Feed the Future Project (FTFP)
Listing Details
Tags
Thematic Area
Duration
yrs
Commenced
October 2013
Closed
September 2018
Funding Organization
USAID
Type of Funding
- Indirect-Sub-grantee
Total Grant
Lead IP
CRS
Consortium Members (IPs)
Mercy Corp, FOMWAN, Making Cents Int'l
Focal Person
Amina Mohammad
Communities
In northern Nigeria
Project Goal
To reduce poverty among households in Nigeria
Implementation Strategy
A multi-sectoral approach with each recipient focusing on specific strategic component of the project. Caritas Nigeria’s contribution was on Household income generation and program management while other IPs focused on other aspects or core components
Components
Agric production, income generation, nutrition, WASH services, poverty reduction, governance, social safety nets
Achievements
– 54,787 Households were reached
– 160% increased yield of focus crops
– Increased Household income through SILC and improved access to financing
– Improved household nutritional status
– formation of 975 SILC groups that benefited 18,308 beneficiaries
– Collective saving of ($328,435) and loaning of ($358,830) by SILC groups
–Opening of savings accounts by 6,626 beneficiaries
–Saving of $3,681 social funds (money meant for emergency purposes like treatment of illness, floods, payment of children school fees and disasters)
– 160% increased yield of focus crops
– Increased Household income through SILC and improved access to financing
– Improved household nutritional status
– formation of 975 SILC groups that benefited 18,308 beneficiaries
– Collective saving of ($328,435) and loaning of ($358,830) by SILC groups
–Opening of savings accounts by 6,626 beneficiaries
–Saving of $3,681 social funds (money meant for emergency purposes like treatment of illness, floods, payment of children school fees and disasters)
Impact Statement
Globally the project exceeded all its targets
Project Summary
Success Story
Caritas Nigeria demonstrated expertise to increase household income through Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC), a savings system that encourage savings and boosts investment for beneficiaries in communities
FTFP was a consortium of 5 IPs working in six states with CRS as main recipient and lasting 5 years
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