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Significant Events
July
On 15 July, the 2003 National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment was launched across the country.
August
On 19 August, the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan celebrated Independence Day.
On 20 August, the Ministry of Communications and WFP signed a Letter of Agreement to enhance the countrys
communications network.
September
On 2 4 September, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and WFP organized the first quarterly
workshop to review the implementation of WFPs Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation.
THIRD QUARTER 2003
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July - September 2003
3
Government / WFP
Agreements
Consultative Groups
The Consultative Group (CG) process was
initiated in January 2003, to ensure a fully
transparent and participatory process led by
the Government in which different
stakeholders interact and assist in the
countrys reconstruction. On 27 August, the
Government organized a workshop to
discuss the effectiveness of the CG process
and how it could be improved.
In preparation for the review of the CG
process, a series of CG meetings took place
to undertake a mid-year assessment of the
financing and implementation status of
programmes in the 2003 National
Development Budget.
Among the salient points of discussion at
the CG meetings were:
Returnees and IDPs: considering theslower rate of return in the first half of
2003, the estimated number of returnees
was revised downwards from 1,010,000
to 810,000.
Health and nutrition: in August 2003,
the Ministry of Health, UNICEF and
WFP endorsed a phase out strategy for
the emergency supplementary feeding
programme, considered a short-term
intervention for high-risk groups withdeteriorating nutritional conditions.
Education and training: in August 2003,
it was agreed at the CG that a Grant
Management Unit be established in the
Ministry of Education to coordinate
donor activities and funding.
The various CG meetings reviewed and
acknowledged WFPs integral role in the
reconstruction of the country, particularlyin the areas of education and training, health
and nutrition, refugees and IDPs, and
Government capacity building.
Establishment of GovernmentCommunication Centers
The Ministry of Communications and WFP
signed an agreement on 20 August 2003 onre-establishing communication centers in
all provincial capitals to help improve
communication between government
departments. WFP will assist the Ministry
in implementing the project, by providing
some of the necessary equipment and
technical expertise. Two WFP staff will be
seconded to the Ministry.
Disarmament, Demobilization and
Reintegration
Afghanistans New Beginnings Programme
(ANBP) and WFP signed an agreement on
Disarmament, Demobilization and
Reintegration on 10 September 2003.
WFP will assist 100,000 soldiers and officers
who choose to re-enter civilian life with a
one-time food package of wheat, pulses, oil
and iodized salt. ANBP, responsible for the
implementation of the programme, willensure that all disarmed and demobilized
combatants sign a code of conduct,
renouncing the use of coercive force or arms.
Government Collaboration
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Government Collaboration
Quarterly Report
Capacity Development
Due to the scope and diversity of its activities, WFP is uniquely positioned to contribute
to the overall capacity development of ministry counterparts, implementing partners and
its own staff.
Capacity development activities include secondment of WFP staff to ministries, technical
assistance and training in key competencies such as food security and vulnerability
assessments, implementation of joint programmes, as well as assistance in refurbishing
necessary physical infrastructure. Activities are implemented at both national and provincial
levels.
The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitationand Development
Building on the achievements of phase one
(October 2002 April 2003), a project
agreement for a second phase of capacity
development at the Ministry of Rural
Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD)
was signed on 14 August 2003.
Phase two, implemented from September
2003 to June 2004, aims at building the
capacity of provincial RRD staff in key
competencies such as food security and
vulnerability assessment, project
management, monitoring and evaluation,
English language and basic computer skills.
Provincial RRD departments will
furthermore be supplied with computers,
printers and other office equipment. Foursenior MRRD staff in Kabul province have
already completed a two-week training
session.
A pastoralist advisor, seconded by WFP to
MRRD since October 2002, continued to
provide the Ministry with technical inputs
on pastoralism, to assist the Ministry in
developing a strategic framework on
appropriate programming to address thespecial needs of pastoralists, as well as to
further develop the capacities of Ministry
staff.
The Ministry of Education
During the quarter, the programme
coordination unit in the Ministry of
Education:
prepared action plans for the gradual
handover of the implementation of the
food for education programme;
installed ARGOS
1
devices and trainedteachers on how to operate them; and
as part of the deworming programme,
procured necessary drugs and produced
training and education materials in close
collaboration with the Ministries of
Education and Health and WHO.
1 The ARGOS device is a solid box, resistant to climate and shocks, with
a screen and a keypad interface through which data can be transmitted
via satellite to a central computer.
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Government Collaboration
Training Sessions
Training of Womens NGO Programme Officers
Participatory Rural Appraisal Training
Food for Education Review Workshop
Food & Nutrition Training
Gender Baseline Survey Review
Gender Awareness TrainingSecurity Awareness Training
Warehouse Management Training
Advocacy and Media Workshop
Training of Security Trainers
Grand Total
Trainees TotalGovernmen t NGOs WFP
-
12
8
18
-
--
46
-
-
84
10
2
-
14
-
--
2
-
-
28
-
17
23
41
12
5769
2
7
5
227
10
31
31
73
12
5769
50
7
5
339
On 24 August, the WFP Kabul area office launched a training session for women programme officersselected from NGOs run by women.
The training, which lasted one month, was the first of its kind for WFP in Afghanistan. It aimed atbuilding the capacity of women NGOs to formulate and implement projects that contribute towardenhancing livelihoods through food aid interventions.
The training provided opportunities for the programme officers to learn about project assessment, design
and implementation, as well as accountability, monitoring and reporting. Theoretical training sessionswere followed by visits to project sites and discussions with WFP field staff. At the end of the course,trainees were able to translate ideas collected from discussions with beneficiaries and local authoritiesinto concrete project proposals.
Training of NGO Wom en Programme Officers
Training Sessions
The following table summarizes training sessions for Government, NGO and WFP staff, which took placeduring the quarter:
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Security Review
The overall security situation remained
fluid throughout the quarter.
In the east, an increased number of security
incidents affected, in particular, the
activities of the NGO community.
The security situation in the south and
southeast remained volatile with numerous
incidents, ranging from attacks on the
assistance community, personnel and
facilities of the Afghan Transitional
Authority, the civilian population as wellas the Coalition forces. The combination
of increased tensions, factional violence
and military operations resulted in the
suspension of United Nations missions to
high-risk areas in Uruzgan, Zabul and
Hilmand provinces.
The northern provinces remained stable
despite factional tensions and an increase
in the number of armed elements in andaround Mazari Sharif.
The United Nations Security Cell
conducted a series of security assessments
throughout the country, aiming at enhancing
the security and safety of the United
Nations personnel. WFP implemented
additional security measures to enhance
staff members security awareness,
including security training and briefing
sessions.
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Significant security incidents targeting the international
community included the following:
In August, Halo Trust and Save the Children UK
staff were attacked by armed men while travelling
on the Sheberghan Mazari Sharif road.
On 8 September, a vehicle of the Danish Committeefor Aid to Afghan Refugees (DACAAR) was
attacked while on field mission to Maqur village in
Ab Band district of Ghazni province. Four passengers
were killed and one wounded.
On 24 September, a vehicle of the Voluntary
Association for the Reconstruction of Afghanistan
(VARA) was attacked on the Delaram Kandahar
road in Hilmand province. One staff member was
killed immediately, while another died later of
injuries. The office compound of a local NGO based in
Paktika province was seriously damaged when two
rockets exploded in its vicinity.
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Programme Management
Quarterly Report
*underground irrigation channels
Outputs: July - September 2003
Descr ip t ion Un i t Fayz Abad M az ar i Shar i f Kabu l Kandahar H i rat Total
R u r a l R o a d C o n s t r u c t i o n
Roads constructed
Side ditches cleaned
Culverts constructed
A g r i c u l t u r e - r e l a t ed Ou t p u t s
Canals restoredKarezes* rehabilitated
Springs desilted
Drainages restored
Aquaducts and flumes constructed
Land rehabilitated
Water reservoirs (navars, kandas) restored
O t h e r O u t p u t s
Wells dug
Retaining walls built (rivers)
13
-
1
23-
-
-
-
-
-
62-
10
-
-
-
134
635.7
-
-
37051
12
17.9
-
4.2
12
20
320
185
22
1
2-
2
-
4
-
-
12
140
833.7222
4575124
17.94
4.2146
32460
-
-
-
--
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
km
km
unit
kmunit
km
km
unit
ha
km
unit
CuM
Food for Work
Food for work activities were carriedout in food insecure areas where the
harvest was insufficient or where
populations had insufficient access
to food. From July to September,
15,326 MT of food were distributed
to nearly 130,000 direct
beneficiaries, who were engaged in
the rehabilitation of infrastructure
such as roads, canals, wells and
water reservoirs, or the developmentof agricultural resources such as
orchards and nurseries.
The Ogata Initiative: Update
25,000 families, including 600 households headed by women, received 3,716 MT2 of food.
In addition to food, nearly 11,000 work tools were provided to the beneficiaries. ThirteenOgata-funded food for work and two relief projects assisting returning internally displaced
persons (IDPs) and refugees in Nangarhar, Balkh and Kandahar provinces, were completedduring the quarter.
The projects implemented increased employment opportunities, improved irrigation systems,
reclaimed agricultural land and enhanced access to services within and between districtsthrough the rehabilitation of roads.
Coordination meetings were held in provinces as well as in Kabul. Project review committees,comprising Government counterparts, HABITAT, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP, approved15 new projects that will assist IDPs and returnees in reintegrating in their home communities.
2Tonnage distributed and beneficiaries assisted are also included in the relevant programme categories (i.e. food for work and assistance to IDPs in camps)
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Interagency Collaboration
guaranteeing a safe drinking water supply for 12,000 local residents. WHO provided fundsto procure necessary materials, and WFP provided 87 MT of wheat. Activities are ongoing
to provide 18,000 additional local residents in the south of the city with safe drinking water.
The Ministry of Health started chlorination of 21,000 shallow wells in Jalal Abad and its
surrounding villages in September 2003, in collaboration with UNICEF, WHO and WFP.
The Ministry of Health and UNICEF are providing the chlorine powder, and WHO is
training 106 chlorinators who will receive 46 MT of wheat, vegetable oil, pulses and
iodized salt from WFP.
Chlorina tion of Wells in Jalal Abad
Provision of Safe Water In Ku nduz
Once chlorinated, the wells,
which are the main source
of drinking water for the
local population, will reduceand control the prevalence
of water-borne diseases.
According to the local
residents, the project could
help save lives, as children
are suffering from many
forms of water-borne
diseases which can be life
threatening.
For almost 15 years, 96,000 people in
Kunduz city in northern Afghanistan have
not had access to clean drinking water,
affecting their health and nutritional status.
The local Government and the community
joined hands to improve this situation,and received support from WHO and
WFP, in the form of cash and food
contributions.
To date, 1,033 food for work beneficiaries,
selected from targeted communities, have
installed two water pumps and two
generators, rehabilitated a 500 m3 water
reservoir and installed a 2.5 km pipeline,
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In close partnership with the Ministry
of Education, significant progress was
made in the implementation of
various food for education
activities. A four-day
review workshop was
held in September, during
which staff discussedimplementation modalities,
including the gradual
handover of implementation
responsibilities to the provincial
departments of education;
logistics and database-related
issues; and the school feeding
baseline survey.
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Programme Management
Food for Education
School feedingcontinued expanding during the quarter. Over 972,000 schoolchildren in
1,921 schools received 4,954 MT of biscuits and 4,271 MT of wheat. Among them, 159,500
schoolgirls received 1,830 MT of vegetable oil as an incentive to attend school.
Teachersin 28 provinces of the country are now receiving a monthly oil ration as a
supplement to their salary. During the quarter, 3,118 MT of vegetable oil, including
retroactive rations, were distributed to over 65,000 teachers. This activity, implemented
by the Departments of Education in many areas, has proven to be successful in increasing
teachers attendance.
Food for teacher trainingassists those studying in teacher training institutes supportedby UNESCO and UNICEF. During the quarter, 224 trainees received 5.4 MT of food as
a cooked meal or a take-home ration. Expansion of the food for teacher training activity
is contingent on the capacity development of the provincial Departments of Education.
Through food for training activities, women, adolescent girls and the unemployed are
assisted while attending vocational skills training and non-formal education courses such as
literacy training. From July to September, 8,600 trainees received 512 MT of food, following
their attendance in courses organized by Government departments or WFPs implementing
partners.
The pilot school reconstruction project, which started in April 2003, supports the
reconstruction of 56 classrooms in 14 schools, the installation of water and sanitation
facilities and the provision of school furniture. To date, tenders for the reconstruction of
eight schools have been processed, and construction is ongoing at schools in Nangarhar
(Chaprahar and Maeawara districts), Balkh (Dawalt Abad and Dehdadi districts) and
Kandahar (Daman district). School construction activities in Badakhshan, Baghlan, Kabul
and Hirat provinces are due to commence in October.
The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, FAO,
UNICEF and WFP, agreed to implement a pilotschool gardeningproject, based onguidelines developed by FAO and WFP. The initiative, which will be implemented in a
number of selected schools with active school feeding projects, aims at linking school
gardens with school feeding and thereby realizing the provision of a more balanced diet
for schoolchildren. Two schools have been selected in each of the five main areas of the
country. FAO will provide technical support, education materials and training, while WFP
will provide funds for the seeds, tools and related consumables.
The ARGOS monitoring system enhances data collection on key indicators such as
students and teachers attendance and enrolment, delivery of WFP commodities to schools
as well as actual food distribution at schools. Numerical school feeding-related data isentered into the electronic device by a group of trained teachers, headmasters and community
representatives. ARGOS devices are currently installed at selected schools in remote areas.
By the end of the year, 141 ARGOS devices will have been installed throughout the country.
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July - September 2003
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Sweet Home
A symbol of their countrys return to
normality, Afghans returning home alsohighlight WFPs increasing efforts to assist
in the rebuilding of Afghanistan. Theirjourney, however, does not end with thehomecoming.
Guided by the bony hand of a village elder,Malajo shyly reaches out her forefinger
toward the white paper in front of her. Whenshe obediently presses and her fingerprintin red ink appears on the sheet, she is
registered and can proceed to collect foodfor her family.
Looking behind her and seeing thosecrowded in a half circle, you understand hershyness. They are all male and all adults.From over the hills they have come onhorseback, with their donkeys or on foot tothis village called Dolina set in the wide
plains of Ghor province in centralAfghanistan. Nonetheless, 12-year-old
Malajo has something in common with thesemen. They all have come this early morningto receive food.
Sitting next to the village elders, WFP foodaid monitor Wasie points out a huge stack
of white food bags, surrounded by cans ofoil, all blistering under the bright sky. Heexplains that in the coming three days around1,000 families will receive a food basketconsisting of rice, pulses, wheat and oil.
Wasie is here to assist the village eldersassembly, known as the shura, with thedistribution.
Reading the banner WFP food distributionto returning IDPs, under which the shuraregisters the men and an odd little girl likeMalajo, it is clear that there is somethingelse they all have in common. The majority
of IDPs, or internally displaced persons,Wasie explains, come from Maslakh, an
IDP camp close to Afghanistans westerncity of Hirat.
Not long ago, Maslakh was one of the
worlds most populous camps with a peak
population of over 350,000 in the summer
of 2001. WFP was there from the startfeeding huge, desperate numbers of families.Today, Maslakh is like a ghost town, witha little over 10,000 inhabitants left, accordingto UNHCR estimates. The desolation of thiscamp paradoxically symbolises the countrysreturn to normality. Two years of peace and
blessed rainfall have opened the way formany people to return home. As emergencyneeds wane, WFP follows suit dedicatingmore of its efforts to helping people not
only survive but recover what they havelost.
But its not easy, says Maula Dad, anelderly man. The food he has just receivedwill help his family of seven only for somethree months. Its simply that life in Dolinais not easy. Drought forced him and hisfamily to flee, and they returned fromMaslakh one year ago, because they hadheard the drought was over. But the rain
that fell so abundantly in many parts ofAfghanistan this year seems to haveforgotten his village. A FAO/WFP studyacknowledges that food aid needs areexpected to decline due to a bumper harvestthis year, but warns that pockets of foodinsecurity will continue to persist. When Ileft my village, I sold everything I had. Now
I have nothing left to sell, so without any
harvest, where should I go? Maula Dadasks.
Meanwhile, Malajo seems to have lost hershyness, now that she has received herfamilys food ration. But Malajos mind ison other worries as well. She says that herfamilys house was destroyed by wind, rainand snow during the years they took refugein Maslakh. Besides food and shelter, shealso worries about land, the source of futuresecurity for her family. They had some
before they left, but not anymore. Thats
why my father could not come today. Hehad to work, on somebody elses land,Malajo says, as she walks off, leading herloaded donkeys back home.
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Programme Management
Quarterly Report
Urban Vulnerable
During the quarter, two new
urban bakeries opened in Jalal
Abad, providing bread to 400
women-headed households. The
bakery project, now implemented
in Mazari Sharif, Kabul,
Kandahar and Jalal Abad,
provides a safety net to some
27,000 urban vulnerablehouseholds that receive a daily
ration of subsidized bread from
one of the 83 bakeries.
From July to September, WFP
delivered 3,926 MT of wheat
flour and iodized salt to the
bakeries.
Supplementary and Institutional Feeding
In August 2003, the Ministry of Health, UNICEF and WFP signed a memorandum on a
phase out strategy for emergency supplementary feeding projects. Although the Ministry
recognizes that emergency supplementary feeding projects are justified in some situations,
overall phase out and implementation of longer-term and sustainable programmes that
meet the needs of the population will be prioritized. The agreed interim strategy for theremainder of 2003 identifies the south as a priority area for supplementary feeding
interventions. All other areas in the country are not considered priority, unless surveys
demonstrate that levels of acute malnutrition exceed ten percent. Ongoing projects in non-
priority areas will continue for a maximum of six months and should include activities that
address the underlying causes of malnutrition, as well as a phase out strategy.
During the third quarter of the year, nearly 26,000 beneficiaries were assisted through
supplementary feeding projects with 689 MT of food.
Between July and September, a total of 1,705 MT of food was distributed to 79,200
beneficiaries, including 64,000 tuberculosis patients and their families, targeted throughWFP supported institutional feeding projects.
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WFP Nourished My Child
Dil Jan, a 28-year-old widow living in Feraj village in the Pansjher valley hasthree children, aged seven, six and two. The youngest one is Nasirullah.
Nasirullah was born just two months before his father was killed. Having
nothing to eat, Nasirullah became very thin. My father showed the poor baby
to a medical doctor in Anaba village who advised that the baby should be taken
to the Action Contre la Faim office where malnourished children are fed.
Since then, my son Nasirullah has been receiving WFP food, and has turned
into a healthy baby. You know, feeding her baby is the only thing a motherthinks of, and I could not have done anything for him as his mother, if it were
not for the help from WFP, says Dil Jan.
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Programme Management
Quarterly Report
PRRO Quarterly Review Workshop
From 2 to 4 September 2003, the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
(MRRD) and WFP organized the first PRRO Quarterly Review workshop, covering the
implementation period of April-June 2003. More than 25 representatives from counterpart
ministries3, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP country and area offices attended the workshop.
The participants extensively discussed the goals, achievements and constraints of various
PRRO activities, and after the presentations and deliberations in working groups, adopted
the following recommendations:
At the closing ceremony of the workshop, the Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and
Development acknowledged WFPs proactive assistance to the countrys recovery and
reconstruction, and welcomed the quarterly review process as an important step toward
ensuring appropriate and effective use of food assistance in the country.
The PRRO implementation plan should
be reviewed to reflect realistic targets.Changes in the PRRO implementation
plan should be made only after the
results of the ongoing National Risk and
Vulnerability Assessment are available.
WFP should ensure dissemination of
periodic PRRO implementation progress
reports to all stakeholders.
The next review workshop should be held
during the second half of November 2003.
The PRRO mid-term review should take
place in February 2004. In addition toGovernment representatives and other
partners, community representatives
should participate in a one-day mid-
term review workshop, to be organized
by each WFP area office.
MRRD and WFP should closely
coordinate future quarterly review
workshops to ensure wider participation
by all stakeholders.
3Including the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation and
the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry.
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Limited access to safe water, lack of quality food and poor health and educational services remain serious obstacles
to development in Afghanistan. The health and nutritional status of Afghans is generally poor, and the number of
people at risk of micronutrient deficiencies is high.
WFPs ongoing Protracted Relief and Recover Operation aims at contributing to the protection and re-
establishment of livelihoods and household food security in Afghanistan through a number of activities,
including food for work, institutional and supplementary feeding, food for education and assistance to the
urban and rural vulnerable.
The Canadian Government donated US$805,369 for the Food Plus Initiative, in support of small-scale wheat
flour fortification, a deworming campaign and possible production of fortified biscuits in the country. Food
Plus activities are expected to have long-term impact on the nutritional status of Afghans.
WFP, in cooperation with its partners, initiated a pilot wheatflour fortificationproject in small mills located inBadakhshan province and Kabul city. The millers will be provided with a micronutrients premix, initially subsidized
by WFP. At a later stage, it is expected that costs of the fortification will be recovered from consumers.
WFP conducted a feasibility survey of mills in Badakhshan province and Kabul city in July and August 2003.
Accordingly, 20 mills have been selected. With the assistance of external consultants, and through meetings
with relevant stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health and UNICEF, a comprehensive approach, including
a social marketing component, has been developed. Anticipating a strategy to fortify wheat flour on a
national scale, a quality assurance logo has been designed.
WFP is procuring the micronutrients premix, and is in the process of signing
agreements with the selected millers. Actual fortification is planned to
start in November in Kabul and in December in Badakhshan.
Establishment of local fortification facilities will increase theaccess of Afghans to fortified wheat flour.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry
of Health and WHO, a soil-transmitted helminthes
(STH) control campaign has been developed. It includescollection of baseline data and training of health workers
and teachers at regional, provincial and district levels,
and will lead to the distribution of deworming tablets
to children in schools, combined with a health
awareness education and sensitization campaign.The deworming baseline survey conducted byWHO and WFP in February 2003 showed:
STH prevalence rates exceeding 60 percent
in certain areas;
virtual non-existence of schistosomiasis infections;
and
low prevalence of anaemia.
Secondary analysis of the data collected is ongoing in
collaboration with the Ministry of Education and other partners.
This is the first comprehensive research onparasite prevalenceand related attitudes and practices in the country, and the report
on the research results will be the firstpublication on this
subject since 1978.
Food Plus Initiative
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Resources and Pipeline
Quarterly Report
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
(MT)
Apr-03
May-03
Jun-03
Jul-03
Aug-03
Sep-03
Actual beneficiaries (x 100)
Planned beneficiaries (x 100)
Planned dispatch (MT)
Actual dispatch (MT)
PRRO Planned vs. Actual - Food and Beneficiaries
Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation 10233.0, approved by WFPs Executive Board
on 6 February 2003, with a total food requirement of 618,989 MT valued at US$337.5million is currently resourced at 24 percent or US$81.1 million, through contributions from
Canada, Denmark, India, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, ICRC,
UNICEF and private donors, as well as reprogrammed contributions from Canada, the
European Community, Italy and Switzerland.
These contributions are sufficient to meet estimated food requirements through the first
quarter of 2004. Food estimates for October 2003 to June 2004 will be revised based on
the results of the National Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, available in November.
Winter Prepositioning
In response to the food needs of vulnerable groups living in areas that become inaccessible
during the winter, WFP is prepositioning food stocks in 47 districts in 14 provinces across
the country. During the winter of 2002-2003 WFP distributed 38,000 MT of food to over
one million people. This winter, an estimated 820,000 people living in areas that will be
blocked by heavy snow will be in need of some 34,000 MT of food assistance. Following
recommendations from last year's winter operation, prepositioning of food stocks will begin
as early as the first week in October in Badakhshan province. Food will be distributed through
regular PRRO activities.
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Donor Contribution (US$) Remarks
ICRC In-kind contribution of 6,935 MT ofiodized salt, oil, pulses and rice
In-kind contribution of 7,496 MT ofhigh energy biscuits for school feeding
India 7,235,300
United Kingdom
UN Association UK
US Friends of WFP
Private Donors
1,612,903
29,874
20,000
161,532
-
-
-
--
PRRO 10233.0
Contributions During the Third Quarter of 2003
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Logistics Management
Quarterly Report
WFP utilizes a combination of rail and road via six major supply corridors through five
neighboring countries to deliver food into land-locked Afghanistan. From the six externallogistics hubs in Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, food is dispatched
across the border into Afghanistan. The Karachi corridor is given priority for cost and time
reasons, while the northern corridor is mainly used for delivery of wheat procured in
Kazakhstan.
During the third quarter of 2003, the logistics unit:
started the construction of a new warehouse complex in Kabul in August, with the
erection of a fence, installation of water tanks and laying of the foundation. The complex
will include two warehouses with a total capacity of 15,000 MT, as well as a truckpark, a workshop and an office building. The warehouse is constructed on land provided
by the Government;
organized warehouse management workshops in Kabul and Kandahar for Government
and WFP staff;
selected and contracted two mills in Peshawar and two more in Quetta after a transparent
review process. All four mills are provided with fortification equipment;
reviewed the shortlist of transport companies within Afghanistan and the Karachi
corridor in order to broaden competition, thereby ensuring timely and cost-effective
transportation of food commodities; and continued reviewing existing transport routes, including the possible closure of the
logistics hub in Turkmenabad, as well as transportation within Afghanistan in response
to the programme needs.
From July to September 2003, 10,157 MT of food arrived at the port of Karachi, and 6,935
MT of food were received from ICRC at different locations in Afghanistan.
35,584 MT of food have been dispatched into Afghanistan, including:
21,201 MT from Peshawar (Pakistan);
5,384 MT from Quetta (Pakistan);
4,016 MT from Kurgan Tyube (Tajikistan);
2,986 MT from Termez (Uzbekistan); and
1,997 MT from Turkmenabad (Turkmenistan).
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Construction ofWFP Warehouse in Kabul
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Human Resources & Finance
Quarterly Report
Human Resources
Management
The human resources unit continued
adopting a more strategic, focused and
proactive role in supporting the organization
and its staff members, as follows:
A countrywide national staff committee
has been established. The committee
acts as a conduit between the
management and the national staff, andfacilitates a two-way flow of information
in order to enable transparent decision-
making. Nationwide briefing sessions
on national staff issues have
supplemented this ongoing development.
A pan-Afghanistan training needs
analysis was carried out, with feedback
from all WFP staff members. The
feedback, currently under analysis, will
form a basis for a nationwide trainingplan aimed at enhancing staff capacity
and addressing the needs of the
organization.
Financial and Administrative
Management
Afghanistan is the first country where WFProlled out the WFP Information Network
and Global System (WINGS) to all areaoffices. This enables WFP to record itsfinancial and operational transactions in atimely manner.
The corporate strategy for accurate and
timely financial reporting and analysis was
an overriding theme at a finance retreat heldat the Regional Bureau for Mediterranean,Middle East and Central Asia in Cairo, inSeptember. The vital role of WINGS in the
biennium closure of WFP accounts in
December 2003 was furthermore discussed.
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Audit compliance
Following the observations andrecommendations of the WFP internal
auditors who conducted a review in August- September 2002, an audit compliance unitwas established in the country office. Theunit, tasked with developing a follow upsystem to verify the implementation of auditrecommendations, as well as provision oftechnical support and guidance, completedthe first phase of compliance missions to all
area offices.
During the missions, audit recommendationswere discussed with the area offices, andcommitments were made to furtherstreamline operational procedures andimplement management control systems.
Information and Communications
Technology ManagementThe principal information and
communications technology management
activities in the quarter included:
training of area office staff in the
operation of WFP Information Network
and Global System (WINGS); and
establishment of Internet and telephone
facilities in Kunduz sub office, and a
very small aperture technology (VSAT)
fax line at the liaison office in Islamabad.
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United Nations Humanitarian
The United Nations Humanitarian Air Services (UNHAS) continued to provide safe air transport services in
the country and to neighboring countries for humanitarian personnel of United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations, representatives of donor countries and Government counterpart staff.
The aircraft fleet, consisting of one Fokker 28 twin-jet and three Beechcraft 1900 twin-propellers, was augmentedin the third quarter of 2003 with the introduction of a Beechcraft 200 twin propeller, that can operate in areasnot suitable for the larger Beechcraft 1900. The UNHAS aircraft fly to eight in-country locations, and toIslamabad in Pakistan, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and Dushanbe in Tajikistan.
UNHAS carried 15,295 passengers during the quarter, a 10 percent increase from the previous quarter. Passengersincluded staff of NGOs (43 percent), the United Nations (41 percent), donors and the diplomatic community(15 percent) and the media (1 percent).
UNHAS furthermore transported 290 MT of cargo, including 6,500 kg of UNICEF vaccines. In addition, the
Hercules aircraft provided by the Government of Belgium, transported various cargo to Afghanistan fromEurope and the United Arab Emirates, including 30 MT of electrical equipment for WFP and 20 MT of vehiclesfor Handicap International.
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We extend our appreciation to WFP Afghanistan staff and friends who submitted theirphotos to the Quaterly Report.
Photo Credits:
Alejandro Chicheri Pages 3, 5Ebadullah Ebadi Preface, pages 16, 27, 29Luke Powell Inside front cover, pages 6-7, 10, 17, 32-33, inside back cover Maarten Roest Front cover and page 14
Manoocher Deghati Pages 18-19Najibullah Niazi Page 2Sayar Attaul Haq Page 9 (top)
Korea Join Together Society Pages 12-13WFP Finance and Administration Unit Pages 30, 31WFP Food For Education Unit Pages 4, 25WFP VAM Unit Pages 20, 22WFP Kunduz Sub Office Page 9 (down)
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