Support to the SECALINE Expanded and Nutrition Food Security : Project Mag-4553.00
Project / Programme Summary

Sector(s):	Development
Title:	Project Mag-4553.00: "Support to the SECALINE expanded and nutrition food security"
Donor country / organization:	World Food Programme (WFP)
Other donors / organisations involved:	The World Bank
Beneficiary countries / regions:	Madagascar (Tulear and Antananarivo)
Implementing agencies in beneficiary countries / regions:	SECALINE (A decentralized agency from the Government)
Duration:	5 years
Starting Date:	January 1994
Project / Program budget:	US$12,208,500
Finance / Type of cooperation:	Grant - food aid

Objectives
Support the Government efforts to apply its food security and nutrition policy in favour of those most affected by structural adjustment.
Activities / contents
- Provide foods to 33,000 of the poorest urban households by increasing their income and reducing malnutrition in communities faced with the highest risk of food insecurity.
- Contribute to create employment within food for work activities. Improve the nutritional assistance within the health centres.
Expected outcomes / impacts
- Reinforce the NGOs capacity to dealt with the malnourished children.
- Contribute to the engagement of the communities in the nutrition activities.
- Contribute to the creation and rehabilitation of the basic structures within the food for work activities.
- Assure the food availability within the health centres which accompany its work with a training programme on nutritional education and follow-up of the malnourished children under treatment.
Features in line with the Agenda for Action
This project is in line with the agenda for action, as it covers Nutrition and Health.

WFP Africa Region Bureau (OSA)	Fax: 0039-6-6513-2839
Mr. Mohamed Zejiari, Regional Director OSA	Tel: 0039-6-6513-2201
Mr. Tun Myat, Director RE	Tel: 0039-6-6513-2009

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