Welcome to Save the Children’s Presentation on Household Economic and Food Security of Extreme Poorme to Save the Children’s Presentation on Household Economic and Food Security of Extreme Poornomic and Food Security of Extreme Poor

Welcome to Presentation on Scaling up

Household Economic Security Model in Phase 1

Lesson Learning Workshop, EEP/Shiree

Organized by Caritas BangladeshApril 22-24, 2012

Extreme Poor, Food and Nutrition

insecurity, extreme

deprivation, fatalistic

attitude, socially excluded

Current Situation

Threshold of extreme poverty

MS-1

Ability to Meet dietary requirements

and basic survival needs

12th Month

HH level Micro-Plan, Link with Safety

net , Immediate Cash Transfer

MS-2

18th Month

Productive assets and skills transfer

MS-3

Improved Health and Nutrition status, Food

Utilization

24th Month

Awareness on health and nutrition, watsan, Linkages for basic services, entitlements

MS-5

Movements towards

self sustain

48th Month

Community level mechanisms, Linkages, Continued support

MS 6

Reduction of Poverty, Food &

Nutrition Security Tk 28/person/

day @ 2007 pr.

60th

Month

Movement out of Extreme

Poverty (Tk 22 per capita per day @ 2007

prices)

MS-4

Diversification of livelihoods, Coaching and mentoring, Disaster preparedness Training and linkages

MS-4

Movement out of Extreme

Poverty (Tk 22 per capita per day @ 2007

prices)

36th Month

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Household Economic Security (HES) Model

Key Features of HES model

Household based economic interventions

Linking and leveraging: Government, NGOs, other services/facilities

Providing temporary financial assistance, promoting social linkages

Strengthening livelihood option/IGAs, income diversification

Promoting women friendly livelihoods options

Promoting viable and resilient livelihood options

Monitoring trigger indicators on Early Warning System(EWS), HH emergency preparedness and DRR actions

Critical steps

Selection of extreme poor households in 5 stages

Development of household micro plan Linkages with safety net, basic services and facilities

Finalize input schedule and delivery plan alongwith HHs

Skills and asset transfer, coaching, mentoring and business counseling

Household performance tracking, progress and impact monitoring

Phase 1 Project : Household Economic and Food Security of Extreme Poor

Bagerhat District: 3 Upazilas 22 Unions282 villages7,746 BHHs

Khulna District: 3 Upazilas 25 Unions437 villages6,742 BHHs

Consideration livelihood inputs and IGAs General context • Livelihood zones – mixed • Mapping of institutions, organizations and service

roviders • Wealth ranking and examining livelihood means/IGAs

Specific for the selected HHs• Household Micro planning – decision on livelihood

inputs/IGAs• IGA categorization, IGA viability and resilience analysis• Linking and leveraging services and facilities

andtechnical providers and local entreprenuers

Sector wide livelihood inputs category

Livestock

19%

Poultry

18%

Local transp

ort12%

Fishery

14%

Non agricul

ture 34%

Agriculture 3%

HH Livelihood inputs: Sector wise Viability and Resilience Status

Most viable and resilient to less viable and less resilience livelihood inputs

Innovation for dependant households !

• Many extreme poor households lack an able-bodied family member, making it hard to identify suitable income-earning activities.

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Household with no able-bodied member, but a small of land, develops a productive garden with an able-bodied neighbor. Regular source of income is not impossible through CSG’s support

HOW LONG, WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY, ETHICAL

QUESTION,

Progress at Outcome Level

Capacity building and Coordinated efforts at all levels are essential to benefit BHHs

Periodical training, continuous updates and feedback with planned

follow up actions has helped staff committing for the deliverables

Regular Courtyard sessions raised

awareness and

practice good habits

UDMC periodical

meeting has helped

BHHs to share their

needs related to DRR plans

and actions

Lessons learned during Phase 1 Context analysis helped to set operational strategies/plans

Understanding of selection criteria needs ground experience of working with extreme poor

Addressing gender based inequality is necessary for sustainable graduation

Micro planning involving all members including children has ensured participation and build confidence of staff and HHs

Planned delivery of productive assets, relevant skills, social awareness can improve HH performance

Lessons learned during Phase 1

Continuous engagement through local Community Mentors and Community Support Groups has helped households to make decisions and seek support

The tools are found to be highly effective and ensured transparency and accountability of project deliverables

Involvement of local government institutions, local entrepreneurs and government service providers is found playing an important role for the HHs

Knowledge and practice of emergency preparedness, disaster risks reduction measures are found reducing vulnerabilities and preventing loss and damage

Proper monitoring and evaluation, research, assessments and lesson learning improves interventions and can help evidence based policy advocacy- within and outside the organization

THANK YOU ALL