The Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) of the World Food Program

The Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) of the World Food Program

The constructed rainwater conservation tanks in schools are crucial to the maintenance of safe and hygienic environment for the students and teachers particularly during the dry seasons.
The restoration of ponds by the villagers themselves helped guaranteed access to water for agriculture and for household usage during the dry seasons.
The organized capacity building for tropical agriculture have educated the local villagers of basic knowledge on sustainable food production.
The improvement of road quality helped the local villagers to have access to basic social service such as medical care and education.
Mostly in poor families, children were deprived of the rights to basic education as they help in their families’ labor force. Through the school meal program, children were encouraged to go to school and le

Year Started

2005

Name of Country Director

Mr. Tatsuo Kosugi

Project Description

Collaboratively implemented with the World Food Program (WFP) in the Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone (CDZ)- the most water stressed with 500-600mm of rain annually, have high incidence of malnutrition, and one of the most food insecure regions across the country.

The project veered away from the usual approach of providing monetary incentive to the grass roots level. Instead, rice is given in return as an incentive for participating in the project.

Partnership with WFP was made possible with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Department of Agriculture and local authorities.

Project Impact

520,000 indirect beneficiaries from 2005-2019
Under the Food for Work (FFW) and Cash for Asset (CFA) schemes, 124.64km roads were improved with the participation of 5,008 people in 53 communities; 51 irrigation infrastructures were improved in 11 places involving 8,171 people.
Under the Food for Education (EFE) and School Feeding, 51,228 children from 538 schools received food support.
Under the Food for Training (FFT), 2,229 people were involved in the organized agriculture trainings and 4,007 people were benefited from the 4 capacity building programs related to environmental conservation

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