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Emergency Operation Ghana - 10710.0 Emergency Food Assistance to flood-affected populations in Northern Ghana

Duration: 5 Months (1 December 2007 to 30 April 2008) Number of beneficiaries: 75,000 WFP food tonnage: 5,865 mt WFP food cost: US$ 2,165,198 Total cost to WFP: US$ 4,351,068

The 2007 growing season in northern Ghana witnessed prolonged dry spells followed by intense rainfall, with more than 300 millimetres of rainfall in August alone. Rising waters were exacerbated by the opening of the spillway of the Bagri Dam in Burkina Faso, resulting in flash flooding in valleys and low-lying areas. The floods destroyed field crops and washed away livestock, homes, food stocks and infrastructure. Initial assessments identified twenty out of thirty-four districts as the most severely affected, which are located along the tributaries of the Volta River. National disaster management authorities reported 56 deaths, over 54,000 homes destroyed and 325,000 people affected. A Ministry of Food and Agriculture / Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) crop supply mission (October 2007) estimates crop losses at 151,470 mt, representing approximately 20 percent of the annual food requirements of the affected regions. Reduced market access and lost tools, fishing nets and seed stocks have affected livelihoods further. The Government provided US$5.4 million for emergency response, declared a State of Emergency on 11 September 2007 and approved an inter-agency assessment mission, under the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) umbrella. The mission identified the most urgent priorities as food, water, health and shelter/non-food items (such as mosquito nets) as populations were at high risk to increased prevalence of malnutrition and water-borne diseases. The United Nations Country Team agreed to target 75,000 of the most-affected people with immediate assistance, pending sector-specific assessments. A United Nations Flash Appeal was launched in October for US$10 million, of which 30 percent was for food. WFP’s response included the launch of an Immediate Response Account Emergency Operation on 21 September for 845 mt of cereals, pulses, vegetable oil, and 30 mt high-energy biscuits (HEB). HEB were dispatched immediately from stocks pre-positioned at the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot in Accra to meet the immediate food needs of 30,000 displaced people. A 3-month Special Operation 10707 for Ghana and Togo (US$1,393,875) was approved on 2 October to enable food deliveries in districts that had become inaccessible by road. This emergency operation (EMOP), under WFP strategic objective 1 “save lives in crisis situations”, will assist the 75,000 most flood-affected people who have lost their homes, livestock and food stocks. Supplementary feeding, implemented in close partnership with the Ghana Health Service and UNICEF, will target 10,000 pregnant and lactating women and malnourished children under 5 with fortified take-home rations. This will address malnutrition

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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while ensuring their monthly attendance at community health and nutrition centres, so as to receive an integrated package of health and nutrition services. This EMOP will contribute to Millennium Development Goal 1 “Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger”, 4 “Reduce child mortality” and 5 “improve maternal health”. Government capacity in emergency response to future natural disasters will be strengthened through the use of on-the-job training of government structures and actors, and through the implementation of local and regional procurement strategies. This EMOP covers a 5 months period up until the next planting season in May 2008, when the planned emergency food security needs assessment and nutritional survey results will be used to determine if there are additional requirements for WFP to address for May-December 2008. The groundwork for the handover strategy is being created through linkages with partners under the food security, nutrition and sustainable livelihood sector groups. Exit strategies will be contingent upon linking affected population with recovery of their normal productive activities and livelihoods (agriculture, fisheries, livestock), as well as with ongoing government nutrition and agricultural programmes.

1. SITUATION ANALYSIS

(a) Overall context 1) The Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions experienced lengthy dry spells from late

May through mid July 2007, delaying germination of planted fields and/or withering shoots and flowers of early millet and maize planted in early May. Unusually early rains occurred in mid March, prompting some farmers to plant their crops ahead of the habitual time. Crops were lost when the rains unexpectedly ceased. In July, many farmers replanted but by late August, heavy rains were followed by flash floods. The critical early harvest and sowed fields for the next harvest were thus lost. The spillage from the dam caused displacement of people, destruction of homes, food stocks, community and public infrastructure and agricultural fields. 56 deaths were reported.

2) A joint United Nations Country Team (UNCT), non-governmental organization (NGO), donor and Government of Ghana assessment conducted 17-20 September 2007 agreed on a preliminary planning figure of the 75,000 most affected people and identified the urgent need for life-saving assistance, such as food, medicines, clothing, drugs, water and sanitation facilities, shelter, mosquito nets, jerry cans and blankets.

3) More than 50,000 homes were destroyed and authorities and partners continue to assess the number of bridges and roads that have sustained damage. Regional departments report that the combined effect of drought and flash floods has caused a total loss of 59,000 hectares of field crops in lowland areas (out of a total arable area of 532,000 hectares) in over ten districts. The household food security of affected households is in jeopardy primarily due to the loss of food and livestock, tools, and essential livelihood equipment such as fishing nets. Of particular concern are the households of small-scale farmers who rely on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood and food security. Farmers generate little cash in the affected regions from agricultural production.1 The crop losses have significantly decreased the

1 Comité permanent inter-états de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel) CILSS Crop Supply Assessment Mission, October 2007.

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incomes of small-producer households, thus forcing them to sell the few assets they have left, making recovery even more difficult. Some of the affected populations also earn a living from other sources such as artisanal skills, trading and fisheries. These livelihood strategies were also adversely affected by the floods.

4) Initial field assessment teams reported that the agricultural sector in the affected regions had suffered particularly extensive losses. At the beginning of October, a large proportion of agricultural fields were still under 2-4 metres of water, reducing chances of their recovery. The timing of the floods coincided with the anticipated early harvest of millet, sorghum and maize that survived the mid-year dry spell and traditionally sustains households until the fuller harvest in October.

5) Most displaced people are being hosted by families in the community, putting extra pressure on already-low household food stocks. In some villages, the number of people to be absorbed into the community has compelled the authorities to urgently provide temporary shelter such as tents.

6) Food prices have significantly increased and it is difficult to predict how the market will perform with the reduced availability of stocks, difficult access to markets and a markedly-reduced annual harvest.

7) Under the 3-month Special Operation 10707 for Ghana and Togo, US$1,393,875 were approved on 2 October to fill capacity gaps in logistics, warehousing, and information technology.

(b) The food security and nutrition situation 8) The agricultural sector of the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions has been

suffering recurrent food shortages for over five years. Production is largely rain-fed and labour-intensive on marginal and fragile lands, extensively applying traditional cropping techniques. Most households plough the same tract of land for many years, reducing its fertility. The effects of droughts and floods are felt acutely and immediately.

9) The affected districts rank highest in the country in terms of vulnerability and are already prioritized for interventions by both government and development partners. The Upper West and Upper East regions have the highest rates of acute malnutrition in the country (7.7 percent and 11.6 percent respectively). The Northern Region has the highest prevalence of chronic malnutrition in the country, between 34-48 percent depending on the district. Malnutrition is widespread and more than 20 percent of all pregnant women in the Upper West and Northern regions are malnourished – also the highest rate in the country. The three northern regions all have maternal anaemia above 50 percent.

10) The WFP country programme (2006-2010) has two activities: (i) Supplementary Feeding, Health and Nutrition Education, targeting 60,000 pregnant and lactating women and children under 5 through community-based health/nutrition centres and (ii) Support to Basic Education, based on local procurement of fortified commodities, to reach 290,000 primary school children and 42,000 girls. The country programme reaches more than 1,000 communities in northern Ghana and will be critical in the recovery phase of the EMOP to support the exit strategies. Successful modalities for linking the take-home rations to the

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provision of an integrated package of health/nutrition services for malnourished women and children will be replicated under the EMOP in different geographical areas.

11) WFP launched its Immediate Response (IR) EMOP on 21 September 2007 to address the

needs of the flood-affected population. This operation was extended to two months. It targeted 75,000 of the most affected, especially the displaced families. Immediate food needs of flood-affected populations were covered by community coping mechanisms (close to depletion at the time of the formulation of the operation), government resources and the WFP IR EMOP.

(c) Affected areas and extent of damage 12) The below table indicates the latest regionally-disaggregated reports available from the

Government on flood-damage. Beneficiary numbers will be updated when the emergency food needs assessment being undertaken in November is finalized.

Table 1: Summary of Flood Damage by Region Date /source Region No. of

deaths No. of

displaced No. of people

affected No. of

houses destroyed

No. of houses 2damaged

No. of hectares,

crops destroyed

24.09.07, NADMO/MoFA reports

Northern 15 197,345 200,228 33,372 18,167 45,026

24.09.07 RCC3 report

Upper East 31 90,703 120,556 19,621 15,069 12,221

21.09.07 NADMO report

Upper West 10 3,033 3,826 1,171 1,101 1,876

Total 56 291,081 324,608 54,164 34,337 59,123

2. POLICIES, CAPACITIES AND ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS 13) The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is the operational agency

responsible for the management of disasters and for the rehabilitation of persons affected by disasters. In response to the floods, an Inter-Ministerial Disaster Relief Committee was constituted by the Government to provide oversight and policy guidance for the implementation of relief assistance. Though NADMO is represented throughout the country in all ten regions and 138 districts, it is constrained in service delivery by insufficient logistics capacity and resources.

14) The Government pledged US$5.4 million for immediate distribution of food and non-food

items, and subsequently declared a State of Emergency on 11 September 2007. A high-level Cabinet Sub-Committee was constituted to coordinate disaster relief efforts, which oversees a Disaster Relief Operations Cell in Accra.

2 Data was compiled from the Joint Assessment Report, Inter-Ministerial Disaster relief Committee and UNCT, Ghana, 24 September 2007. 3 Regional Coordinating Council.

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15) A United Nations Flash Appeal for US$10 million was launched by the Heads of Agencies on 4 October 2007. The sector approach was adopted for effective implementation and WFP was named lead agency for the Food Security and Logistics sectors.

16) The Government has insisted on the importance of using national structures to deliver

assistance, with the emphasis on sustainability and disaster preparedness. All NGO and United Nations partners are requested to keep the government Disaster Relief Operations Cell informed of activities and intervention. Regular Humanitarian Country Team meetings are called by the United Nations Resident Coordinator and serve the function of coordination and information sharing. Sector leads oversee implementation of interventions and advocate for equitable coverage, harmonized targeting criteria and efficient delivery. WFP currently heads the Food Security (co-lead with FAO) and Logistics sector groups.

17) The informed estimate of 75,000 was adopted by the United Nations system as a planning figure for the Flash Appeal. This was to be followed by individual, sector-specific needs assessments to further refine that figure.

3. OBJECTIVES OF WFP ASSISTANCE 18) The principal objective of this EMOP is linked to the Strategic Objective 1: “to save lives in

crisis situations”, specifically to save lives of dry spell/flood-affected people whose food security is at risk. The expected outcome is that the nutritional status of flood affected people is maintained or improved, by ensuring food assistance for 75,000 flood-affected people. This assistance will be delivered through government institutions and actors, thus strengthening the Government’s emergency response capacity.

4. BENEFICIARIES AND TARGETING

19) Beneficiary targeting will be done at two levels: (i) Geographic: � List of most-affected districts provided by NADMO / Ministry of Interior, validated by

the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), WFP staff and partners in the field. � Communities where 80 percent or more of the households are food-insecure, identified

by District Disaster Management Task forces, Ghana Health Service district staff, NGOs or other relevant district level authorities.

(ii) Community–based household level targeting: � Indicators will include productive assets lost, means of livelihood lost, critically low

levels of food and seed stocks and tools at household level, asset-wealth, dependency ratios, household dependency ratios.

� List of beneficiaries compiled by disaster relief committee (comprised of 50 percent women).

� Beneficiary lists triangulated by key informants. 20) Targeting considerations will include government and partner capacities to implement

household level targeting. Women will be ‘primary ration recipients’ in areas where polygamy is widespread.

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21) A further update of beneficiary numbers, ration composition and targeting modalities will be based on: � Post-harvest crop supply assessment (MoFA/CILSS – October 2007). � Post-harvest Emergency Food Needs Assessment (Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

Ministry of Manpower, WFP, cooperating partners – November 2007). � Nutritional assessment (Ghana Health Service (GHS), UNICEF, WFP, cooperating

partners – November 2007). 22) Life-saving assistance will be provided to a total of 75,000 people. Supplementary feeding

will be extended to 7,500 pregnant and lactating women and 2,500 children.

5. NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS AND RATIONS

23) For the general food basket, beneficiaries will receive monthly rations of 12 kg cereals, 1.8 kg pulses, 0.75 kg vitamin A-enriched vegetable oil and 0.15 kg of iodized salt. For supplementary feeding, WFP will also make available fortified blended food, vitamin-A enriched oil and sugar on a monthly basis to pregnant and lactating women and malnourished children under 5 through the national Community Health Planning Service centres in all districts in the three flood-affected regions.

24) It is preferred to make the fortified blended food and sugar available through the

supplementary feeding programmes rather than in the general food baskets this is due to the highly perishable nature of the commodities, the importance of it being consumed by the nutritionally-vulnerable members of the household (which is harder to guarantee with a general food basket), and to ensure beneficiaries benefit from a package of services at the Centres, including growth monitoring, immunizations and nutrition education. Cooking demonstrations, as well as ante- and post-natal care, will also be delivered through the Centres.

25) Ongoing nutritional support activities under the country programme will need additional

resources to scale-up to respond to a possible spike in detected cases of moderately malnourished children and pregnant/lactating women. These resources will come from this EMOP. UNICEF and WFP will work in tandem to target malnourished children, strengthen community-based awareness of malnutrition and to provide appropriate interventions for both severely and moderately malnourished children. WFP will make available fortified blended food, vitamin-A enriched oil and sugar for moderately malnourished children through the supplementary feeding component of this operation, whilst UNICEF will avail ready-to-use-therapeutic food4 for severely malnourished children through its own emergency operation.

26) UNICEF is currently implementing a nutritional survey in the affected regions, the results of which are expected in mid-November. These results will guide the targeting for the supplementary feeding activities.

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27) Regarding the composition of the general household ration, preliminary assessments have indicated that some households are still employing some coping strategies and accessing some fresh wild foods. Government distributions are still ongoing, though not systematically and at a much-reduced level. A conservative food basket is considered most appropriate until the planned Emergency Food Security Needs Assessment can further refine the needs.

Table 2: General food distribution to flood-affected people.

TARGETED FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS (ration providing around 1822 KCalories/person/day) Flood affected populations Commodity No. of days Ration

(g/person/day) Beneficiaries Tonnage (mt)

Cereals 150 400 75,000 4,500 Pulses 150 60 75,000 675 Vegetable Oil 150 25 75,000 281 Salt 150 5 75,000 56 Sub-Total 5,513

Table 3: Pregnant/Lactating women and moderately malnourished children.

SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING (ration providing around 997 KCalories/person/day) Commodity No. of days Ration

(g/person/day) Beneficiaries Tonnage (mt)

Blended Food 150 200 10,000 300

Vegetable oil 150 20 10,000 30

Sugar 150 15 10,000 23

Sub-total 353

6. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS

Partnerships

28) The Ghana Health Service will coordinate the distribution of targeted food assistance to populations located within a 5 km radius of health infrastructures and supplementary feeding to nutritionally vulnerable groups through its nutrition centres. Additionally, GHS officers will assist with provision of nutrition education and community mobilization and sensitization. Complementary partnerships between WFP and other United Nations and international agencies will be actively sought, with the aim of harmonizing targeting criteria and optimising coverage. Agencies include UNICEF, the International Federation of the Red Cross, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), Plan International, World Vision International (WVI), Action Aid, the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS). WFP will continue its strong advocacy role in the water, sanitation and health sectors in order to guarantee complementary inputs to food assistance activities and monitoring of relief deliveries from humanitarian partners. Internationally-recognized Sphere standards in

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targeting, implementation and monitoring of relief will be adhered to by Government and partners.

29) Distribution of targeted food assistance will be implemented by Government and by local and international NGOs in their areas of operation. The handling, storage, and transportation of the food commodities up to the final distribution point will fall under the responsibility of WFP. Distribution plans for every food consignment will be agreed in advance between WFP and its implementing partners. The majority of commodities will be locally produced and procured, stimulating markets, contributing to the sustainability of the programme and enhancing disaster preparedness for the future.

30) WFP will join with UNICEF for the delivery of nutrition and health interventions. Beneficiaries receiving supplementary rations will benefit from other complementary health and nutrition interventions provided by the Ghana Health Service and UNICEF, such as immunizations, growth monitoring and mosquito nets. WFP will work complementarily with UNICEF in the delivery of the High Impact Rapid Delivery services and essential nutrition actions.

31) WFP and its partners CRS/CARE will conduct joint on-site capacity building training in the

field of management of food assistance. Other partners for joint training will be actively sought. The NGOs will also participate in the emergency food needs assessment activities.

32) WFP has been mapping its intervention sites, villages and the road infrastructure in northern Ghana for several years in partnership with CRS, WVI and Ministry of Health/Education. In the process, it has gained the expertise to provide geographic coordinates to areas affected by the current flooding. At the initial stages of the emergency, WFP provided maps and data to assist UNDAC teams in identifying locations and names of administrative areas and villages within 5 km of the three major rivers to help guide early site visits to the most-affected areas.

33) WFP will continue to geo-reference its intervention sites, and those sites where food assistance is being distributed by other actors, to ensure equitable distributions of both food and non-food items.

34) All implementing partners will sign a standard agreement on the principles of accountability to the community and to the beneficiaries, applicable to all humanitarian workers in Ghana. A copy of the Enhanced Commitments to Women (ECW), with particular emphasis on ECW IV and V (which refer to fairness to women during food distributions) will be attached to the standard WFP agreement with implementing partners.

Logistics

35) The WFP Ghana logistics unit will coordinate movement of commodities from the ports and entry points to central warehouses in Bolgatanga and Tamale. Upon their discharge, food commodities will be transported to the respective destinations jointly decided between WFP, the Government and humanitarian partners. A senior national officer in logistics will monitor the discharge of charter and liner ships and also road transportation to the extended delivery point (EDP) and final delivery point (FDP).

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36) WFP will be responsible for any regional/international transportation of commodities to Ghana. Commodities will arrive bagged and be transported by road. WFP will assume responsibility for arranging internal transport, handling and storage. WFP has rented warehouses both in Tamale and Bolgatanga to reduce landside transport, storage and handling (LTSH) costs for food commodities coming through the border with Burkina Faso and to have food commodities close to distribution points in the three affected regions. WFP will contract with local transporters for the secondary transport to FDPs.

37) A number of areas remain inaccessible by road. In Northern Region, the districts of Daboya, Saboba, Kparsemkpe and Yagba (part of “overseas territories”) are still best accessed by speedboat or river boat. The surrounding villages are also inaccessible and 5 small boats have been mobilized by WFP on behalf of the Government to reach them. In the Upper West Region, Mwanbasi and Dabo in Wa West and Santejam, Wuru, Nabulo, Kataso, Gowsi and Papun in Sissala East will also need to be reached by boat. These districts also comprise the traditional “overseas territories” that are cut off every year.

38) Many bridges have been broken. Two Swedish Rescue Service Agency engineers conducted a technical assessment mission and recommended ad-hoc bridge and road repair as needed to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid.

39) An emergency logistics co-ordination hub has been put into place in Northern Region bringing together the Regional Co-ordination Council, NADMO and sectoral representatives from the humanitarian community. The logistics sector will assist with coordination and management, as well as supplying mapping services.

7. PERFORMANCE MONITORING

40) Monitoring of the operation will be on a weekly and monthly basis. WFP has an office in Tamale, from where the emergency operation will be coordinated. A logistics base in Bolgatanga has been opened. This operational infrastructure gives WFP a good geographical coverage of the affected regions. It also allows relatively short travel to all accessible affected districts in Upper East, Upper West and Northern regions for monitoring. WFP will devote one national programme assistant and three national field monitors to the programming and monitoring of food assistance. WFP staff will regularly visit local counterpart offices and conduct monitoring visits to IDPs, supplementary feeding centres and beneficiary families.

41) Selected indicators include:

� Number of beneficiaries receiving food rations, by category, gender and age group; � Percentage of women as primary ration recipients; � Quantity, composition, caloric value and adequacy of the food basket distributed; � Prevalence of malnutrition; and � Attendance at monthly health and nutrition education sessions.

42) Food distribution checklists and reports, food basket monitoring and post distribution monitoring will be conducted by field monitors to verify timely distributions and ensure appropriate quantity and quality of food distributed to the beneficiaries. Beneficiary data

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disaggregated by sex will be collected by GHS and other partners (CRS, GRCS, CARE, Plan International, Action Aid).

43) GHS and humanitarian partners will prepare monthly reports containing information on outputs and agreed-upon outcome indicators.

44) Effective monitoring will also depend on the active observations and judgements made by the programme assistants and field monitors who will use monitoring questionnaires as tools to collect essential information on the overall food situation of visited districts and the food security of vulnerable groups.

45) Commodity Movement Processing and Analysis System (COMPAS) and logistics reports will also ensure that food is properly transported and stored at the various warehouses and that documentation and procedures are cross-checked with monitoring information. Food stocks at institution levels will be monitored using consignment notes accompanying delivered food commodities. WFP will ascertain whether districts and partners have received their allocation in accordance with the distribution plans. Monitoring information will be recorded in a database that will be systematically analysed, and the data used to inform programming decisions.

46) Further efforts will be made to strengthen WFP’s capacity to monitor the impact of its assistance, changing patterns of vulnerability and market performance of key staple crops. Households that currently do not benefit from WFP assistance will also be periodically surveyed during monitoring visits, for timely detection of the emergence of any new food-insecure groups.

47) In the following weeks, WFP will work to continue to improve access to more remote areas

in order to ensure coverage of needy households and to regularly consult community groups and traditional institutions.

48) The Ministry of Food and Agriculture/WFP/GHS, Food Security Monitoring System will monitor prices at 102 sentinel villages each month and provide monthly incidences of poverty-related diseases at 78 health centres. This will assist WFP and other partners in monitoring the impact of emergency assistance on local markets and on health. Results will be published monthly and will assist WFP and its partners in making any necessary changes in their programmes.

8. SECURITY CONCERNS

49) Most of Ghana is in United Nations Security Phase Zero. Three districts in the flood affected areas of Northern Region are in Phase 1 (Yendi, Tamale and Zabzugu-Tatale). Both the country office and sub-office are Minimum Operating Security Standards (MOSS) compliant. While under this EMOP, they will attain Minimum Security Telecommunications Standards (MIST) compliance.

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9. HANDOVER STRATEGY 50) The basis for a handover strategy is being created through linkages with partners under the

food security and sustainable livelihood groups and with UNICEF/GHS to integrate emergency intervention into sustainable livelihood and government nutrition programmes. Exit strategies will be contingent upon linking affected populations with inputs that support recovery and resumption of their normal productive activities and livelihood strategies (agriculture, fisheries, livestock), as well as integration into ongoing government nutrition programmes.

10. RECOMMENDATION The Senior Deputy Executive Director is requested to approve the proposed emergency operation for Ghana, Number 10710.0, under the delegated authority of the Executive Director.

APPROVAL

……………………………………

Jean-Jacques Graisse Senior Deputy Executive Director

Date:……………………………...

Project Type: EMOPRecipient Country: GhanaProject Number: 10710.0Duration (months): 5.0 Start Date: 01-Dec-2007End Date: 30-Apr-2008

Total US$

DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS (DOC) 3,356,273$

DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (DSC) 710,146$

TOTAL WFP DIRECT COSTS 4,066,419$

INDIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (ISC) 7% 284,649$

TOTAL WFP COSTS 4,351,068$

Cost Category Tonnage ValueCommodity Cereals 4,500 1,374,750$Pulses 675 285,525$Veg.Oil 311 328,058$Salt 56 10,350$CSB 300 157,650$Sugar 23 8,865$0 - -$ 0 - -$ 0 - -$ 0 - -$

Total Commodities 5,865 2,165,198$

External Transport 71,971$

ITSH 879,105$Overland -$ LTSH 879,105$

ODOC 240,000$

1/ This format should also be used for Project Budget Plan Revisions.2/ Please adapt your planning according to the Project Document (duration of the project).3/ This worksheet includes total amount for all years. 4/ In the case of a Regional EMOP, this includes total amounts per country for all years. Different sets of this format have to be filled in per country.5/ The ISC is indicated here to provide a picture of the overall WFP costs even though they are not Project Costs per se. The ISC rate may be amended by the Executive Board during the Project's life.

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TOTAL

Cost per mt Total Quantity Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value ValueCommodities (US$) (mt) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (mt) (US$) (US$)Cereals 305.50 4,500 900.00 274,950.00$ 3,600.00 1,099,800.00$ - -$ 1,374,750$Pulses 423.00 675 135.00 57,105.00$ 540.00 228,420.00$ - -$ 285,525$Veg.Oil 1,054.00 311 62.25 65,611.50$ 249.00 262,446.00$ - -$ 328,058$Salt 184.00 56 11.25 2,070.00$ 45.00 8,280.00$ - -$ 10,350$CSB 525.50 300 60.00 31,530.00$ 240.00 126,120.00$ - -$ 157,650$Sugar 394.00 23 4.50 1,773.00$ 18.00 7,092.00$ - -$ 8,865$

- - - -$ - -$ - -$ -$- - - -$ - -$ - -$ -$- - - -$ - -$ - -$ -$- - - -$ - -$ - -$ -$

5,865 1,173.00 433,039.50$ 4,692.00 1,732,158.00$ - -$ 2,165,198$

Overall Rate Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 TOTAL

14,394.12$ 57,576.49$ -$ 71,971$

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 TOTAL

542110 - Port Operations Costs 2,685.00$ 10,740.00$ -$ 13,425$542120 - Landside Transport 112,373.20$ 449,492.80$ -$ 561,866$542130 - Air Transport -$ -$542140 - Transhipment Point Costs -$ -$542150 - EDP Operations Overall Rate 13,842.80$ 55,371.20$ -$ 69,214$542160 - Distribution Costs ITSH 149.89 46,920.00$ 187,680.00$ -$ 234,600$542170 - Other LTSH Costs OVERLAND -$ -$ -$ -$

Total LTSH 149.89 175,821$ 703,284$ -$ 879,105$

DSC Overall Rate Year 1 Year 2 Year 3TOTAL

Total DSC 376,639$ 333,507$ -$ 710,146$

ODOC Overall Rate Year 1 Year 2 Year 3TOTAL

Total ODOC 120,000$ 120,000$ -$ 240,000$

Remarks:1/ In the case of a Regional project, this format should also be completed for each country.2/ Planned costs should be included for each year of the project.3/ Enter a relevant transport rate.

Year 3

Total Commodities

Total External Transport

LTSH

Year 1 (Dec,07) Year 2 ( Jan -April, 08)

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OTHER DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS (BUDGET PLAN PRIORITY AREAS)

TOTAL Gender Non Attributed

Staff and Staff-Related CostsYear Dec,

07 Staff and Staff-Related Costs551010 International Consultants (incl. Travel) - - - -551020 National Consultants - - - -551030 Temporary Assistance 100,000 100,000 - 100,000551040 UNVs - - - -552000 Non-WFP Staff Training 20,000 20,000 - 20,000553000 Travel - - - -

Subtotal 120,000 120,000 - 120,000

Recurring Expenses Year 1 Recurring Expenses554010 Rental of Facility - - - -554020 Utilities General - - - -554030 Office Supplies - - - -554040 Communications and IT Services - - - -554050 Insurance - - - -554060 Equipment Repair and Maintenance - - - -554070 Vehicle Maintenance and Running Costs - - - -554080 Contracted Services - - -554090 Other Office Expenses - - - -

Subtotal - - - -

Equipment & Capital Costs Year 1 Equipment & Capital Costs555010 Agricultural Tools and Equipment - - - -555020 Kitchen & Canteen Material and Equipment - - - -555030 Health Related Material and Equipment - - - -555040 School Related Material and Equipment - - - -555050 Building Material - - - -555060 Vehicles - - - -555070 TC/IT Equipment - - - -555080 Other Tools, Material and Equipment - - - -556000 Food Transformation Costs - - - -

Subtotal - - - -

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS 120,000 120,000 - 120,000

1/ Planned costs should be included for each year of the project. In the case of a Regional project, this format should also be completed for each country.2/ This table facilitates the breakdown of project costs by Priority area for statistical purposes.3/ The total in Column E41 is expected to tally with Column C41, as Total ODOC for the Project, for the Year.

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OTHER DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS (BUDGET PLAN PRIORITY AREAS)

TOTAL Gender Non Attributed

Staff and Staff-Related CostsYear 2

Jan-April, 08 Staff and Staff-Related Costs551010 International Consultants (incl. Travel) - - - -551020 National Consultants - - - -551030 Temporary Assistance 100,000 100,000 - 100,000551040 UNVs - - - -552000 Non-WFP Staff Training 20,000 20,000 - 20,000553000 Travel - - - -

Subtotal 120,000 120,000 - 120,000

Recurring Expenses Year 2 Recurring Expenses554010 Rental of Facility - - - -554020 Utilities General - - - -554030 Office Supplies - - - -554040 Communications and IT Services - - - -554050 Insurance - - - -554060 Equipment Repair and Maintenance - - - -554070 Vehicle Maintenance and Running Costs - - - -554080 Contracted Services - - - -554090 Other Office Expenses - - - -

Subtotal - - - -

Equipment & Capital Costs Year 2 Equipment & Capital Costs555010 Agricultural Tools and Equipment - - - -555020 Kitchen & Canteen Material and Equipment - - - -555030 Health Related Material and Equipment - - - -555040 School Related Material and Equipment - - - -555050 Building Material - - - -555060 Vehicles - - - -555070 TC/IT Equipment - - - -555080 Other Tools, Material and Equipment - - - -556000 Food Transformation Costs - - - -

Subtotal - - - -

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS 120,000 120,000 - 120,000

1/ Planned costs should be included for each year of the project. In the case of a Regional project, this format should also be completed for each country.2/ This table facilitates the breakdown of project costs by Priority area for statistical purposes.3/ The total in Column E41 is expected to tally with Column C41, as Total ODOC for the Project, for the Year.

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OTHER DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS (BUDGET PLAN PRIORITY AREAS)

TOTAL Gender Non Attributed

Staff and Staff-Related Costs Year 3 Staff and Staff-Related Costs551010 International Consultants (incl. Travel) - - - -551020 National Consultants - - - -551030 Temporary Assistance - - - -551040 UNVs - - - -552000 Non-WFP Staff Training - - - -553000 Travel - - - -

Subtotal - - - -

Recurring Expenses Year 3 Recurring Expenses554010 Rental of Facility - - - -554020 Utilities General - - - -554030 Office Supplies - - - -554040 Communications and IT Services - - - -554050 Insurance - - - -554060 Equipment Repair and Maintenance - - - -554070 Vehicle Maintenance and Running Costs - - - -554080 Contracted Services - - - -554090 Other Office Expenses - - - -

Subtotal - - - -

Equipment & Capital Costs Year 3 Equipment & Capital Costs555010 Agricultural Tools and Equipment - - - -555020 Kitchen & Canteen Material and Equipment - - - -555030 Health Related Material and Equipment - - - -555040 School Related Material and Equipment - - - -555050 Building Material - - - -555060 Vehicles - - - -555070 TC/IT Equipment - - - -555080 Other Tools, Material and Equipment - - - -556000 Food Transformation Costs - - - -

Subtotal - - - -

TOTAL OTHER DIRECT OPERATIONAL COSTS - - - -

1/ Planned costs should be included for each year of the project. In the case of a Regional project, this format should also be completed for each country.2/ This table facilitates the breakdown of project costs by Priority area for statistical purposes.3/ The total in Column E41 is expected to tally with Column C41, as Total ODOC for the Project, for the Year.

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DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (BUDGET PLAN PRIORITY AREAS)

TOTAL Security Gender Monitoring and Evaluation Non Attributed

Staff and Staff-Related CostsYear 1Dec, 07 Staff and Staff-Related Costs

611111 to 225 International Professional Staff 39,460 - - - - -611231 to 234 International GS Staff - - - - - -612100 National Professional Officers 6,720 - - - - -612200 National GS Staff 8,459 - - - - -613100 Temporary Assistance - - - - - -613200 Overtime (in USD only) - - - - - -613300 Incentives - - - - - -621000 International Consultants - - - - - -621100 National Consultants 30,000 30,000 - - 30,000 -622000 UNVs - - - - - -631000 Staff Duty Travel 60,000 60,000 - - 60,000 -641000 Staff Training and Development 12,000 12,000 - 12,000

-Subtotal 156,639 102,000 - - 102,000 -

Recurring Expenses Year 1 Recurring Expenses751000 Rental of Facility - - - - - -752000 Utilities General - - - - - -753000 Office Supplies 24,000 24,000 - - 24,000 -754000 Communications and IT Services 12,000 12,000 - - 12,000 -755000 Insurance - - - - - -756000 Equipment Repair and Maintenance 6,000 6,000 - - 6,000 -757000 Vehicle Maintenance and Running C 27,000 27,000 - - 27,000 -758000 Other Office Expenses 6,000 6,000 - - 6,000 -782000 UN Organisations Services 5,000 5,000 - - 5,000 -

-Subtotal 80,000 80,000 - - 80,000 -

Equipment & Capital Costs Year 1 Equipment & Capital Costs761000 Vehicles/Lease for three months 50,000 50,000 - - 50,000 -762000 TC/IT Equipment, 80,000 80,000 - - 80,000 -763000 Furniture, Tools and Equipment 10,000 10,000 - - 10,000 -

-Subtotal 140,000 140,000 - - 140,000 -

TOTAL DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS 376,639 322,000 - - 322,000 -

1/ Planned costs should be included for each year of the project. In the case of a Regional project, this format should also be completed for each country.2/ This table facilitates the breakdown of project costs by Priority area for statistical purposes.3/ The total in Column E41 is expected to tally with Column C41, as Total DSC for the Project, for the Year. wfp149811

DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (BUDGET PLAN PRIORITY AREAS)

TOTAL Security Gender Monitoring and Evaluation Non Attributed

Staff and Staff-Related CostsYear 2 Jan-

April, 08 Staff and Staff-Related Costs611111 to 225 International Professional Staff 150,510 - - - - -611231 to 234 International GS Staff - - - - - -612100 National Professional Officers 21,437 - - - - -612200 National GS Staff 37,559 - - - - -613100 Temporary Assistance - - - - - -613200 Overtime (in USD only) - - - - - -613300 Incentives - - - - - -621000 International Consultants - 30,000 - - 30,000 -621100 National Consultants 30,000 30,000 - - 30,000 -622000 UNVs - - - - - -631000 Staff Duty Travel 40,000 40,000 - - 40,000 -641000 Staff Training and Development 8,000 8,000 - 8,000

-Subtotal 287,507 108,000 - - 108,000 -

Recurring Expenses Year 2 Recurring Expenses751000 Rental of Facility - - - - - -752000 Utilities General - - - - - -753000 Office Supplies 12,000 12,000 - - 12,000 -754000 Communications and IT Services 8,000 8,000 - - 8,000 -755000 Insurance - - - - - -756000 Equipment Repair and Maintenance 4,000 4,000 - - 4,000 -757000 Vehicle Maintenance and Running Cost 18,000 18,000 - - 18,000 -758000 Other Office Expenses 4,000 4,000 - - 4,000 -782000 UN Organisations Services - - - - -

-Subtotal 46,000 46,000 - - 46,000 -

Equipment & Capital Costs Year 2 Equipment & Capital Costs761000 Vehicles - - - - -762000 TC/IT Equipment, - - - - -763000 Furniture, Tools and Equipment - - - - -

Subtotal - - - - - -

TOTAL DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS 333,507 154,000 - - 154,000 -

1/ Planned costs should be included for each year of the project. In the case of a Regional project, this format should also be completed for each country.2/ This table facilitates the breakdown of project costs by Priority area for statistical purposes.3/ The total in Column E41 is expected to tally with Column C41, as Total DSC for the Project, for the Year.

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DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS (BUDGET PLAN PRIORITY AREAS)

TOTAL Security Gender Monitoring and Evaluation Non Attributed

Staff and Staff-Related Costs Year 3 Staff and Staff-Related Costs611111 to 225 International Professional Staff - - - - - -611231 to 234 International GS Staff - - - - - -612100 National Professional Officers - - - - - -612200 National GS Staff - - - - - -613100 Temporary Assistance - - - - - -613200 Overtime (in USD only) - - - - - -613300 Incentives - - - - - -621000 International Consultants - - - - - -621100 National Consultants - - - - - -622000 UNVs - - - - - -631000 Staff Duty Travel - - - - - -641000 Staff Training and Development - - - - - -

Subtotal - - - - - -

Recurring Expenses Year 3 Recurring Expenses751000 Rental of Facility - - - - - -752000 Utilities General - - - - - -753000 Office Supplies - - - - - -754000 Communications and IT Services - - - - - -755000 Insurance - - - - - -756000 Equipment Repair and Maintenance - - - - - -757000 Vehicle Maintenance and Running Cost - - - - - -758000 Other Office Expenses - - - - - -782000 UN Organisations Services - - - - - -

Subtotal - - - - - -

Equipment & Capital Costs Year 3 Equipment & Capital Costs761000 Vehicles - - - - - -762000 TC/IT Equipment, - - - - - -763000 Furniture, Tools and Equipment - - - - - -

Subtotal - - - - - -

TOTAL DIRECT SUPPORT COSTS - - - - - -

1/ Planned costs should be included for each year of the project. In the case of a Regional project, this format should also be completed for each country.2/ This table facilitates the breakdown of project costs by Priority area for statistical purposes.3/ The total in Column E41 is expected to tally with Column C41, as Total DSC for the Project, for the Year.

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I. Plan Overview

II. Direct Operational Costs

III. Direct Support CostsSurge capacity needed for Country Office for the implementation of the EMOP.

Three vehicles will be leased for five months to augment the current CO capacity.

Recurring Expenses:

Equipment & Capital Costs:

IV. Other Direct Operational Costs

Non-WFP Staff Training:

V. Overall Budget Justification

It is significant to note that Ghana has mainly dealt with Dev projects and hence have limited infrastructure to deal with Emergencies.

This will cover the costs of the expansion of the Tamale sub-office, including higher costs for communication and IT facilites as well as furniture and related necessities such as stationery. There are also addional running costs from the

In addition to this they will also be paid for implementing the supplementary feeding through WFP's supplementary feeding centers.

It is envisaged that there will be three international staff on TDY for the period and their salary and DSA for the five months is included in the budget . Also included in DSC costs are their travel expenses for 14 staff members that would travel 15days/person out of their duty station for the period of five month.

All the associated costs of both assessment /evaluation have been captured here under National consultancy

The Govt partner (GHS) will be scaling -up its operation of supplementary feeding activities as part of its contribution to flood response efforts. However, they may need surge capacity to deliver targeted rations to beneficiaries outside their traditional catchment areas. These funds are budgeted to meet any associated cost for additional training, staff or Other activities that may become necessary.

The Ghana Health Service which is WFP's implementing partner for this operation will be paid for implementing the targeted distribution of food commodities in the three regions

Equipment such as HF, VHF,Ericsson Dialog Telecom and VSAT have been budget to upgrade the communication system in the country and partly in the sub office to ensure effective connectivity to implement full WINGS as the volume of operations will increase .

Capacity Building of Local Parties on issues such as Food Aid Distribution Process, Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting and Gender sensitization is necessary, to ensure effective implementation and M&E.

This project is intended to provide assistance to 75,000 beneficiaries affected by the floods in the three northern regions. The costs envisaged for this operation are on the high side given the logistical constraints of the government, which will be the implementing partner.

The ration for targeted distributions is 400g cereals, 60g pulses, 25g vegetable oil, 5g salt for 75,000 beneficiaries Beneficiaries in the supplementary feeding programme will receive daily rations of 200g CSB, 20g vegetable oil and 15g sugar for 10,000 beneficiaries.

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ANNEX III - Map of districts most affected by the floods.