PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT
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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO WORK WITH VULNERABLE AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

NIGERIA:IN 2019, PFD CONTINUED TO WORK WITH FHI360 TO IMPLEMENT COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION ACTIVITIES OF THE ALIVE &THRIVE PROJECT IN NINE STATES - OSUN, OGUN, ENUGU, EDO, CROSS RIVER AND FCT ANAMBRA, ONDO AND KANO. IN THIS PROJECT, PFD WORKED WITH THE STATE AND LGA STRUCTURES TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF LGA SOCIAL MOBILIZATION, HEALTH EDUCATION AND NUTRITION OFFICERS.OUTCOMES: - 170 STATE AND LGA PERSONNEL AND SOCIAL MOBILIZATION OFFICERS UNDERSTOOD THEIR ROLES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CM COMPONENT OF A&T PROJECT - ESTABLISHED DIRECTORY OF STATE/LGA SOCIAL MOBILIZATION, HEALTH EDUCATION AND NUTRITION FOCAL PERSONS IN THE NINE PROJECT STATES - DEVELOPED CM FACILITATOR GUIDELINES TOOLS AND JOB AIDS FOR ENHANCED CM IMPLEMENTATION - ENGAGED 547 (347 FEMALE AND 200 MALE) COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS TO REACH 377,950 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH EARLY INITIATION AND EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING MESSAGESWITH SUPPORT FROM UNICEF/NIGERIA WASH SECTION, PFD CONDUCTED PROCESS MONITORING AND SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL WASH INSTITUTIONS (WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE COMMITTEES - WASHCOM) ON COMMUNITY-DRIVEN WASH SERVICE DELIVERY IN 22,500 RURAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS 77 LGA IN NINE STATES - BAUCHI, BENUE, DELTA, EDO, EKITI JIGAWA, KADUNA, KATSINA, AND ZAMFARA. PFD COLLABORATED WITH THE STATE RURAL WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION AGENCIES (RUWASSA) AND THE LGA WASH DEPARTMENTS IN THESE STATES TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN 50 FACILITATORS CALLED STATE PROCESS MONITORS (SPM) WHO ACCOMPANIED STAFF OF LGA WASH DEPARTMENTS DESIGNATED AS LOCAL PROCESS MONITORS (LPM) TO THE COMMUNITIES TO INTERACT WITH THE WASHCOM.OUTCOMES: - 66% OF THE SUPPORTED COMMUNITIES CURRENTLY IMPLEMENT OPERATIONAL COST RECOVERY. 3,160 COMMUNITY WASHCOM VISITED HAVE INSTITUTED WATER USER FEES, WITH 2,507 OF THEM OPERATING VARIOUS TYPES OF BANKING - 3,882 (41%) COMMUNITY WASHCOM OBTAINED FORMAL REGISTRATION AS CBO IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LGA WITH 47% OF THESE RESULTING FROM SUPPORTIVE MONITORING VISITS TO WASHCOM AND ENGAGEMENT WITH LGA MANAGEMENT - STRENGTHENED CAPACITY OF 843 LGA WASH STAFF ON COMMUNITY WASHCOM SUPPORTIVE MONITORING FOR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS - 90% OF THE SUPPORTED COMMUNITY WASHCOM NOW CONDUCT MEETINGS, WITH 72.5% OF THESE WASHCOM KEEPING RECORDS, INCLUDING WASHCOM MINUTES OF MEETING, SIMPLE FINANCIAL RECORDS AND DOCUMENTED CORRESPONDENCE. - 42% OF COMMUNITIES STRENGTHENED HAVE WOMEN PLAYING ACTIVE ROLES IN WASHCOM ACTIVITIES; 83% OF THESE WASHCOM HAVE FEMALE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS (AT LEAST ONE FEMALE IN WASHCOM EXECUTIVE) RURAL WASH SECTOR SUPPORT, USAID AND THE COCO-COLA AFRICA FOUNTATION WITH FUNDING FROM USAID AND THE COCA-COLA AFRICA FOUNDATION THROUGH THE WATER AND DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE (WADA) MECHANISM, PFD SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENTS OF ABIA AND CROSS RIVER STATES TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND ACCESS TO SAFE, AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND RELIABLE WATER,SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) SERVICES. THIS PROJECT PROVIDED AND EXPANDED ACCESS TO IMPROVED, SAFE, AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND RELIABLE WATER AND SANITATION SERVICES TO OVER 56,133 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN 58 RURAL COMMUNITIES IN BOTH STATES.OUTCOMES: - 47,014 PERSONS HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER - 440 WOMEN AND 220 MEN ACQUIRED BUSINESS AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS FOR IMPROVED INCOME - 23,940 PEOPLE WITH DEMONSTRATED SUSTAINABLE HYGIENE BEHAVIOR CHANGE - 39 WATER FACILITIES (MAJORLY SOLAR-POWERED BOREHOLES) AND 33 SANITATION FACILITIES (LATRINES WITH HAND WASHING STATIONS) COMPLETED - 58 COMMUNITY WASH MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES ESTABLISHED AND STRENGTHENEDCAPACITY BUILDING OF 14 SPRAY SERVICE PROVIDER (SSP) GROUPS IN BAUCHI AND GOMBE STATES, PALLADIUM/PROPCOM MAI KARFIIN 2019, PFD IMPLEMENTED A PROJECT WITH PALLADIUM/PROPCOM MAI-KARFI PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF 14 SPRAY SERVICE PROVIDERS (SSP) GROUPS IN BAUCHI AND GOMBE STATES.KEY PROJECT OUTCOMES INCLUDED: - ALL 14 SSP GROUPS REGISTERED AS MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES - IMPROVED FINANCIAL AND INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THE 14 SSP GROUPS INCLUDING USE OF BASIC TOOLS SUCH AS CASHBOOK, ACCOUNT REGISTERS, PAYMENT VOUCHERS, RECEIPTS AND MINUTES BOOKS. - STRENGTHENED COLLABORATIONS AND LINKAGES BETWEEN THE 14 SSP MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING AGRO-DEALERS, MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS, INPUT SUPPLIERS, EXTENSION AGENTS, COOPERATIVE AUTHORITIES IN BAUCHI AND GOMBE STATESMICRO-CREDIT ACTIVITIESIN OCTOBER 2019, PFD EXTENDED ITS LOAN OF $327,000 TO LONG STANDING NIGERIAN PARTNER MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION, LIFT ABOVE POVERTY ORGANIZATION (LAPO), FOR ANOTHER 12 MONTHS. LAPO IS ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE LOAN BY A FACTOR OF THREE TO FOUR TIMES SO IN 2019 IT ISSUED 2,639 LOANS THROUGH PFD'S SUPPORT WITH AN OVERALL VALUE OF $1.4M. WELL OVER 50% OF THE BORROWERS ARE WOMEN, AND ACTIVITY OCCURS IN SEVERAL OF NIGERIA'S 36 STATES. MOST LOANS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN AGRICULTURAL OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. LOAN OFFICERS ALSO INTEGRATE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH MESSAGES DURING MICRO-CREDIT ACTIVITIES WITH BENEFICIARIES.INITIATIVE FOR ADVANCING LOCAL SOLUTION (IALS)IN SEPTEMBER 2019, PFD LAUNCHED ITS LOCAL AFFILIATE, IALS, THROUGH MICROFINANCE ACTIVITIES IN DELTA AND CROSS RIVER STATES IN SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIA. IALS FIRST STAGE MICROLOANS RANGE BETWEEN $160-480, WITH BORROWERS OFTEN BEING SMALL GROUPS OF 6-20 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A COMMON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. BORROWERS MUST COMPLETE PRE-LOAN TRAINING BEFORE IALS PROVIDES THE LOAN FUNDS. IALS MICROFINANCE OPERATIONS TARGET SMALL TRADERS AND SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES. IALS AIMS TO ISSUE 1,900 LOANS IN ITS FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION, WITH ROUGHLY 80% OF THOSE LOANS GOING TO WOMEN.BEFORE ANNE JOHNSON'S UNTIMELY DEATH FROM CANCER AT AGE 57 IN DECEMBER 2013, SHE HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WORKED FOR PARTNERS FOR DEVELOPMENT (PFD) FOR SEVERAL YEARS, INCLUDING AS ITS NIGERIA COUNTRY PROGRAM DIRECTOR. ANNE WAS PASSIONATE ABOUT MANY SUBJECTS, INCLUDING GIRLS' EDUCATION IN NIGERIA. AS A RESULT, PFD WISHED TO HONOR ANNE'S MEMORY BY ESTABLISHING THE ANNE JOHNSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND (AJMSF) AS OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 2014-15. THE FUND PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FEMALE STUDENTS IN NIGERIA AT THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. AS OF NOVEMBER 2019, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE (135) FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF ANNE JOHNSON AND THREE INSTITUTIONS HAD TOGETHER DONATED $51,722 IN HER MEMORY, AND BY THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, 2019-2020, THE AJMSF WILL HAVE PROVIDED 145-150 SCHOLARSHIPS.WHILE NIGERIA HAS MADE STRIDES IN RECENT YEARS IN EDUCATING ITS CHILDREN, THERE ARE STILL SIGNIFICANT DISPARITIES BY GENDER: ACCORDING TO WORLD BANK DATA FROM 2015, BOYS IN NIGERIA RECEIVE ON AVERAGE 9.77 YEARS OF SCHOOLING IN NIGERIA AND GIRLS ONLY 8.15 YEARS, A DIFFERENCE OF ALMOST 20 PERCENT. OVERALL LITERACY IN NIGERIA AMONG MALES OVER 15 YEARS OF AGE IS ESTIMATED BY UNESCO AS OF 2018 AT 71.26%% AND FOR FEMALES AT ONLY 52.66%, A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 35%. THESE DIFFERENCES ARE EVEN MORE DRAMATIC IN THE COUNTRY'S POORER NORTH WHERE HOUSEHOLDS OFTEN WANT GIRLS TO WORK RATHER THAN CONTINUE BEYOND PRIMARY SCHOOL (ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN THE USA).DESPITE THESE GENDER DIFFERENCES IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN NIGERIA THE GENERAL TREND IN EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY IS MODEST PROGRESS. AS WITH ALL MEMBER-NATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS NIGERIA SUPPORTS THE 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, 2015-2030, INCLUDING GOAL FOUR ON QUALITY EDUCATION: "ENSURE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND PROMOTE LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL."PFD LENDS FUNDS TO A NIGERIAN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION (MFI), THAT IT HAS WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS IN NIGERIA; PFD THEN USES THE INTEREST THAT THE MFI PAYS ON ITS LOAN TO FUND THE SCHOLARSHIPS IN NAIRA. THE SCHOLARSHIPS COVER A MEANINGFUL PERCENTAGE OF A GIRL'S TOTAL ANNUAL SCHOOL FEES, SUPPLIES, AND UNIFORMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL IN NIGERIA - THESE VARY WIDELY IN NIGERIA BUT WOULD BE AT LEAST $200-300 AND UP TO $600-700. BECAUSE ABOUT 87 MILLION OR 47% OF NIGERIA'S ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 190 MILLION IS IN EXTREME POVERTY (AT OR BELOW $775 ANNUAL INCOME) MOST FAMILIES WILL QUALIFY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS BASED ON ECONOMIC NEED ALONE, AND THUS DEMAND FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS CURRENTLY EXCEEDS FINANCIAL RESOURCES. THEREFORE, WHERE PFD CAN SEE FAMILY SUPPORT FOR THE GIRL TO COMPLETE SECONDARY SCHOOL - SOME FAMILIES WOULD PREFER TO SEE THEIR DAUGHTERS WORKING OR GETTING MARRIED AT A YOUNG AGE - IT PLACES THOSE NAMES INTO A LOTTERY WITH NAMES THEN DRAWN TO DETERMINE THE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS.

BENIN:IN BENIN PFD'S WORK REMAINS FOCUSED ON THE USDA FUNDED PINEAPPLE PROCESSING FOR EXPORT (PINEX). PINEX IS FUNDED AT NEARLY $10.467M UNDER USDA'S FOOD FOR PROGRESS MODALITY WHOSE TWO STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ARE SUSTAINABLE INCREASES IN PRODUCTION AND TRADE, WITH THE LATTER MEANING TRADE WITHIN COUNTRY, SUB-REGION, OR MORE INTERNATIONALLY. PINEX BECAME EFFECTIVE IN SEPTEMBER 2015 WITH AN END DATE OF 31 DECEMBER 2020, OR 63 MONTHS IN DURATION. IN AUGUST, 2020 USDA AGREED TO EXTEND PINEX AT NO COST THROUGH DECEMBER 2021. IN SEPTEMBER, 2020 PFD COMPETITIVELY SECURED AN ADDITIONAL $4.4M FROM USDA TO EXTEND PINEX THROUGH DECEMBER 2023 .PFD'S APPROACH TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN PINEXIN ITS PINEAPPLE PROCESSING FOR EXPORT (PINEX) PROJECT, PFD IS APPLYING A MODEL OF MARKET ORIENTED AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT. WITHIN BENIN'S PINEAPPLE VALUE CHAIN, PFD IS BUILDING THE CAPACITIES OF PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENT TO MEET AFRICAN AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET DEMAND FOR THE COUNTRY'S FRESH PINEAPPLE - ESPECIALLY ITS UNIQUE SUGARLOAF VARIETY -- AND PROCESSED PRODUCTS. PFD TRAINS THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE LARGEST PINEAPPLE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIONS IN BENIN AND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE EXTENSION AGENTS,WHO IN TURN TRAIN AND WORK WITH BENIN'S 5,000 PINEAPPLE GROWERS. MUCH OF THIS WORK OCCURSAT 16 DEMONSTRATION PLOTS THAT PFD HAS ESTABLISHED AND USES AS FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS. PINEX FACILITATES NECESSARY CREDIT AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS FOR PINEAPPLE PRODUCERS AND PROCESSORS THROUGH PROJECT PARTNERS, ALIDE AND FINADEV, TWO BENINESE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS (MFI). TO STRENGTHEN TRADE OF BENIN PINEAPPLE PRODUCTS OF SALES, PFD IS FACILITATING ATTENDANCE OF EXPORTERS AT VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIRS, IMPROVING PRODUCT QUALITY, TRACEABILITY, AND LABELLING, AND TRAINING THE EXPORTERS IN CONTRACT NEGOTIATION ANDEXECUTION.SOME KEY PINEX OUTCOMES IN 2019 - COMPLETED INDEPENDENT MIDTERM EVALUATION - OVER 5,000 PINEAPPLE FARMERS APPLIED IMPROVED CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES, AND FARM AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SKILLS - INTRODUCED NEW VARIETIES OF PINEAPPLE TO BENIN, QUEEN VICTORIA AND MD216 CULTIVATED ON 16 DEMONSTRATION FIELDS, WHICH ARE USED AS FARMER FIELDSCHOOLS TO TEACH BEST PINEAPPLE CULTIVATION PRACTICES - PRODUCERS INCREASED VOLUME TO 396,876 MT SOLD IN REGIONAL AND EUROPEAN MARKETS - PROCESSOR INCREASED VOLUME OF SALES TO $69 MILLION326 HECTARES OF PINEAPPLE FIELDS CERTIFIED GLOBAL GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAP), A CERTIFICATION INCREASINGLY REQUIRED IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE - SIXTY JUICE AND DRIED FRUIT COMPANIES USING LEARNED TECHNIQUES OF MODERN PROCESSING, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR FOOD SAFETY AND GOOD HYGIENE - OVER 10,000 NEW JOBS CREATED, INCLUDING ALMOST 6,000 FOR WOMEN - PROCURED LARGER SCALE - 20 TON CAPACITY - SOLAR COOLER FOR BENIN'S AIRPORT AUTHORITY, SET UP THE COOLER, AND TRAINED GOVERNMENT STAFF ON ITS MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCEOTHER PROJECTS IN BENIN ARE SUB-CONTRACTS WITH CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES (CRS) AND TECHNOSERVE. WITH CRS, OVER 36 MONTHS (UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER 2021) AT $72,000, PFD IS STRENGTHENING FARMER ASSOCIATIONS LINKED TO CRS FOOD FOR EDUCATION GRANT IN NORTHERN BENIN AND WHICH HELPS SUPPLY LOCAL FOOD FOR THE PROGRAM. WITH TECHNOSERVE, PFD WOULD OVER 21 MONTHS (01/20-09/21) AT $250,000, WORKING TO CREATE A MARKETABLE JUICE BLEND OF PINEAPPLE AND CASHEW APPLE - TECHNOSERVE HAS A SEPARATE FOOD FOR PROGRESS, GRANT IN BENIN FOCUSED ON THE CASHEW VALUE CHAIN.

CAMBODIA: IN 2019, PFD CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT A SUB-GRANT AGREEMENT OF $1.3M FOR 2018-2020 AS PART OF THE REGIONAL ARTMESININ INITIATIVE PROJECT (RAI2E) ALONG WITH PSI, HEALTH POVERTY ACTION OF THE UK, AND THE MALARIA CONSORTIUM, ALSO OF THE UK. PFD IS WORKING IN KOH KONG AND KAMPONG CHAM PROVINCES IN SOUTH-WESTERN AND CENTRAL CAMBODIA, RESPECTIVELY, TARGETING AROUND 700,000 PERSONS LIVING IN MALARIA ENDEMIC AREAS IN THE TWO PROVINCES. VILLAGE MALARIA WORKERS (VMW) PROVIDED PARASITOLOGICAL TESTS TO 7,664 SUSPECTED MALARIA CASES WHILE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES PROVIDED SUCH TESTS TO 3,869 SUSPECTED MALARIA CASES. THE VMW TREATED 100 CONFIRMED MALARIA CASES BY ANTIMALARIAL DRUG WHILE PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES TREATED 294 CASES. PROVINCIAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OPERATIONAL DISTRICT AND HEALTH CENTER HAD DISTRIBUTED A TOTAL OF 23,776 NETS (17,818 LONG LASTING INSECTICIDE NET AND 5,958 LONG LASTING INSECTICIDE HAMMOCK NETS). IN ADDITION, 6,784 NETS (5,539 LLIN AND 1,245) WERE DISTRIBUTED TO MOBILE MALARIA AND MIGRANT POPULATION IN KAMPONG CHAM AND KOH KONG PROVINCES.PFD ALSO CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT A RESEARCH PROJECT," BLOCKING MALARIA TRANSMISSION IN FOREST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THROUGH FOREST MALARIA WORKERS: A KEY FOR MALARIA ELIMINATION IN CAMBODIA" IN KOH NHEK DISTRICT, IN REMOTE MONDUL KIRI PROVINCE IN EASTERN CAMBODIA AS SUB-PARTNER OF INSTITUTE PASTEUR CAMBODIA (IPC). THE FMWS HAD CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS WITH 1,441 FOREST GOERS, COLLECTED 1,233 DRIED BLOOD SPOTS FROM FOREST GOERS AND SENT TO PFD/IPC PHNOM PENH FOR ANALYSIS. THE FMWS HAD PROVIDED TESTING FOR EIGHT CASES BY RDTS, ONLY ONE CASE WAS CONFIRMED MALARIA AND RECEIVED TREATMENT BY ASMQ.PFD ALSO CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT A TWO YEAR OPERATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT WITH INSTITUTE PASTEUR CAMBODIA IN SAMBO DISTRICT, KRATIE PROVINCE IN NORTHEASTERN CAMBODIA WITH FUNDING SUPPORT FROM THE GFATM. THE PROJECT TRAINED 12 FOREST MALARIA WORKER (FMW) ON APPS OF SMART PHONE, DATA COLLECTION USING KOBO, AND MALARIA TESTING AND TREATMENT. THE TRAINED FMW INTERVIEWED 518 FOREST GOERS, COLLECTED 502 DRIED BLOOD SPOTS FROM FOREST GOERS AND SENT TO PFD/IPC PHNOM PENH FOR ANALYSIST, AND PROVIDED 518 TESTINGS BY RDTS AND ONLY SEVEN CASES WERE CONFIRMED MALARIA POSITIVE AND ALL SEVEN WERE TREATED BY ASMQ.PFD CONTINUED TO PARTNER WITH KREDIT LOCAL MFI (NOW MERGED WITH PHILIP BANK) WITH A LOAN OF $100,000 FROM PFD UNRESTRICTED FUNDS FOR ONE YEAR, DECEMBER 2019- DEC 2020. THE PROJECT IS IN KRATIE PROVINCE. PFD ALSO PARTNERS WITH A LOCAL NGO, RACHA, WITH A LOAN OF $100,000 FROM PFD UNRESTRICTED FUND FOR ONE YEAR, DEC 2019-DEC 2020. MOST OF THEIR LENDING WITH OUR FUNDS TAKES PLACE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PROVINCE OF KAMPOT.

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