25,758.81$ 81.00 299,565$Vegetable oil 908.10 176 144,932.76$ 159.60 14,711.22$ 16.20 159,644$

3,037 1,026,906$ 2,583.00 174,191$ 453.60 1,201,097$



DSC Annual Rate Year 1Total DSC 95.19 289,050


Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A

SUMMARY YEAR 1 GUATEMALAOVERALL COMMODITIES, EXTERNAL TRANSPORT AND LTSH


Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 243.01 3,681 796,100.76$ 3,276.00 98,419.05$ 405.00 894,520$Rice - -$ - -$ - -$Pulses 648.77 245 141,691.37$ 218.40 17,516.79$ 27.00 159,208$Mixed & Blended 472.30 614 257,875.80$ 546.00 31,880.25$ 67.50 289,756$Vegetable oil 1,081.78 123 118,130.38$ 109.20 14,604.03$ 13.50 132,734$

4,663 1,313,798$ 4,149.60 162,420$ 513.00 1,476,218$


Year 1542110 - Port Operations Costs 19,255.10$542120 - Landside Transport 108,858.27$542130 - Air Transport -$542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 84,664.95$542150 - EDP Operations 78,726.92$542160 - Distribution Costs 206,148.42$542170 - Other LTSH Costs 13,600.43$Total LTSH 109.7 511,254$



LTSH


Total Commodities



Year 2 TOTAL

Cost per mt Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity ValueCommodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 350.00 12,078 3,528,000.00$ 10,080.00 699,300.00$ 1,998.00 4,227,300$Rice 350.00 2,286 630,000.00$ 1,800.00 170,100.00$ 486.00 800,100$Pulses - 1,727 -$ 1,497.00 -$ 230.40 -$Mixed & Blended - 6,015 -$ 5,439.00 -$ 576.00 -$Vegetable oil - 1,136 -$ 1,021.20 -$ 115.20 -$

23,243 4,158,000$ 19,837.20 869,400$ 3,405.60 5,027,400$

Annual Rate Year 2

54.97 914,166.24$

Year 2542110 - Port Operations Costs 95,985.60542120 - Landside Transport 542,652.39542130 - Air Transport -542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 422,050.02542150 - EDP Operations 392,449.31542160 - Distribution Costs 1,027,638.33542170 - Other LTSH Costs 67,797.36

Total LTSH 2,548,573$

DSC Annual Rate Year 2

Total DSC 87.37 2,030,815$


Total ODOC 37.56 873,000$

LTSH


Total Commodities


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6,731 2,193,321$ 5,622.00 406,488$ 1,108.80 2,599,808$





Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A




5,605 1,712,761$ 4,597.20 352,655$ 1,008.00 2,065,416$





Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A




4,295 1,467,009$ 3,690.00 232,254$ 604.80 1,699,263$





Component B

Total Commodities


LTSH

Component A



Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 243.01 5,220 1,137,286.80$ 4,680.00 131,225.40$ 540.00 1,268,512$Rice - -$ - -$ - -$Pulses 648.77 348 202,416.24$ 312.00 23,355.72$ 36.00 225,772$Mixed & Blended 472.30 870 368,394.00$ 780.00 42,507.00$ 90.00 410,901$Vegetable oil 1,081.78 174 168,757.68$ 156.00 19,472.04$ 18.00 188,230$

6,612 1,876,855$ 5,928.00 216,560$ 684.00 2,093,415$





LTSH


Total Commodities



Year 3 TOTAL

Cost per mt Total Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity ValueCommodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 350.00 3,524 1,058,400.00$ 3,024.00 174,825.00$ 499.50 1,233,225$Rice 350.00 662 189,000.00$ 540.00 42,525.00$ 121.50 231,525$Pulses - 507 -$ 449.10 -$ 57.60 -$Mixed & Blended - 1,776 -$ 1,631.70 -$ 144.00 -$Vegetable oil - 335 -$ 306.36 -$ 28.80 -$

6,803 1,247,400$ 5,951.16 217,350$ 851.40 1,464,750$


Year 3542110 - Port Operations Costs 28,092.48542120 - Landside Transport 158,820.16542130 - Air Transport -542140 - Transhipment Point Costs 123,523.00542150 - EDP Operations 114,859.66542160 - Distribution Costs 300,762.88542170 - Other LTSH Costs 19,842.52

Total LTSH 745,901$



Total ODOC 12.83 87,300$

LTSH


Total Commodities




Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 270.00 797 174,960.00$ 648.00 40,095.00$ 148.50 215,055$Rice 450.65 266 97,340.40$ 216.00 22,307.18$ 49.50 119,648$Pulses 713.89 165 103,442.66$ 144.90 14,135.02$ 19.80 117,578$Mixed & Blended 325.00 621 185,737.50$ 571.50 16,087.50$ 49.50 201,825$Vegetable oil 908.81 116 96,515.62$ 106.20 8,997.22$ 9.90 105,513$

1,964 657,996$ 1,686.60 101,622$ 277.20 759,618$





LTSH


Total Commodities





1,631 513,828$ 1,379.16 88,164$ 252.00 601,992$





LTSH


Total Commodities





1,258 440,103$ 1,107.00 58,064$ 151.20 498,166$





LTSH


Total Commodities




Commodities (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$)Maize 243.01 1,539 341,186.04$ 1,404.00 32,806.35$ 135.00 373,992$Rice - -$ - -$ - -$Pulses 648.77 103 60,724.87$ 93.60 5,838.93$ 9.00 66,564$Mixed & Blended 472.30 257 110,518.20$ 234.00 10,626.75$ 22.50 121,145$Vegetable oil 1,081.78 51 50,627.30$ 46.80 4,868.01$ 4.50 55,495$

1,949 563,056$ 1,778.40 54,140$ 171.00 617,196$





LTSH


Total Commodities


N° of Work shops or weeks

MCH/EPR workshops per Community 500 USD per workshop 534

Weeks Nat. Consultant for workshops 500 USD per week N° of communities with Building Mats 230

Weeks UNV Coordinator workshops 500 USD per week N° of communities with TC/IT Equip. 192

Travel costs per workshops 250 USD per workshop 480

Temporary assistance per worshops 250 per week

Building Materials per community 1000 USD per comunity

TC-IT Equipment per community 250 USD per community

Health tools per post or community 500 USD per HP or Committee

EL SALVADOR

N° of Work shops/ weeks orcommunities/units (Yr2*50%) Cost N° of Work shops/ weeks or

communities/units Cost N° of Work shops/ weeks orcommunities/units (Yr2*10%) Cost N° of Work shops/ weeks or

communities/units Cost

MCH/EPR workshops in Communities 37 18,500 74 37,000 7 3,700 118 59,200Weeks Nat. Consultant for workshops 20 10,000 40 20,000 4 2,000 64 32,000Weeks UNV Coordinator workshops 25 12,500 50 25,000 5 2,500 80 40,000Travel costs per workshops 37 9,250 74 18,500 7 1,850 118 29,600Temporary assistance per worshops 37 9,250 74 18,500 7 1,850 118 29,600Building Materials for communities 10 10,000 20 20,000 2 2,000 32 32,000TC-IT Equipment per community 9 2,250 18 4,500 2 450 29 7,200Health tools per post or community 25 12,500 50 25,000 5 2,500 80 40,000TOTAL 84,250 168,500 16,850 269,600

NICARAGUA

N° of Work shops/ weeks orcommunities/units Cost N° of Work shops/ weeks or

communities/units Cost N° of Work shops/ weeks orcommunities/units Cost N° of Work shops/ weeks or


MCH/EPR workshops in Communities 45 22,500 90 45,000 9 4,500 144 72,000Weeks Nat. Consultant for workshops 30 15,000 60 30,000 6 3,000 96 48,000Weeks UNV Coordinator workshops 30 15,000 60 30,000 6 3,000 96 48,000Travel costs per workshops 45 11,250 90 22,500 9 2,250 144 36,000Temporary assistance per worshops 45 11,250 90 22,500 9 2,250 144 36,000Building Materials per community 16 16,000 32 32,000 3 3,200 51 51,200TC-IT Equipment per community 15 3,750 30 7,500 3 750 48 12,000Health tools per post or community 35 17,500 70 35,000 7 3,500 112 56,000TOTAL 112,250 224,500 22,450 359,200

ODOC: COST ESTIMATES AND EXPENDITURE PER COUNTRY, YEAR AND ACTIVITY

YEAR 1 (1Apr07 to 31Dec07) YEAR 2 (1Jan08 to 31Dec08) TOTAL

N° EPR/Health Workshops

N° of communities with Health Tools.

YEAR 3 (1Jan09 to 31Mar09)

YEAR 1 (1Apr07 to 31Dec07) YEAR 2 (1Jan08 to 31Dec08) TOTALYEAR 3 (1Jan09 to 31Mar09)

HONDURAS




MCH/EPR workshops in Communities 45 22,500 90 45,000 9 4,500 144 72,000Weeks Nat. Consultant for workshops 30 15,000 60 30,000 6 3,000 96 48,000Weeks UNV Coordinator workshops 30 15,000 60 30,000 6 3,000 96 48,000

Travel costs per workshops 40 10,000 80 20,000 8 2,000 128 32,000Temporary assistance per worshops 40 10,000 80 20,000 8 2,000 128 32,000Building Materials per community 28 28,000 56 56,000 6 5,600 90 89,600TC-IT Equipment per community 21 5,250 42 10,500 4 1,050 67 16,800Health tools per post or community 50 25,000 100 50,000 10 5,000 160 80,000TOTAL 130,750 261,500 26,150 418,400

GUATEMALA




MCH/EPR workshops in Communities 40 20,000 80 40,000 8 4,000 128 64,000Weeks Nat. Consultant for workshops 25 12,500 50 25,000 5 2,500 80 40,000Weeks UNV Coordinator workshops 30 15,000 60 30,000 6 3,000 96 48,000Travel costs per workshops 40 10,000 80 20,000 8 2,000 128 32,000Temporary assistance per worshops 40 10,000 80 20,000 8 2,000 128 32,000Building Materials per community 18 18,000 36 36,000 4 3,600 58 57,600TC-IT Equipment per community 15 3,750 30 7,500 3 750 48 12,000Health tools per post or community 40 20,000 80 40,000 8 4,000 128 64,000TOTAL 109,250 218,500 21,850 349,600

YEAR 3 (1Jan09 to 31Mar09)YEAR 1 (1Apr07 to 31Dec07) YEAR 2 (1Jan08 to 31Dec08) TOTAL

YEAR 1 (1Apr07 to 31Dec07) YEAR 2 (1Jan08 to 31Dec08) TOTALYEAR 3 (1Jan09 to 31Mar09)

RATIONS, COMMODITIES AND BENEFICIARIES PER ACTIVITY AND COUNTRY

FFA/FFW

6-59 months P/L womenMaize 0 0 300 300Rice 0 0 100 100Pulses 25 0 40 40Corn Soya Blend (CSB) 100 150 100 100Vegetable oil 20 20 20 20Number of days 120 180 120 90

First year (9 mths)

Second year (12 mths)

Third year (3 mths)

TOTAL Food MT

First year (9 mths)

Second year (12 mths)

Third year (3 mths)

Benefs Benefs Benefs MT MT MTHONDURAS 114,500 162,000 47,500 13,462 4,767 6,731 1,964 29%Suppl. Feeding ( children 6-59 months) 45,500 65,000 19,500 2,262 792 1,131 339

Pregnant and lactating women 10,500 15,000 4,500 918 321 459 138

Food for Assets and Food for Training 42,000 60,000 18,000 8,064 2,822 4,032 1,210

Relief (GFD and FFW) 16,500 22,000 5,500 2,218 832 1,109 277

NICARAGUA 93,400 132,000 38,600 11,210 3,974 5,605 1,631 24%Suppl. Feeding (children 6-59 months) 35,000 50,000 15,000 1,740 609 870 261


Food for Assets and Food for Training 35,000 50,000 15,000 6,720 2,352 3,360 1,008

Relief (GFD and FFW) 15,000 20,000 5,000 2,016 756 1,008 252

EL SALVADOR 72,000 102,000 30,000 8,590 3,037 4,295 1,258 18%Suppl. Feeding ( children 6-59 months) 28,000 40,000 12,000 1,392 487 696 209


Food for Assets and Food for Training 28,000 40,000 12,000 5,376 1,882 2,688 806

Relief (GFD and FFW) 9,000 12,000 3,000 1,210 454 605 151

GUATEMALA 53,000 75,000 22,000 13,224 4,663 6,612 1,949 28%Suppl. Feeding ( children 6-59 months) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pregnant and lactating women 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Food for Assets and Food for Training 45,500 65,000 19,500 11,856 4,150 5,928 1,778

Relief (GFD and FFW) 7,500 10,000 2,500 1,368 513 684 171

TOTAL FOR 4 COUNTRIES 332,900 471,000 138,100 46,486 16,440 23,243 6,803

Suppl. Feeding (children 6-59 months) 108,500 155,000 46,500 5,394 1,888 2,697 809

Pregnant and lactating women 25,900 37,000 11,100 2,264 793 1,132 340

Food for Assets and Food for Training 150,500 215,000 64,500 32,016 11,206 16,008 4,802Relief (GFD and FFW) 48,000 64,000 16,000 6,811 2,554 3,406 851

35% 50% 15%

COMPONENT A (RECOVERY) FFA/T and SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING First year Second year Third year TOTAL RECOVERY : 85%Total 13,886 19,837 5,951 39,674Maize 7,056 10,080 3,024 20,160

Rice 1,260 1,800 540 3,600

Pulses 1,048 1,497 449 2,994

CSB 3,807 5,439 1,632 10,878

Vegetable oil 715 1,021 306 2,042

COMPONENT B (RELIEF) FFT and GFD First year Second year Third year TOTAL RELIEF 15%Total 2,554 3,406 851 6,811Maize 1,499 1,998 500 3,996

Rice 365 486 122 972

Pulses 173 230 58 461

CSB 432 576 144 1,152

Vegetable oil 86 115 29 230

HONDURAS MT COMMODITIES PER YEAR

MT and COMMODITIES PER COMPONENT PER YEAR

GFD (relief)

BENEFICIARIES PER COUNTRY, ACTIVITY AND YEAR

COMMODITIES IN RATIONS Supplementary Feeding

SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING Children under 5 First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 792 1,131 339 2,262Maize 0 0 0 0Rice 0 0 0 0Pulses 136.5 195 58.5 390CSB 546 780 234 1,560Vegetable oil 109.2 156 46.8 312

SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING Pregnant and Lactating women First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 321 459 138 918Maize 0 0 0 0

Rice 0 0 0 0Pulses 0 0 0 0CSB 283.5 405 121.5 810Vegetable oil 37.8 54 16.2 108

FOOD FOR ASSETS/TRAINING First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 2,822 4,032 1,210 8,064Maize 1512 2160 648 4,320

Rice 504 720 216 1,440Pulses 201.6 288 86.4 576CSB 504 720 216 1,440Vegetable oil 100.8 144 43.2 288

RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 832 1,109 277 2,218Maize 445.5 594 148.5 1,188

Rice 148.5 198 49.5 396Pulses 59.4 79.2 19.8 158CSB 148.5 198 49.5 396Vegetable oil 29.7 39.6 9.9 79

NICARAGUA MT COMMODITIES PER YEAR

SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING Children under 5 First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 609 870 261 1,740Maize 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Rice 0.0 0.0 0.0 0Pulses 105.0 150.0 45.0 300CSB 420.0 600.0 180.0 1,200Vegetable oil 84.0 120.0 36.0 240

SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING Pregnant and Lactating women First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 257.0 367.2 110.2 734Maize 0.0 0.0 0.0 0Rice 0.0 0.0 0.0 0Pulses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0CSB 226.8 324.0 97.2 648Vegetable oil 30.2 43.2 13.0 86

FOOD FOR ASSETS/TRAINING First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 2352.0 3360.0 1008.0 6,720Maize 1260.0 1800.0 540.0 3,600Rice 420.0 600.0 180.0 1,200Pulses 168.0 240.0 72.0 480CSB 420.0 600.0 180.0 1,200Vegetable oil 84.0 120.0 36.0 240

RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 756 1,008 252 2,016Maize 405 540 135 1,080Rice 135 180 45 360Pulses 54 72 18 144CSB 135 180 45 360Vegetable oil 27 36 9 72

SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING Children under 5 First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 487.2 696.0 208.8 1,392Maize 0.0 0.0 0.0 0Rice 0.0 0.0 0.0 0Pulses 84.0 120.0 36.0 240CSB 336.0 480.0 144.0 960Vegetable oil 67.2 96.0 28.8 192

SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING Pregnant and Lactating women First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 214.2 306.0 91.8 612Maize 0.0 0.0 0.0 0

Rice 0.0 0.0 0.0 0Pulses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0CSB 189.0 270.0 81.0 540Vegetable oil 25.2 36.0 10.8 72

FOOD FOR ASSETS/TRAINING First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 1881.6 2688.0 806.4 5,376Maize 1008.0 1440.0 432.0 2,880


RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 453.6 604.8 151.2 1,210Maize 243.0 324.0 81.0 648


FOOD FOR ASSETS/TRAINING First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 4149.6 5928.0 1778.4 11,856Maize 3276.0 4680.0 1404.0 9,360Rice 0.0 0.0 0Pulses 218.4 312.0 93.6 624CSB 546.0 780.0 234.0 1,560Vegetable oil 109.2 156.0 46.8 312

RELIEF DISTRIBUTIONS First year Second year Third year TOTALTotal 513.0 684.0 171.0 1,368Maize 405.0 540.0 135.0 1,080Rice 0.0 0.0 0.0 0Pulses 27.0 36.0 9.0 72CSB 67.5 90.0 22.5 180Vegetable oil 13.5 18.0 4.5 36

GUATEMALA MT COMMODITIES PER YEAR

EL SALVADOR MT COMMODITIES PER YEAR

printed: 14-Aug-07

Commodities:Project Number: External Transport:Project Title: LTSH:

Recipient Country: Direct Support Costs:Project Type: ODOC

Indirect Support Costs: Total:

Country Type Unit (USD/mt) Total (USD)

Maize USA International 180.00 627,300.00Maize Guatemala/Honduras/ArgentinaRegional 330.00 2,732,400.00Maize In-country Local 270.00 3,156,300.00Rice USA International 395.00 942,075.00Rice Guatemala/Honduras/ArgentinaRegional 550.00 748,000.00Rice In-country Local 500.00Rice USA International 350.00 189,000.00

292.4094392 8395075

CSB USA International 290.00 1,046,900.00CSB Argentina/Mexico Regional 330.00 1,102,200.00CSB Europe International 350.00 1,347,500.00CSB In-country Local 550.00 671,000.00

0.00346.72 4,167,600.00

Beans USA International 665.00 758,100.00Beans Honduras, Guatemala Regional 870.00 165,300.00Beans In-country Local 750.00 742,500.00Beans, YSP Canada International 500.00 575,000.00

0.00645.79 2,240,900.00

Vegoil USA International 997.00 689,924.00Vegoil Argentina/Mexico Regional 870.00 1,174,500.00Vegoil In-country Local 1,120.00 273,280.00

0.000.00

935.13 2,137,704.00

0.000.000.000.000.000.00

0.000.000.000.000.000.00

Clearances (Commodities):

Programme Officer (ODMP) Procurement (ODTP)

Chief, ODMP

Various P 970.000

USA I 3,610.000

Various P 540.000

USA I 2,385.000Various P 1,360.000

TOTAL :46,486.000

3,850.000

Various P 8,280.000

28,710.000

Various P 11,690.000

0.000Subtotal

MISCELLANEOUS:

0.000Subtotal

DAIRY PRODUCTS:

2,286.000Subtotal

Various P 244.000Various P 1,350.000

OILS AND FATS:USA I 692.000

3,470.000Subtotal

Various P 990.000Various P 1,150.000

12,020.000Subtotal

Various P 190.000

PULSES AND VEGETABLES:USA I 1,140.000

Various P 1,220.000

CEREALS:USA I 3,485.000

0.000.00

Commodity Potential Donor (I)n-kind/(P)urchaseCommodity Origin

Quantity (mt)Value

Nicaragua / Honduras/ El Salvador/ Guatimala

PRRO

16,941,279.0010444.0 2,555,254.83PRRO 0.00

PROJECT BUDGET ESTIMATE

Direct Operational Costs

Project Details: Cost Summary (USD):

364.44 16,941,279.00

Notes:

Subtotal

MIXED AND BLENDED FOOD:

Various PVarious P 3,340.000

Project: Printed: 14-Aug-07

Type (USD)CEREALS:Maize USA International 167.73 3 1.75 172.48 601,105.52Maize Guatemala/Honduras/ArgentinRegional 0 1.65 1.65 13,662.00Maize In-country Local 0 - - -Rice USA International 158.69 3 2.78 164.47 392,269.18Rice Guatemala/Honduras/ArgentinRegional 2.75 2.75 3,740.00Rice In-country Local 0 - - -Rice USA International 158.69 3 2.56 164.25 88,694.16MIXED AND BLENDED FOOD: - - -CSB International 163.16 3 0.83 166.99 602,836.79CSB Regional 0 1.65 1.65 5,511.00CSB International 92.22 3 1.93 97.15 374,012.49CSB Local 0 - - -

0 0 0 - - -PULSES AND VEGETABLES: - - -Beans International 164.77 3 0.84 168.61 192,214.09Beans Regional 0 4.35 4.35 826.50Beans Local 0 - - -Beans, YSP International 136.85 3 0.70 140.55 161,631.64OILS AND FATS: - - -Vegoil International 154.98 3 5.14 163.12 112,878.97Vegoil Regional 4.35 4.35 5,872.50Vegoil Local 0 - - -DAIRY PRODUCTS: - - -

0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -

MISCELLANEOUS: - - -0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -0 0 0 - - -

2,555,254.83

As we have been pressed by the RB to insert the budget into WINGS we are now using this rate for the budget without awating the answer from the RB whether the regio 54.97

Clearances (LTSH): Clearances (External Transport):

Chief, ODTL Shipping Officer (ODTS)

Chief, ODTF Chief, ODTS (Chief, ODTL for Non -Ocean)

Various P 11,690.000

46,486.000Total Quantity:

0 0.0000 0 0

ITSH Portion:

Various P 970.000

0 0 0 0.0000 0

0.0000 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0.000

0 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0.0000 0 0 0.000

Various P In-country 244.000Various P Argentina/Mexico 1,350.000

Various P Canada 1,150.000Various P In-country 990.000Various P Honduras, Guatemala 190.000USA I USA 1,140.000

0 0 0 0.000Various P In-country 1,220.000Various P Europe 3,850.000Various P Argentina/Mexico 3,340.000

Various P 540.000

USA I USA 3,610.000

USA I 2,385.000Various P 1,360.000

USA I 3,485.000Various P 8,280.000

Commodity Origin Quantity (mt)Costs Elements (USD/mt)

Grand TotalOcean Freight Rate Fixed Ancillary Costs Insurance TotalCountry

External Transport and LTSH

Commodity Potential Donor (I)n-kind/(P)urchase

USA I USA 692.000

Total External Transport Budget:

External Transport Rate (USD/mt):

LTSH Rate (USD/mt):Overland portion:

ODP RB DSC REQUIREMENTS FOR COORDINATION AND OVERSIGHT (PRRO 10444.0)UNIT REQUEST JUSTIFICATION COST PER 12

months (USD)Associated admin costs for each 12 months (computers, utilities, etc)

TOTAL COST (USD) 24 months

FINANCE/ADMIN

$9,000 $2,250

$7,000

$9,000 $2,250

$14,400 $2,250

$12,600 $4,500

$2,500

PUBLIC INFO/ RES MOB

$25,000 2,500 $55,000

$20,000 $4,500

$7,000$12,000$10,000

$119,400 $18,000 $274,800

TOTAL $143,500 $40,750 $607,300

24,292$

TOTAL 631,592$

% of TOTAL DSC BUDGET 15%

International P-3 (capacity building in emergency preparedness, overall coordination)

OVERALL CO-ORDINATION

$36,500

$55,800

PROGRAM/ VAM

LOGISTICS GS4 (LTSH) (indicative staff time share @ 50% of one GS):Following the delegation of LTSH allotment by ODTF, all LTSH related actions and management of the regional projects will now be performed by the RBs (previously performed by ODTF).to the Reg. PRRO. This would include alloting LTSH and coordination with COs to make sure LTSH is used properly. Ias well as other LTSH related tasks such as review/clearance of all other CO LTSH budgetsGS4 staff (COMPAS) (indicative staff time share @ 80% of one GS): Supervision, analysis and follow up of CO data entry and providing support to COs on various technical matters. Analysis and follow up of all other COs' data (RB's core function)

PROCUREM

Support establishment of common M&E system, EFSA and baseline, through consultancies

Evaluation Mid-term (once only)Travel (Regional programme management support to CO)

HR GS4 (HR) (indicative staff time share @ 50% of one GS): to carry out usual HR functions, as relate to the PRRO (hiring, PACE, leave plan,

t )Travel cost (either for HR staff to travel to COs or for CO HR staff to travel to the RB for training and support purposes)

Training (Following expenditures are expected to be carried out during the first year)

GS4 staff (indicative staff time share @70% of one GS)

NB: 34% of operational commodities will be purchased locally regionaly (RB procurement support will cost only 1.6 % of total procured value). NFIs are expected to be procured locally

Travel : 3 times per year 2 days visiting suppliers local DSA only and 1 Trip to each CO duration 3 working days

UN Organisations Services (DSS 4% of DSC)

$51,200

Support to establish visibility and advocacy campaign oriented to generate resources (cost per country $8,000 )

Travel (Consultants)

$107,000

$27,000$4,500$9,000GS4 (Fin-Admin) (indicative staff time share @ 50% of one GS)(1) making the sub-allotments of ODOC and DSC to COs on receipt of commodity contributions

1) General Procurement Quality Assurance (3 days; 8 people, 2 days; 10 people). 2) WINGS refreshment for NIC, HON ( trainer, 3 days each)

$6,000

(2) conducting overall budgetary monitoring for the whole of the Reg project (all cost elements), including LTSH (with the help of our ODP Logs colleagues), ODOC and DSC

Budget # Budget line Total Yr1 Yr2 Yr3

611111 to 225International Professional Staff 238,800$ 89,550$ 119,400$ 29,850$

612100 National Professional Officers -$ -$ -$ -$ 612200 National GS Staff 108,000$ 40,500$ 54,000$ 13,500$

613100 Temporary Assistance

613200 Overtime (in USD only)

613300 Incentives

621000 International Consultants 74,000$ 27,750$ 37,000$ 9,250$

621100 National Consultants $50,000 18,750$ 25,000$ 6,250$

622000 UNVs

631000 Staff Duty Travel $43,000 16,125$ 21,500$ 5,375$641000 Staff Training and Development 12,000$ 4,500$ 6,000$ 1,500$

Subtotal $525,800 197,175$ 262,900$ 65,725$

751000 Rental of Facility 20,375$ 7,641$ 10,188$ 2,547$

752000 Utilities General

753000 Office Supplies 20,375$ 7,641$ 10,188$ 2,547$754000 Communications and IT Services 10,188$ 3,820$ 5,094$ 1,273$755000 Insurance

756000 Equipment Repair and Maintenance 10,188$ 3,820$ 5,094$ 1,273$

757000 Vehicle Maintenance and Running Cost

758000 Other Office Expenses

782000 UN Organisations Services (DSS 4% of DSC) 24,292$ 9,110$ 12,146$ 3,037$

Subtotal 85,417$ 32,031$ 42,709$ 10,677$

761000 Vehicles

762000 TC/IT Equipment, 20,375$ 7,641$ 10,188$ 2,547$763000 Furniture, Tools and Equipment

761000 3 motorbykes

Subtotal 20,375$ 7,641$ 10,188$ 2,547$

TOTAL DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS 631,592$ 236,847$ 315,796$ 78,949$38% 50% 13%

Equipment & Capital Costs

Recurring Expenses

PRRO 10444.0 Budget Plan ExplanationsI. Plan Overview

This budget is prepared based on the analysis of critical requirements and has been formulated with the objective of including only essential staffing, recurring expenses, and equipment costs. Major expenses relate to monitoring, targeting, and capacity building arein line with the PRRO strategy which emphasizes the importance of strengthening government capacity for effective implementation of the PRRO.

The PRRO 10444.0 relief component (GFD and FFW) will distribute approximately 15% of the commodities of this operation, whereascomponent (FFA/FFT, capacity-building in emergency preparedness & response and supplementary feeding) will distribute the other the recovery will distribute the other 85%. Distributions by relief activities have been planned with an equivalent tonnage/beneficiaries during the 24 months of operations, whereas recovery activities will distribute during Year one, 35% of assigned commodities, Year two, 50% and Year three 15%.This is in recognition that operational activities will be phased out during the second half of theoperation, while emergency preparedness and community response capacity will improve over time, thus increasingly mitigating the effects of recurrent shocks/disasters (please refer to the Beneficiary, Rations and Commodities Calculation Sheet for details).The overall tonnage distribution is 29% for Honduras, 28 for Guatemala, 24 for Nicaragua, 18 for El Salvador.

The allocation of the DSC portion of the budget for the RB has been separated from DSC allocations to respective COs. The RB will retain part of allotted contributions (see below), while releasing the remaining part to COs on a pre-established and consensualfair share basis. This portion of the DSC will be used to provide regional PRRO oversight, coordination and technical support (includingone project coordinator -actual physical location to be determined- and 3 RB GS staff) to COs (see RB DSC Calculations for details).

II. Direct Operational Costs

Commodity requirements and costs: food rations are based on the necessary micro and macro- nutrients required for the food and nutrition security of the beneficiaries. Without compromising the nutritional content of rations, low cost-commodities comprise the food

(please refer to the Beneficiary, Rations and Commodities Calculation Sheet). Prices of commodities and the external transport rate have been calculated on the assumption that half the commodities will be purchased through cash contributions, while the other half will be in-kind (please refer to Commodity Prices and external Transport sheets prepared by ODTF for additional details). As a result, the overall external transport rate per ton has been established at 54,97.

The total commodity cost represents about 58% of the total WFP direct costs, with significant variations by countryThe particularly high operational costs associated to Nicaragua are the result of significant needs in terms of LTSH,with a rate more than twice the regional average, due to logistical constraints in its main target area of operation (RAAN)The average LTSH rate per MT is USD109,65 (see LTSH Matrix as well as Logistics section in Project Document).

Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Guatemala TOTAL*Commodities MT 13,462 11,210 8,590 13,224 46,486 Commodity costs USD millions 5,199,617 4,130,831 3,398,525 4,186,830 16,915,803 WFP Direct costs USD millions 8,589,922 7,071,667 6,015,490 7,470,542 30,097,213 % of costs of Commodities over WFP Direct Costs 61% 58% 56% 56% 56%

ODOC costs; These have been established at just over 5% of DOC (recommended for LIFCD: 3%), considering the high focus on capacitybuilding through training sessions in emergency preparedness and response of communities to mitigate the effects of recurrent disasters.Most training sessions will be conducted at the community/local level (some 530 EPR and MCH related workshops and training sessions),as well as the purchase of health related materials and equipment for 480 communities, building material for 230 and telecomunication material for 190 communities (FFW activities and EPR, radio sets). In order to coordinate and support capacity building and NFI distribution,national consultants, temporary assistance and UNVs have also been budgeted for, as well as participant related travel costs. ODOC timelyfund availability and specific requirements will be determinant in deciding on the actual number to be hired (refer to ODOC Calculations Sheet).The average ODOC rate per MT is USD30,05.

Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Guatemala TOTALODOC USD TOTAL 418,400 359,200 269,600 349,600 1,396,800ODOC as % of DOC 5.3% 5.7% 5.3% 5.2% 5.4%

III. Direct Support CostsTotal DSC costs have been mantained at 13% of DOC, of which 19% will be used by the RB, in order to allow for the overall regionalcoordination and specific technical assistance (support staff and consultancies) and other services (admin, HR, finance, procurement,public information, resource mobilisation, Compass and LTSH. Refer to Regional Bureau Costs Calculation Sheet for details).The average DSC rate per MT is USD72,75.

Honduras Nicaragua El Salvador Guatemala Reg. Bureau TOTAL*DSC USD TOTAL 755,880 736,199 933,360 757,200 949,592 4,132,231DSC as % of DOC 9.6% 11.6% 18.4% 11.3% 3.7% 16%* For COs % based on DOC per country, for TOTAL and RB % based on DOC of operation

Two international staff will work out of the regional office- one to provide overall coordiantion and the other to act as the key technical supporton supply chain managment coordinating three areas - procurement, logistics and distributionThere will be one international staff based on El Salvador responsible for integrating ongoing EPR initiatives (early warning, sub-regionalhub, etc.) into the operational part of the PRRO. He/She will also support the regional coordiantor in implemenation of the PRRO. National staff for each country and the RB are mentioned with their post names in respective sheets.

The PRRO will be operational in isolated areas. Staff duty travel represents essential implementation support to monitor food delivery anddistribution, progress towards achieving results (outcome and output), as well as community based numerous capacity building activities.The remoteness of most intervention areas (for example the RAAN in Nicaragua), requires extensive and costly monitoring coverage.Equipment for communications has been included to optimize staff safety, as well as pick up trucks and motorcycles.Furthermore, as requested during the previous PRC meeting, 4% of DSC for DSS was added under DSC. Should this be funded fromthe General Fund (e.g. ISC or others), the savings will be transferred to other most needed expenditures, normally covered by DSC.

IV. Overall Budget Justification

The budget has been discussed among the four Central American Country Offices and the Regional Bureau, including minimal expendituresfor effective project implementation. Also, recommendations from both ODP RB audit and PRRO 10212.0 evaluation have been taken into account,resulting in increased overall costs, in particular funds for the strengthening of RB coordination and technical assistance to COs. Theseexpenditures cannot be met through any alternative funding sources. These minimal budget levels will enable WFP to provide capacity building andrelief assistance to effectively reach those affected, with relevant and timely interventions.

basket, excluding commodities, such as canned fish and biscuits. The commodity package is standard across the three countries.

* Total Direct costs include DSC allocated to Regional Bureau.

However, due to cultural preferences and cost effectiveness considerations Guatemala will distribute only one cereal; maize

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