Transcript SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT OVERVIEW

SOCIAL SAFETY NET PROJECT OVERVIEW
May 22, 2012
Presentation Overview
 SSN Project summary
 Expected results
 Project Impact
 Cash Based Responses
 Challenges
 Lessons Learned
Project Implementation Areas
Project Summary
 Social Safety Nets (SSN) Project
 Project duration: 30 months (June 2010 – Nov 2012)
 Beneficiaries targeted: 2,240
 Target areas: Sanaag and Karkaar regions of Somalia
 Total Funds: 3.7 million Euros
 Funded by EC and SIDA
Result 1: Targeted households are able to meet their
basic needs throughout the year
Result 2: Households ’ access to livelihood
opportunities within their own community has
increased
Result 3: Community capacity and resilience to
livelihood related shocks has improved.
Result 4: Project is monitored effectively & learning
is documented & shared with other actors
Project Impact
Household Income & Debt
300
Monthly HH Income (US$)
250
200
150
100
50
0
HH Income
Jul-10
HH Debt
May-11
Nov-11
Feb/March-12
Access to Livelihood Opportunities
 Approximately 20% of beneficiaries have started new
income generating activities since the start of the
project.
 Percentage of HH receiving external support has
decreased from 23% to 15%
Experienced food shortage in last 3
months
100
90
Percentage of households (%)
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
YES
Jul-10
NO
Nov-11
Feb/March-12
Household Food Availability
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Enough for <1 day
Jul-10
Enough for 2 days to 1
week
May-11
Enough for 1 week to 1
month
Nov-11
Enough for more than
one month
Feb/March-12
Number of Meals Consumed
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
Adults
Jul-10
Children
May-11
Nov-11
Feb/March-12
Use of Coping Strategies
100
Percentage of households ($)
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Jul-10
May-11
Nov-11
Feb/Mar-12
Challenges
•Higher demand – number of vulnerable households is
higher than allocated beneficiaries for Cash Relief and
Livelihood grants.
•Price increase of MEB.
•No contingency fund
Lessons Learned
•Need to mobilize additional resources to increase the grant
size to meet the MEB or supplement it through other
sources.
•What would a large scale safety nets look like? Is it a
combination of cash with skills or cash/vouchers alone?
•Is there a role for technical skills training, in safety nets?
•Is graduation of beneficiaries a priority?
Linking Cash Transfer to SSN
• SSN project guided Cash Consortium for cash transfer at
scale in South Central Somalia
• Because SSN already existed, it was easier to scale up as
experience and M&E tools were available.
• Need to link present experiences to strategize Safety Nets
initiatives at scale:
• Consortium approach already exists to allow scale
• M&E Tools exist
• Experience already exists on how to do it at scale
Contact Information
Adeso Headquarters – Kenya
P.O. Box 70331-00400
Nairobi, Kenya
M: +(254) 710 607 378
T: +(254) 20 800 0881
[email protected]
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