| dc.description.abstract | This research is on the challenges of food aid targeting: the case of Darfur which aims at establishing whether food aid relief agencies consider the most essential factors when distributing the food aid that is who, when and where. It further sought to establish if targeting is effective and efficient in Darfur and also find out the challenges faced in the different levels of targeted. The main objective of the study is to find out whether there is proper food aid relief targeting in Darfur.
The specific objectives are; to identify and analyze the various targeting strategies used by humanitarian organizations, to identify and analyze targeting challenges in Darfur and to assess the community's level of satisfaction with the targeting approaches used so far. The study was guided by the Inclusion and Exclusion model. In food aid targeting, exclusion error occurs when a proportion of individuals eligible to receive food does not access it. Assuming the overall size of the targeted population is known, the exclusion error can be derived from the estimate of coverage. Inclusion error occurs when a proportion of individuals access the food when they are not eligible to receive it.
The descriptive research design was used in this study. This study utilized the probability and purposive sampling. Simple random sampling was used to select the respondents from the target population as it gives each element an equal chance of being selected. One refugee camp was randomly selected from each of the Darfur regions namely North, South and West. Questionnaires were the key research instrument for data collection. A step rating scale was used to collect data on the levels of satisfaction by the beneficiaries of food aid.
Among the key findings were that on average 26% of families in the camps have not been registered as beneficiaries of relief food in which Kalma has the highest number of families in the camp that are not registered (36%), followed by Momi (25%) and then Zamzam (16%). The main criteria used for selecting agencies include the agencies mandate (Whether the agency's core competence is relief distribution), experience of the agency (for how long the agency has been in the business of relief distribution) and those that have been screened and identified by the government. Evident too is the fact that all the agencies .contacted indicated that the process of identifying and selecting beneficiaries is done through a Food Security Assessment. The distribution of ration cards is skewed given that a child above 5 years old is legible for a ration card. In general the recipients of food aid were satisfied with the services they were getting. Lastly, I offer my regards and blessings to all of those who supported me in any respect during the completion of the project. | en_US |
