Piloting safety net program in pastoral areas : annual results report, October 10, 2009-September 30, 2010

During this Fiscal Year (FY), the project focused on scaling up and sharing the lessons learned, improving the public works (PW) quality, and enhancing community and government counterpart capacities. Accordingly, household and community assets, particularly livestock, were protected and enhanced. A respected Dewe leader stated that "I would like to witness that the PSNP-PAP has assisted its beneficiaries not to make distress sale of their animals for food purchase; and I guess it reduced by half". Positive changes in traditional practices that undermine women"s social status were noted like their inclusion in the targeting process, enhancing the accountability and transparency of the process. The project also shared lessons learnt to facilitate the current roll-out of PSNP in pastoral areas. A total of 3,377 rural households benefitted directly from this USG supported intervention. (Submitted abstract, modified)