WFP Quarterly Monitoring and Evaluation Report - Syria Crisis Response

This consolidated monitoring and evaluation report seeks to provide an overview of WFP monitoring activities covering the distribution of food assistance in the months of January, February and March 2013. This report covers the period from January to March 2013.

 WFP is responding to the current events in Syria, targeting all 14 governorates and reaching all areas regardless of nature of control. Since the start of the conflict, WFP has implemented its operations mainly through the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), which has a countrywide network and is bound by the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. However, in order to scale-up operations and reach more people in need, WFP involved six new partners during the March cycle, in addition to five identified during the February cycle. The addition of these new partners allowed WFP to cover 500,000 more people, bringing the total planned coverage for March to 2 million people. WFP will continue to increase its operations, planning to reach 2.5 million people in April.

While the current security situation and operational constraints limit accessibility, WFP seeks to offer an overview that, relative to its mandate, discusses the needs of the affected population, measures taken to resolve operational constraints and efforts to improve efficiency and effectiveness in achieving its objectives.