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special food requirement for the pregnant women, children etc. Initial
assessment should also focus on the nutritional value of the food. The ration or
food package should be decided on the basis of the nutrition criteria taking in to
account the issue of acceptability and cost effectiveness. The package/ration
should be enough to provide 2100 K calories/person/day. When food
commodities are selected for emergency distribution the following points mat be
considered before deciding the food commodities:-
(a) Nutrition value.
(b) The local culture.
(c) People‟s familiarity with cooking of food.
(d) Eating habits.
(e) Availability of food in local market.
(f) Purchase food from the local market.
(g) Fuel requirement for cooking.
(h) Grain processing: any food item requires processing, e.g. milling.
(j) Quality of the food should be good.
(k) Avoid importing food from other countries in emergency situation,
(2) Food Aid Targeting and Distribution
(a) The beneficiary selection for the food aid should be done with the
participation of key persons, local leaders, teachers etc from the
affected population and beneficiary selection should be regardless of
religion, ethnicity, language, gender etc.
(b) The proper list and the registration card/food distribution card shall be
prepared and distributed to the selected beneficiaries in advance.
(c) Beneficiaries shall be informed in advance about the distribution point,
date, time and procedure.
(d) Distribution card should be properly filled with CNIC details and signed
by the distribution officer and beneficiary.
(e) Beneficiaries should carry copy of their CNIC cards so as the food aid
distributions agencies can maintain record.
(f) Non production of CNIC by disaster affectee will neither render him or
her ineligible to receive food aid nor form basis of any discrimination.
(g) In such cases, the verification should be done through village leader,
councilor or the local community to qualify for the food aid.
(h) Special attention and priority should be given to the persons with
disability, elderly person heading household, women adolescent
heading household.