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WFP Chad Country Brief, November 2018

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Chad
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WFP
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In Numbers

1,619 mt of food assistance distributed

US$ 1.8 m cash-based transfers made

US$ 94 m six months (December 2018-May 2019) net funding requirements. 462,128 m people assisted in November 2018

Operational Updates

• On 29 November, WFP’s Executive Board approved the Country Strategic Plan 2019-2023 for Chad. Addressing short-term food and nutrition needs remains a priority. However, WFP adopted a new way of working that supports the transition from purely humanitarian responses to resilience-building for development. By increasing the self-reliance of women and men, WFP will contribute to the peaceful cohabitation of different communities (IDPs, refugees, returnees and local population). The five-year plan also foresees support to national priorities and the development of structural capacities, such as the emergent national social protection system.

• Resilience-building activities are now ongoing in all eight regions in the Sahel. In partnership with 16 implementing partners (3 international and 13 national NGOs), WFP will reach 53,141 vulnerable people (41 percent men and 59 percent women) by the end of the year. In November, targeting was completed using the Household Economy Approach (HEA). This methodology analyses the way people obtain access to what they need to survive and thrive. In the regions of Lac, Batha, Bahr el Gazel, Kanem, Guera, Ouaddai and Wadi Fira (pending finalization in Sila), the exercise was followed by a baseline survey to determine a benchmark for project beneficiaries. The survey was combined with the roll-out of the unified social questionnaire. This will feed into the Government’s Single Registry, ultimately contributing to the establishment of a social protection network in Chad.

• WFP is moving towards providing food assistance with commodities tailored to the needs of refugee households. In Southern and South-Eastern Chad, beneficiaries already receive rations adapted to their level of vulnerability. In the East, 7 out of 13 camps have accepted the shift from status-based to vulnerability-based targeting. However, food distributions remain suspended in the remaining camps where this approach was rejected.