TASO TITLE 11 PROJECT

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TASO TITLE 11 PROJECT CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS IN
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
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1.0 Registration of Primary BeneficiariesTable
1 Status of registration as at 30 November 2002
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2.0 Registration of Overall BeneficiariesTable
2 Status of registration of overall
beneficiaries as at 30 November 2002
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Target 35,000 BeneficiariesDeficit
172 BeneficiariesBeneficiary Children
69 of totalRegistration Performance 99.5
STATUS OF REGISTRATION OF OVERALL BENEFICIARIES
AS AT 30 NOVEMBER 2002.
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3.0 Food Distribution Performance by
Center (Performance by End of November, 2002)
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-TASO Mbale was the best performing Center with
over 99 , but TASO Tororo serves more
beneficiaries than any other Center, followed by
TASO Mbarara.-TASO Mulago had the biggest
performance deficit of 27 . -TASO Entebbe,
though in the 3rd position, should have performed
better than Tororo because of having a smaller
target. -The corporate objective is for TASO to
achieve 95 feeding performance by end of
January, 2003.
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3.1 Possible Reasons Why TASO Mulago Has The
Highest Performance Deficit
Mulagos urban setting makes its clients most
mobile and businesslike and therefore most likely
not to turn up for food due to lack of time.
  Most Counsellors at Mulago are females and
have a low propensity of riding motorcycles to
mobilise clients for signing their Ids and
follow-up visits.  The society around Mulago is
more heterogeneous and sensitive to stigma
usually attached to PLWAs, and therefore avoids
being associated with the food.  The society
around Mulago have many alternatives of sourcing
for food and may at times be inclined to shun
food attached with stringent rules.
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   Many alternate collectors in Kampala are not
as committed as required to collect project
food.   There is need for more community
mobilisation, vigilance, motivation,
participation and involvement at the highest
level of leadership at the Center.  Please
NoteTASO Mulago is to release some of its
planned quota of beneficiaries to more active and
needy Centers such as TASO Masaka, ie about 35
primary beneficiaries of 5 family members.
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4.0 Development Of The Food Distribution Project
Since January 2002.
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The number of people served per month is
increasing at a decreasing rate due to- Slow
rate of signing and distributing Ids -
Re-assessment and de-registration- Inactivity
by some beneficiaries- Deaths, stigma, bumper
harvests of alternative foods, etc.
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5.0 Challenges and Problems Encountered so Far

•   Low levels of literacy, deaths of potential
  primary beneficiaries and lack of adequate
  numbers of Counsellors to trace beneficiaries in
  their communities have checked the anticipated
  speed of signing and laminating Ids.
•  Some spouses do not have shared confidentiality
  about their sero-status.
• Overwhelming numbers of new clients attracted
  by the project have led to high demand for home
  visits, counselling and medical services.
• Existence of some ineligible beneficiaries. A
  reassessment of beneficiaries has, therefore,
  taken place to target the most needy.

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  Failure to collect food by some clients and
alternate collectors. Any persistent failure to
collect food leads to decommissioning the
beneficiaries from the project.   Enormous
workload on the part of Counsellors and Project
staff. This has been tackled by recruitment of 2
more officers per Center to boost project
personnel.    Many beneficiaries have been
frustrated by the slow rate of processing Ids and
ration cards by ACDI/VOCA. A big number of
unregistered potential beneficiaries are
pressuring Centers to enrol them in the program.
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6.0 Other Partinent Issues to Note About the
Food Distribution Program

•      The food aid program is a 5-year initiative
  funded by USAID through ACDI/VOCA.
•     A consortium of 4 civil society
  organizations, namely, World Vision, Africare,
  Catholic Relief Services and TASO, executes the
  program.
•   TASO serves the largest portion of all
  program beneficiaries in the ACDI/VOCA Title 11
  consortium (target 58). Out of 122 total
  final distribution points TASO serves 74 (61).

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   Owing to limited food resources, about 35 of
the TASO registered clients will ultimately
benefit from the program.    Although TASO was
initially planned to have a total of 7,000
primary beneficiaries the update in registration
of active primary beneficiaries stood at 10,516
by the end of November 2002 ie 150 of target.
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