Relief Programme

Sourced from the Commodity Management Procedure Manual (CMPM)

This forms one of the DRMFSS sponsored population-assistance Programmes

Determining Requirements

Under the Relief programme, needs are assessed periodically during seasonal needs assessments, in order to plan the estimated number of relief beneficiaries and therefore the quantity of commodities that are needed to respond, this is based on Early Warning System data. 

Processes around identifying the number of beneficiaries are covered in the "National Guidelines on Targeting Relief Food Assistance" document

The actual beneficiary figures depend on: 

1. Monthly verification of the planned number of beneficiaries at Regional level, which may lead to: 
   1. Re-allocation of Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD) approved beneficiaries (planned resources) across Weredas within the Region; and/or 
   2. Identification of additional beneficiaries 
2. Available resources at the time of the monthly request at federal level. Resource shortages may lead to: 
   1. A reallocation of HRD approved beneficiaries (planned resources) across Regions e.g. to prioritise those Weredas with the most urgent need 
   2. Ration-cuts 

The starting point to communicate the approved number of beneficiaries occurs once needs have been assessed and approved at Federal level (level 1 in the targeting process) – this is done twice a year – and the approved number of beneficiaries and number of months of assistance have been published in the Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD). This is then communicated to the regions.

Servicing Beneficiaries