Haiti – USAID PL 480 Title II Single-Year Assistance Program
Post-Earthquake Food Assistance in Haiti
In the immediate aftermath of Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake, ACDI/VOCA, in collaboration with the Bureau de Développement et Nutrition (BND), began distributing food assistance to people in Port-au-Prince and the Southeast Department through a Single-Year Assistance Program (SYAP) award from the USAID Food for Peace office.
Specific food distribution activities include:
- Providing food aid relief in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince, and orphanages in Jacmel and Port-au-Prince
- Providing supplementary food to moderately malnourished children
- Organizing food-for-work activities in the Southeast Department.
The program expects to distribute 2,160 MT of soy fortified bulgur, yellow peas, corn soy blend and vegetable oil to 195,748 individuals in Port-au-Prince and the Southeast Department.
At the end of this short-term emergency program in December, recipients will transition to our USAID multi-year assistance program to ensure continuity.
Haiti Food Distribution
From January 2010 through March 2010, ACDI/VOCA carried out general food distributions in Tabarre, Port-au-Prince, and throughout the Southeast Department, reaching 153,908 people.
Vulnerable Populations
In May 2010, ACDI/VOCA began food distributions to internally displaced pregnant and lactating women and children younger than 2, using the Preventing Malnutrition for Children under Two Approach (PM2A). These efforts targeted Haiti’s southeast region, specifically Anse a Pitre, Belle Anse, Côtes de Fer , Grand Gosier and Thiotte.
Children Younger than 5
ACDI/VOCA also provides supplemental feeding to internally displaced children younger than 5 who suffer from moderate acute malnourishment. These children are identified using anthropometric measurements. Child malnutrition in this region derives from different causes, including poor food consumption, inappropriate child feeding practices, diarrheal illnesses and acute respiratory infections.
Orphanages
In August, 2010, with International Medical Corp. (IMC) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), ACDI/VOCA completed a master assessment of orphanages in Jacmel and Port-au-Prince, which it is using to determine which organizations are most in need of the food rations.
Food for Work
Food for Work (FFW) activities target an estimated 2,000 workers per week in Bainet, Côtes de Fer, La Vallée and Thiotte. Each worker receives food rations for 5 people – 2,200 kilocalories and 50 grams of protein per person per day – for every day worked. The work activities under this program are developed with local communities and include cleaning up debris from the earthquake in the targeted communities, road rehabilitation and maintenance as well as soil conservation and soil erosion reduction work on steep slopes.
For more information, contact Ally Gillespie at agillespie@acdivoca.org.
Updated: 9/10
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