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Indonesia
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497-009
USAID MISSION: Indonesia
PROGRAM TITLE: Food Assistance (Pillar: Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Impact of Conflicts and Crises Reduced, 497-009
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $4,000,000 DA; $11,500,000 ESF
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $4,500,000 DA; $10,000,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1998 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003Summary: This program delivers P.L. 480 Title II food assistance through grants to U.S. NGOs to improve the food security of urban and rural poor. The major components of the program include-
- distribution of Title II commodities to improve access to food for vulnerable people;
- food-for-work programs through U.S. NGOs to generate short-term jobs and income;
- food-for-training programs and agricultural inputs to increase economic production;
- emergency assistance and conflict prevention activities in conflict areas; and
- technical assistance and training to build local capacity for conflict resolution.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: USAID's Transitional Activity Program (TAP) is a P.L. 480 Title II program launched in FY 2001. Over three years (FYs 2001-2003), the TAP is expected to facilitate the delivery of 80,000 metric tons (MT) in Title II food commodities through U.S. NGOs. The TAP focuses on the food security and nutritional status of the urban poor who have been hit hardest by the prolonged economic crisis in Indonesia. The TAP operates primarily in urban areas, such as slums, that report childhood malnutrition rates (wasting) in excess of 13%, indicating a chronic food emergency by world standards.
FY 2002 Program: USAID will use FY 2002 DA funds to facilitate the distribution of approximately 29,000 MTs of P.L. 480 Title II commodities to urban and rural poor and victims of natural or manmade disasters. U.S. NGO partners will manage food-for-work activities to increase food security, improve nutritional and health status, and generate temporary employment and income through small-scale community rehabilitation projects such as rural water supply systems and sanitation in urban slums. U.S. NGOs will also conduct food-for-training activities in the fields of agriculture, health, and other vocational sectors to enhance skills and expand job opportunities. To mitigate community-level conflict stemming from poverty, the presence of 1.3 million internally displaced persons in Indonesia, and ongoing inter-religious tension, the TAP will build local capacity to prevent conflict and promote reconciliation. Food-for-work programs will serve as a mechanism for bringing together Muslims, Christians, and other faiths to implement joint community improvement projects. FY 2002 ESF-funded activities will focus on providing humanitarian assistance, basic economic rehabilitation and reconstruction, as well as conflict prevention and community reconciliation activities in Indonesia's conflict areas.
Activities under this program are closely integrated with other elements of the USAID program in Indonesia. The USAID health program (497-008) administers a nutritional status monitoring program to ensure that food aid is reaching the right people and having a measurable impact on nutritional status. USAID Title II food aid under the TAP is also complemented by USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) emergency assistance for internally displaced persons and victims of natural or manmade disasters. The TAP U.S. NGO partners also serve as effective conduits for OFDA emergency assistance. Catholic Relief Services provided rice for 17,000 families impacted by recent landslides and floods in Central Java. The existence of ongoing TAP operations in Surabaya allowed World Vision to rapidly respond with lifesaving assistance in February 2001 to Madurese fleeing ethic violence in Central Kalimantan. TAP implementers also work with USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) grant assistance promoting conflict prevention and resolution in Indonesia's "hot spots", such as Ambon and North Maluku. In addition, USAID coordinates its Title II food assistance with USDA Title I and 416b food aid programs and with the World Food Program.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use requested FY 2003 resources to fund the final year of the TAP, continuing Title II food-for-work and food-for-training activities carried out by U.S. NGO partners. Should the economic situation deteriorate, however, USAID will need to assess the need for extending or expanding the TAP.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: USAID's Transitional Assistance Program (TAP) has had a significant impact on the health, productivity, and social stability of vulnerable populations by providing a stable food supply, income-generation opportunities, and community improvement. TAP has successfully improved access to food among poor urban dwellers. The urban poor in Indonesia can be susceptible to radical and fundamentalist elements in Indonesia, who often recruit from the ranks of the urban poor using cash payments to entice participation in street protests. TAP helps combat this activity by providing job opportunities for the unemployed and fostering greater community morale as living areas are upgraded through food-for-work projects.
TAP has enhanced food security in under-served rural areas of Central Java, East Kalimantan, and East Nusa Tenggara. TAP supplemental feeding programs in Central Java reduced severe malnutrition rates from nearly 10% to four percent. In remote areas of East Kalimantan, TAP assistance helped communities
devastated by forest fires improve food security and nutritional status through crop diversification, integrated pest management, supplementary feeding, and health and nutritional education programs. In Central Java, an area prone to sectarian conflict, TAP-funded interfaith committees used joint food-for-work programs to foster community cooperation on projects such as common marketplaces and athletic fields. The mutual "sweat equity" invested in these projects reinforces community bonds between residents of different faiths and helps reduce the risk of future conflict.
USAID's program is the first in the world to link food aid with scientific nutritional monitoring to more accurately gauge impact and refine targeting. Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: TAP is implemented through five U.S. NGO grantees: CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Church World Service, Mercy Corps International, and World Vision, which have formed a consortium to better coordinate their efforts. Helen Keller International (HKI) joined this NGO consortium to monitor and evaluate the nutritional impact of the TAP initiative. Linking HKI's food monitoring expertise with TAP food aid has allowed USAID to not only scientifically measure the nutritional impact of the TAP interventions, but to capitalize upon natural synergy between health and food programs.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
497-009 Impact of Conflicts and Crises Reduced CSD DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 2,500 7,288 0 Expenditures 1,275 3,691 0 Unliquidated 1,225 3,597 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 3,500 0 Expenditures 980 7,092 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 2,500 10,788 0 Expenditures 2,255 10,783 0 Unliquidated 245 5 0 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 0 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 4,000 11,500 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 0 4,000 11,500 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 4,500 10,000 Future Obligations 0 0 0 Est. Total Cost 2,500 19,288 21,500
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