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Food Security and Agriculture Cluster
National FSAC Meeting
26 February, ACF, Sana’a
Action and Discussion Points
Agenda
The main purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the humanitarian situation in Amran and in All Dhale governorate.
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Introduction of of the new FSAC facilitator in Aden.
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FSAC updates from partners
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The food security situation in Amran and Al-Dhale
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Updates on locust emergency in Tehama region
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FSAC presence in Aden
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AOB
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Next Meeting venue and time
Attending partners
Name
1- Abdulhafeed
Job title
Dep. Of FSL
Organization Phone
ACF
737335914
2- Dr AmalAtaf
Dep. Nut.HOD
ACF
770152729
34567-
IPC National cons.
Representative
ER Cluster coordinator
Grants &Dev.Pro.
Emergency Coordinator
FAO
Partner Aid
UNDP
DRC
Care
735375479
736656233
712222347
736555098
715005503
8- Anabel Karreras
9- Dr Bashir Ahmed
Gender Advisor
Programm Manager
712222189
73913373
10- Ahmd Shah
VAM Officer
OCHA
Islamic help
UK
WFP
Email
[email protected]_acf.or
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[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Emergency.coordinator@carey
emen.org
[email protected]
[email protected]
734000365
[email protected]
Merna Hassan
Jin Nyandga
Federica Dispenea
Anna Stein
Richard Hamilton
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ParthaSarathy
HanaliaFerhan
Joseph Aloo
Ahmed Alsharaji
Walter Bruzzoni
Rachel Eichholz
Evangeline Meglynn
Advisor
Project Dev Manager
Programme Funding Officer
EX Manager
Cluster coordinator/Shelter /ECCM/WFI
EFSL Coordinator
GIS and IM specialist
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MarwaNasher
Regina Bakhteare
Susan Mcintyre
Farouk Al-Salihi
CD Assistant
Donor & external Rel.
Sr.Hum. Advisor
Facilitator-South
GIZ
ACTED
Progressio
HFY
UNHCR
OXFAM
Reach/
ACTED
ACF
WFP
USAID
FSAC
777187450
711105434
738188211
734288007
712225114
736333859
736574355
737789325
738400625
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Partner Updates
FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form – 24 February 2014
Organisation Name:
World Food Programme, Yemen Country Office.
Contact Persons in
Organisation:
For Food Security Assistance Operations related issues:
Name: Francesca Erdelmann
Title: Head of Programme
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: +967 737891243
Name: Iain Mcdonald
Title: Emergency Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: +967 736777832
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For Food Security Assessment/Monitoring related issues:
Name: AhmadshahShahi
Title: Head, VAM/M&E
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: +967 734000365
Name: EndalkachewAlamnew
Title: VAM Officer
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: +967 737789132
Name: Ahmed Ismail
Title: National VAM Officer
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: +967 733232198
Current Activities
and Location of
Activities:
Food Assistance Operations:
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In February, WFP plans to reach over one million beneficiaries.
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The first DEV 200432 distribution began on 12 February, targeting 100,000 school girls in 1,054 schools across
ten governorates. Under the project, 15,810 mt will be distributed through take home rations benefiting
700,000 people.
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Internally displaced persons (IDP) distributions in Sana’a and Amran for January are progressing well.
Distributions for Abyan returnees will start on 18 February. IDP distributions in Hajjah will start on 17 February,
covering February-March needs. In Amran, one-off small rations were distributed to 564 households recently
displaced from Asha and Ghafla areas in early February.
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Yemen Postal Authority finished the second cycle (January 2014) of emergency safety net (ESN) cash
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distributions in Ibb and Taiz. Some 55,611 households received entitlements.
Food Security Assessment/Monitoring:
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The monthly market watch reports are regularly published every month – the most recent report will be for January 2014
which will be disseminated on in the coming few days. The market monitoring covers six major strategic markets/towns –
Sana’a, Amran, Hajja, Sa’ada, Aden and Al Hudieda.
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WFP and UNHCR have conducted Nutrition and Food Security Survey on Refugees in Yemen – currently draft report has been
completed.
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Rapid assessment on the impact of the locust infestation/outbreak in the Tihama region of Yemen which covers western parts
of Hajja, Hodieda and Taiz governorates is completed and shared with stakeholders.
Planned
Assessments:
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Preparations for conducting the third Comprehensive Food Security Survey (CFSS) is being completed and is going to be carried
out jointly with CSO and UNICEF. Stakeholders’ meeting was done on 27 January 2014 which resulted in the establishment of a
Technical Steering Committee consisting of members from government, donors, NGOs, UN agencies, FSAC and Nutrition
Coordinators. The Committee me on the 18th February and made good progress in finalizing the tools and methodology of the
CFSS. Training for enumerators/supervisors will take place in the last week of February and data collection will be conducted
between March and April 2014, data processing/analysis will be done between May and July, draft report will be produced by
end of July, and final report will be disseminated in August/September 2014.
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Market data collection and analysis is ongoing for the month of February 2014 and the market watch report will be
disseminated by third week of March 2014.
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Upcoming Activities:
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WFP’s Executive Board formally approved PRRO 200636, Safeguarding Lives, Boosting Food Security and Nutrition, and
Building Resilience. It will run from July 2014 to June 2016.
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The current EMOP has been extended for six months to mid-2014, pending an official approval. New food for assets activities
will be piloted ahead of the PRRO.
Observed Gaps and
Needs:
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Information gaps persisted for Al Jawuf and Sa’ada governorates, and other localized conflict affected areas.
Challenges:
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Many areas are inaccessible for surveys and for market monitoring due to security reasons, mainly Al Jawuf and Sa’ada
governorates.
FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form
DRC
Current Activities
and Location of
Activities:
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Name: Anna Stein
Title: Grants and Programme Development Officer
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: 736 555 098
Cash for work activities in Dar Saad and Sheikh Othman districts, Aden with 1,200 individuals
Life skills training for 1,200 individuals
Last Update
January,
2014
Organisation
Name:
Contact Person in
Organisation:
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Planned
Assessments:
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Participate in upcoming OCHA-led assessment in Aden
Upcoming
Activities:
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Continuation of CFW and life skills training activities until June
Observed Gaps
and Needs:
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Need for activities to address livelihoods and food security gaps in Aden City
Challenges:
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FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form
Save the Children International (SCI)
Current Activities
and Location of
Activities:
1) Hodeidah-Bajil District
 Cash for work activities ($50/Month/HH for Six months) to 850 HHs in two cluster areas, the last transfers
Name: Samuel Mamo/Mohammed Alshama
Title: FSL Advisor/ MEAL manager
Email:[email protected]/[email protected]
Mobile Number: 736800477
will be paid at the end of March 2014
 Ongoing Hygiene Promotion in the targeted areas. (Continued)
2) Dhamar (Utmah , MagribAns districts) and Sana’a (BiladArus)
Last Update
Februa
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y,2014
Organisation
Name:
Contact Person in
Organisation:
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Food for Assets
 Finalised the establishment and training of Community Resilience Committees (CRCs) in all the three Districts
 Completed the design of identified initial FFA community assets in the three districts.
 Monitoring of FFA work sites in progress
 Vendors training and contracting process is ongoing – Utmah , MagribAns and BiladRus
 Printing Beneficiaries IDs
 Round 1 Voucher Distribution
Infant and Young Children Feeding – IYCF
 Nutrition Team Recruitment,
 Staff training and capacity building
Vocational Skills Training
 Identified the site for the establishment of the Training Centre P in Utmah district to be used for
beneficiaries/trainees of both Utmah and Maghrib Ans.
 In the process of purchasing all the requisite materials and equipment
 Curriculum for all the skills developed and Bill of Quantities ready.
Work plan developed
3) Lahj (Al Milah, Radfan, &Tuban) and Taiz (DimnatKhadir& Al Ma’afer districts)
 Cash for Work activities 8,000 beneficiaries i.e. 4,000 in each governorate started
- Identification of vocational skills training centres
Planned
Assessments:
1)
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2)
HodeidahBajilDistic
Post Distribution Monitoring;
Market Price Monitoring;
End line Assessment
Dhamar (Utmah , MagribAns districts) and Sana’a (BiladArus)
Project baseline
 Preparation for baseline survey completed and the data collction will be started in the first/second week fo
March
 KAP survey for the Nutrition indicators
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3) Lahj (Al Milah, Radfan, &Tuban) and Taiz (DimnatKhadir& Al Ma’afer districts)
Upcoming
Activities:
1) Hodeidah
 PDM & MPM
 End line Assessment.
2)
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Dhamar (Utmah , MagribAns districts) and Sana’a (BiladArus)
Monitoring of FFA community assets development
Round 1 voucher transfer
Community sensitization and training of Volunteers
Establishment of MTMSGs
Recruitment of Skills Training beneficiaries
Skills Trainings
3) Lahj (Al Milah, Radfan, &Tuban) and Taiz (DimnatKhadir& Al Ma’afer districts)
 Cash and in kind support for asset creation for vulnerable households (12,000) in Taiz and Lahj.
 Community nutrition education through mother to mother support groups using community volunteers
Observed Gaps
and Needs:
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Market price monitoring activities
There is need for more area and HHs coverage with relatively long term Livelihood recovery project
activities
FSL activity is covering only a third of the needy HHs in the targeted cluster of Bajil district
Too many needy households and programme not able to reach all deserving households
Lack of affordable MFI institutions with available ones charging an interest of 24%
Insecurity in some parts of the intervention district of Utmah
BiladAlrus district are not familiar with NGO working in their village of which hinders activities to some
extent
Challenges:
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FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form
Oxfam
Current Activities
and Location of
Activities:
Hays and Al Sukhna, Hodeidah
 CfW, 2000 HH (road, land, well rehab, protective wall, water canal)
 Marketing and management skills, 93 HH
 Small shop inputs, 70 bnfs
 Bee keeping input distribution, 188 HH
 Paravet training, 16 HH
Haradh and Abs, Hajjah
 Paravet training, 16 HH
 Bee keeping training, 100 HH
 Livelihoods diversification, 40 HH
 CfW
 DfID baseline is finalised
 Finalising the PCVA
Planned
Assessments:
Upcoming
Activities:
Name: Rachel Eichholz
Title: EFSL Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: 736333859
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CfW
Unconditional cash transfers
Business skills training
Paravet training
Last Update
February ,2014
Organisation
Name:
Contact Person in
Organisation:
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Observed Gaps
and Needs:
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Challenges:
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PCVA
HR gaps
Fuel shortage in Haradh and Sa’ada
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FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form
Progressio
Current Activities
and Location of
Activities:
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Name: Joseph O. Aloo
Title: Programme Funding Officer
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: 738188211
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HIV and AIDS in Yemen, "Low prevalence, high Vulnerability" Project funded by EC.
Implemented in Sanaa, Hodeida and Aden governorates.
Yemen at a Crossroads: Promoting good governance and citizens’ participation in a fragile
context. Project funded by SIDA and implemented jointly with Oxfam GB and Oxfam Novib.
Covers 8 districts in four governorates (Hodeida – Al Munirah and Hays districts; AdenKhorMaksar and Dar Sa’ad districts; Taiz- Al Mawasit and Al Misrakh districts; HadramoutHajr and Al Qatn districts) as well as the Capital Sanaa.
Honour, Power and Expectation (HOPE) for Women in Hodeida. Project funded by EC and
implemented in partnership with Reach Out Foundation for Human Development (RFHD).
Covers four districts in Hodeida governorate.
Protection of the Rights of Female Inmates and Juvenile Offenders in Hodeida. Project
funded by EC and implemented in partnership with Abo Musa Alashary Social Charitable
Association. Covers four districts in Hodeida Governorate.
Enhancing Women’s Participation in Governance Project. Project funded by FCO and
implemented in partnership with Reach Out Foundation for Human Development (RFHD).
Covers six districts in Hodeida governorate.
Improved safe drinking water, Hygiene and sanitation for marginalized people in Eastern and
Western Albaida districts of Hodeida Governorate. Project funded by UNOCHA and
implemented in partnership with National Foundation for Development and Human Rights
Last Update
February ,2014
Organisation
Name:
Contact Person in
Organisation:
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(NFDHR).
Planned
Assessments:
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Upcoming
Activities:
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Observed Gaps
and Needs:
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Challenges:
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Food security and livelihoods in Zabeed district, Hodeida governorate.
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FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form
ACF
Current Activities
and Location of
Activities:
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Fifth and final cash transfer in both Hajjah (DFID) and Hodeidah (ECHO)
IGA feasibility study in Hodeidah for ECHO project. 300 beneficiaries will benefit from this
activitiy
Planned
Assessments:
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Cash impact study for DFID and ECHO projects in Hodeida and Hajjah to be implemented
coming month
Upcoming
Activities:
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Observed Gaps
and Needs:
Challenges:
Last Update
Name: Abdulhafeed Al-Amery
Title: Deputy Head of Food Security and Livelihood
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: 737335914
Restocking support to households in JabalRas. Beneficiary identification (325 hh) from within
ECHO cash transfer caseloads to be implemented between March and May 2014
 Long term livelihood support interventions set to begin in March in Alkhawkha for Income
generating activity support targeting 300 beneficiaries
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Hodeidah livestock epidemiological reports will be required before restocking activities
are conducted in JabalRas to get data on prevalent diseases which will then guide vaccination
prior to implementation of the restocking exercise
February ,2014
Organisation
Name:
Contact Person in
Organisation:
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Action and Discussion Points
FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form
Current
Activities and
Location of
Activities:
Name: Salah Hajj Hassan
Title: FAO Representative
Email: [email protected]
Mobile Number: 736600955
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Planned
Assessments:
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Upcoming
Activities:
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Observed Gaps
and Needs:
Challenges:
Last Update
FAO
Providing crop seeds, fertilizers, and agricultural hand tools for 2000 farmers
(returnees) in Abyan .
Supporting 530 farmers with concentrate and dry fodders in Abyan
Supporting 3070 poor families with home gardening seedlings and egg lying
chicken in Hajja
Supporting fishers with fishing tools (200 beneficiaries). (Abyan)
Animal vaccination campaign in some districts of Hajah
Animal vaccination campaign in all districts of Abyan.
Preparing 18 community members as community animal health workers in Hajja
Supporting farmers and MAI in locust control in Hodaihah and Hajja
Supporting farmers in Palm Red Weevil control in Hadramout and Hodaida
Supporting small scale tomato farmers in tomato borer control in Sanaa, Hodaida,
Dhamar
Monitoring and evaluation of the implemented activities in Abyan
Monitoring and evaluation of the implemented activities in Abyan
Monitoring and Evaluation of the implemented activities in Abyan ( Seed and
fertilizer distribution and Concentrates and dry fodders distribution)
- Emergency provision of livelihoods inputs to IDPs and host communities in Al
Jawf
- Implementing of food security information system program within MoPIC
None
January,2014
Organisation
Name:
Contact Person
in Organisation:
None
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FSAC Cluster – Partner Updates Form
Organisation
Name:
Contact Person
in Organisation:
ADRA
Current
Activities and
Location of
Activities:
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Last Update
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Planned
Assessments:
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Upcoming
Activities:
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Conducting distribution of food vouchers ($75 value) in the following sub-disricts to roughly
6,140 beneficiaries.
o Alkhamila-(Khanfer)
o Shuqra (Khanfer)
o Yaramis (Khanfer)
o Hatat (Sarar)
o Sarar Center
o Modiya
o Sheikh Salim (Zinjubar)
Preparations for the first distribution of livestock for livelihoods assistance project, which
will occur March 9-13 in Alkhamila (Khanfer).
Conducting food security and livelihoods assessment in 3 districts of Al-Jawf (Al-Hazm, AlKhalq, Al-Ghayl)
N/A
January, 2014
Sana’a: Ahmed Al-Othmani, [email protected]
Aden: Alex Vercio, [email protected]
Continued distribution of food vouchers monthly, in the same target areas through July,
2014
Distribution of livelihoods materials targeting 2,500 beneficiaries in Khanfer, Modiya, and
Sarar. Distributions will occur monthly through July 2015 in the following livelihood
activities:
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Observed Gaps
and Needs:
o Livestock (sheep and goats)
o Fishing materials
o Drip irrigation
o Traditional Irrigation
o Beekeeping
 Beneficiary selection for project in Al-Jawf
 Cooperation between partners to share assessment information about the needs of the
community and successful methods of developing livelihoods.
Challenges:
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Security issues from needy non-beneficiaries or from those who were removed from the
beneficiary list because of ineligibility according to our criteria for inclusion.
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AOB
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A. Reminder on the 2014 SRP strategic objective, to which all clusters have to contribute. Some of the engagements reminded in
the meeting were: (1) ensure the participation of men, women, boys and girls in all workshops, consultation and strategic forums;
(2) assessments conducted by cluster partners will include male and female, and will ensure participation of females from the
affected populations; (3) sex and age disaggregated data; (4) % of gender blind projects and 75% of 2a + 2b projects in the SRP,
etc.
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B. The GenCap Advisor asked if the cluster members have specific requests regarding her support. She will be available until July
2014, and can provide workshops, reviewing projects before uploading in the OPS, compilation of good practices, participate in a
joint assessment or monitoring, etc.
Key Action and Discussion Points
ACTION POINTS
NEXT NATIONAL CLUSTER MEETING: 26 March 2014 in Sana’a at ACTED Office (Time TBD)
Who
What
FSAC
Coordinator
Partners are requested to submit their monthly updates before Rolling
the meeting. Only five partners submitted updates for
February which hampers the cluster as an information
sharing tool.
FSAC
Coordinator
As only WFP is working in Amaran, other partners are encouraged Rolling
to join future assessments.
ACTED
Given its presence in Al-Dhale, ACTED can assess the cases of
displacement in Qataba and Al-Husha. Interested partners shall
contact ACTED.
Deadline
End of March
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Humanitarian
Forum Yemen
The Humanitarian Forum Yemen reported displacement cases in
Al-Jawf. The Forum shall share the updates with exact figures
with the cluster to be circulated to all partners.
ASAP
FSAC
Coordinator
More efforts are needed to combat locust in Tehama as reports
show they are moving down south from Hajjah to Al-Hodeidah.
And action needs to be careful as pesticides pose risk to bee
keeping and some agricultural products.
Ongoing
OCHA/Gender
Advisor
Partners are requested to provide sex and age segregated data,
and also to give briefs during the meetings on the specific needs
of women and children in target communities.
Rolling
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