Assessment of food aid interventions in North Darfur State, Sudan

Abstract EN

This research sought to analyze food aid interventions by Sudanese Red Crescent in North Darfur State during 2003-2007, to see how well they were carried out, how well they were targeted and what impacts do they have on food security.

The main strengths of these interventions were alleviation of human hardship, reaching the remotest affected areas, training of staff and volunteers, efficient utilization of available resources and community participation.

However, weaknesses were Lack of standardized procedures for targeting beneficiaries, weak follow up and incomplete assessment, as well as slow flow of information from Community Based Organizations.

The author proposed participatory post-disaster "lessons learned", enhancement of information based - programs and improvement of disaster response activities to curb food interventions in north Darfur.