Bosnia - Prijedor Food Program
| Lead Member: |
Mennonite Central Committee Canada |
| Country: |
Bosnia |
| Region: |
Town of Prijedor and surrounding areas |
| Implementing Partners: |
Bread of Life - Prijedor |
| Vulnerability: |
Moderate |
| Duration: |
12 months |
| File Number: |
1829 |
| Food/Inputs: |
Food baskets(Note: 1 mt = 1,000 kg or 2,204 lb) |
| Budget: |
$37,400 |
| Time Period: |
Sep-03 |
Program Description: The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990's left the
region around Prijedor devastated. Living spaces, factories and
infrastructure were destroyed. The region's infrastructure and
economy have not yet been able to recover significantly since
the end of the war.
Bread of Life will provide regular access to food for a segment
of the most endangered persons in the Prijedor region to
improve their nutrition/health and allow for normal growth of
children. Until such time as they can provide for themselves or
the state-run social services can provide for them, food
assistance will be needed.
Beneficiaries, Vulnerability, and
Targeting:
- 80 elderly and disabled households with little or no
pension and no adult children to support them
- 20 single parent families with two or more children and
no financial support
Program Impacts: The overall purpose of the project is to provide the most
vulnerable portion of the population with regular access to
food. These programs will:
- provide monthly food parcels to 100 vulnerable households
for 12 months
- improve nutritional status of children
- provide regular access to food for beneficiaries
- provide stabilization of health for elderly, ill and
physically vulnerable
Other Comments and Issues: Bread of Life is a local church-based agency which was created
in response to the needs of refugees and displaced persons
during the civil war in the early 1990s. Mennonite Central
Committee has been supporting the work of Bread of Life for a
number of years. This food assistance program is one aspect of
this support.
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