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Revolution: From Food Aid to Food Assistance — Thematic Areas
ANNEX Table 15.2 Protection checklist for food asssitance operations (cont.) C.
TARGETING AND REGISTRATION OF BENEFICIARIES
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Analysing the impact of targeting and registration methods and strategy on the dynamics and safety of communities
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Planning measures to prevent negative impact of targeting strategies, such as between target and non-target communities
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Establishing reliable checks to prevent and address inclusion and exclusion errors in registration due to abuse of power, fraud or other forms of cheating
14.
Identifying the impact of gathering sensitive information, such as beneficiaries’ ethnicity, age and family size, on their safety and security
15.
Informing beneficiaries and non-beneficiary neighbouring/host communities of WFP’s targeting criteria and registration procedures
16.
Identifying possible negative and positive impacts of putting women’s names on ration cards, and devising measures to mitigate the negative consequences
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Maintaining a system of confidentiality pertaining to beneficiary registration information such as ethnicity, HIV/AIDS status, etc.
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LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION
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Consulting with beneficiaries and local authorities on safe, secure and nearby locations for distribution sites, and adjusting distribution modalities accordingly
19.
Coordinating with local government, military and police to determine their roles in guaranteeing beneficiaries’ safety during food collection, including crowd control strategies
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Informing beneficiaries of the procedure, timing and frequency of food distributions and rations
21.
Creating safe spaces at distribution points for vulnerable women, elderly people and children
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Establishing a mechanism for reporting violations/abuses and corruption by WFP staff, implementing partners, food management committees and other actors during and after distribution
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Increasing visibility and labelling of United Nations and WFP food, trucks, sites, etc. during food distribution, and using visibility to increase protective presence on the ground