This report captures the multiplier effect of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s voucher modality on the local economy by tracking the changes in key business indicators for a selection of participating shops and dairy producers.
This corporate emergency evaluation assessed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 ¨C June 2021. The evaluation was conducted under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, including Â鶹ÊÓƵ in emergency mode; travel and movement restrictions; and the need to avoid unduly burdening country offices. Accordingly, it adopted a ¡°retrospective developmental¡± design, which focuses on providing evidence to support adaptation in dynamic environments.
The assessment explores the impact of the escalation on food security across Gaza, drawing on primary and secondary data, available published reports, and results from focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s dual mandate, strategic alignment with the 2030 Agenda and recent award of the Nobel Peace Prize are a testament of the organization¡¯s ability to holistically contribute across humanitarian, development, and peace outcomes.
Under its Country Strategic Plan (2018-2022) in Palestine, Â鶹ÊÓƵ seeks to improve the food security and nutrition status of the most vulnerable and poorest non-refugee Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank (SDG2) and strengthen the capacities of the national institutions for an enhanced response to food insecurity while forging partnerships with diverse stakeholders (SDG 17)to achieve these goals. This infographic portrays the key outputs of Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2019 towards the realization of SDG2 and SDG17.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is partnering with the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD) and NGOs to strengthen the resilience of poor and food insecure Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. This infographic provides a snapshot of the results of the first phase of the project that helped 200 families, half of which headed by women, have climate-smart agricultural assets to improve the families dietary intake and generate income.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s goals require a participatory gender analysis which highlights the separate needs of women, men, girls and boys in terms of food security, the intersection between a context of ongoing military occupation and food insecurity in Palestine, as well as an understanding of the importance of a gender analysis in contexts where social injustices preside. Results of this gender analysis help Â鶹ÊÓƵ design targeted activities that are effective, efficient, empowering and transformative.
Nearly 15 million children between 5-14 years old are out of school in MENA, and 10 million are in school but at risk of dropping out due to poverty and social marginalization, as well as migration, displacement and conflict. This brief provides key messages and actions for governments, Â鶹ÊÓƵ offices and partners to strengthen linkages between school feeding programmes and social protection to maximize the benefits of National School Feeding Programmes (NSFPs) as safety nets in the region.
This decentralized evaluation was commissioned by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Palestine Country Office and covers the Unconditional Resource Transfer (URT) through Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) to non-refugees, poor and severely food insecure people under the National Social Safety Net programme (NSSNP) in Palestine between January 2019 and December 2020.
A new Nutrition Multi-sectoral Assessment (2019) was jointly undertaken in Gaza by Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Unicef and Save the Children. This study reveals the scale of nutritional issues of infants, children and their mothers in the poorest, most marginalized areas of the Gaza Strip and their causes. The findings of the assessment are a powerful call for strengthened cooperation that links together prevention, preparedness and response to address gaps and improve the situation of Gaza¡¯s poorest communities.
The country portfolio evaluation for the State of Palestine covered all Â鶹ÊÓƵ operations from 2011 to mid 2015, and the 2014¨C2016 country strategy. It assessed Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s alignment and strategic positioning, the factors and quality of its strategic decision-making, and the performance and the results of the portfolio activities as a whole.
