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Field handbook • Scientific and Technical Department APPENDIX 19: EXAMPLE OF A PDM REPORT FROM INDONESIA Introduction Action contre la Faim started its activities in Ambon, province of Maluku, in April 1999, as a response to the outbreak of violence in the province in January 1999 and the subsequent large-scale population displacements. ACF responded to immediate, basic and minimum needs of over a hundred thousand IDPs through the provision of food and hygienic items. In 2000 ACF served roughly 134,200 beneficiaries in Maluku province. From early 2001, tensions were still prevailing in Ambon but there was a growing awareness that the strategy of assisting victims of the conflict by virtue of their status as IDPs required urgent reviewing. Vulnerability and dependency on food aid had to be assessed as well as the constraint free food distributions represented on the development of coping mechanisms or the re-establishment of self-sufficiency among the IDPs population. ACF considered that a targeting process was relevant and necessary to be conducted in order to avoid any dependency on the food aid. On the basis of the Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM), 3% of former food aid beneficiaries were targeted to be the possible beneficiaries of new programmes of assistance. These families were identified as vulnerable, the most at risk of food insecurity when the general food distribution ended. All the results are coming from the double approach followed by ACF: to focus on the most vulnerable families and to develop an adequate assistance for those families. The Income Generating Programme (IGP) implemented in Ambon island (urban, semi-urban and rural areas) aimed to: • Boost the vulnerable household’s production capacities • Generate income for vulnerable families and therefore support the development of coping mechanisms and household self-sufficiency • Develop the capacities of production of one community The expected result is to develop the capacity for a vulnerable family to produce, sell and capitalise in order to be able to get out of the ongoing spiral of vulnerabilityimpoverishment-assistance. The assistance to the targeted beneficiaries consisted in providing them equipment and materials necessary to start up a small-scale activity. Two IGA programmes have been implemented by ACF in the Maluku province. The first one from July 2001 until January 2002 and focusing on Ambon island only (urban area mainly) and the second one from April 2002 until February 2003 focusing on 4 different islands of the Maluku (rural area). This PDM report concerns the second programme. 92 vulnerable IDPs camps-villages were selected and visited (46 Christians, 46 Moslems). At the end, only 19 Moslems IDPs camps (41% of the total visited) accepted the principles of focusing on the most vulnerable families. On the Christian side, only 24 IDPs camps (52% of the total visited) accepted the same principles of targeting. 5 INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A KEY CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURTIY 199
➔ camps have “cancelled’ the collaboration with ACF considering that the targeting could result in tensions after the distribution. After meeting with the community, it was decided that it was more prudent to follow the opinion of the authorities of the villages. From the first assessment and the potential number of IDPs in the targeted camps until the third assessment (final decision) Action contre la Faim targeted 7% of the population. GENERAL PRESENTATION Objectives The main objectives assigned by ACF when starting IGA were: • To assist vulnerable households in urban and rural areas who can not be targeted for continuous food assistance and do not benefit from other any assistance. • To develop the vulnerable households’ self-sufficiency. • To help the vulnerable families to regain their dignity. Methodology Step Date Main objectives and criteria used Macro identification Assessment 1 November 2001 November December 2001 Selection of the main vulnerable areas based on Action contre la Faim field experience Presentation of the objectives (= targeting the population for a programme of assistance) to the camp coordinator and representatives of the community. At the end of this visit ACF team knows if the approach is accepted or not (because of problem of tensions and jealousies). If the process is approved, the team asks a first list of vulnerable people. NB: if the list is not available at this moment another visit is organised. Assessment 2 January 2002 Questionnaire with the families (list given by the representative of the camp) based on the following criteria: The “compulsory criteria” • Family of IDP (Displaced People) • Absence of regular income or limited to 100,000 Rupiahs per month for a family of 5 persons • One member of the family has special skills, the will to develop an activity but not enough capital to buy the basic items • Family not benefiting from any empowerment programme 200 INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES: A KEY CONCEPT IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURTIY
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