Compassion International Complementary Interventions Proposal Form

Food Crisis Program

Country: Indonesia (IO) Location/Project: 52 IO Projects Completed by: Sufian (IO-CIV Administrator)

# of Direct beneficiaries: 7,950 # of child beneficiaries: 2,650 # of adult beneficiaries: 5,300 (parents) Total Activity Budget: US $ 89,000 Local Contribution: US $ 600 Total Request: 88,400 Date the first funds needed: September 2008 Support (US $ 58,000) Date the second funds needed: July 2009 Support (US $ 30,400)

Date prepared: June 5, 2008 Activity Start-Date: September 2008 Activity End-date: June 2010 Completion Report Date: August 2010

1. Executive Summary Food crisis is a classic problem in this country, such an irony for an agrarian country with a fertile land and is said as a prosperous country. The food crisis nowadays happened when the countrys need for food has heavily dependent on import, and when the price rose uncontrollable. The majority of Indonesian population is either labor of food sector, consumer or mere end-user. We then as a part of Indonesia want to come alongside with the program our government carries out. Surely we will only focus to church partners, in where Children Development Centers are the ministries we are abound in. We have concentrated in several regions that obviously they are still included as the most affected regions of food crisis. These areas include Northern Coast of Java (Tegal, Pemalang, Pati, Juwana), Nusa Tenggara (Kupang, Soe, Sumba Island), and Semarang region. Food crisis precautions and solutions are essential in all of those areas. The main program we are going to do is distributing basic food such as rice and corn, cooking oil, noodle, and Milk; giving education on how beneficiaries act when a crisis on food happens; distribution of vitamin and food supplement; and the last we will exhibit cooking demonstration as a way to preserve food, making creative recipes, and using natural resource as cooking recipe. The education will be in format of seminar and distribute any stuff that relate to food sustainability and prevention from hunger. Our target in this program is mainly children of Children Development Center at ages under 5 years old. However, since the crisis also affects other children as well as parents, we do not want to limit our program addressed for these people only. We do not want to cause other problem, since we ignore parents or caregivers. Also when we see that it is very necessary program for project staffs, we may include them as well. We want to include reasonable number of people as many as possible. The total beneficiaries will be approximately 7,950 people that include 2,650 children and 5,300 parents and caregivers. The program is designed to cover 2 year period. The first period will take place in fiscal 2009 with the aim on improving ability of beneficiaries since this year is the most affected time and crisis as the cause of the rise of foods prices. The second period will take place in fiscal 2010 as an effort to provide food safety and sustainability so that there will no longer crisis effect. The fund we need to implement the program is US $ 89,000, in which US $ 600 is the local contribution (hence the fund requested is US $ 88,400). 2. Background and history

IO Office has never implemented a program on handling food crisis till this moment, since we really never faced such a problem so far. Our program is mainly focused in developing children variously, yet in the corridor of holistic aspects: physical, intellectual, socio-emotional, and spiritual. However, this year Indonesias people are facing hard life. The picture shown on the left is a proof that some Indonesias people are facing food crisis that cause them, especially children affected by malnutrition. This case was found in Nusa Tenggara, the province located in South East part of Indonesia. The girl of 9 years old died 2 months ago because she did not get adequate food, and her parents were very late informing the case to any respected and authoritative institution nearby. The case above is actually not affecting IOs project, yet happening in the neighborhood of one of Children Development Center in Nusa Tenggara. So, it is our concern as well as IO partners to give significant response toward such a case, as a way of giving real impact upon the existence of Children Development Center and doing exact mission toward projects communities. Also it is a big warning for IO office and partners to be seriously carry out program and response over food crisis. We are called to fight this case together with our government. IO office has experienced in handling program on fulfilling physical need of the children in the Children Development Center. There are also various activities on physical aspects that include physical education, physical games, and taman gizi (nutrition chamber). Particularly for nutrition chamber program we always give nutritious food to all of children that include rice or corn (for some children in Nusa Tenggara that eat corn as their daily carbohydrate resource). But in this year, even though we still do giving food program, we cannot expect children to stay at the Children Development Center every time. Children get food only when they have activities at the Children Development Center, and if they are not in there, they get the food from their parents. It means that at home, parents or caregiver that obviously the first party to be responsible in feeding and nurturing their children. However we understand and experience that in the crisis time, children as well as parents will face significant trouble getting basic foods. 3. Problem Statement and Assumptions There are 2 main problems we want to draw and explain here as our concern in describing why we really need support and food assistance at present. First we will

talk about drought a phenomenon that happens frequently in Indonesia. Second, we will talk about increasing prices upon some things, including food. Drought in Indonesia is related to the phenomena of ENSO (El-Nino Southern Oscillation). El-Ninos effect is stronger in dry season than in rainy season. The characteristics of this phenomenon are as follow1:

The end date of dry season lasts longer than normal condition. The first date of rainy season starts also longer than usual. Rainfall happens extremely. Dates of drought are longer, especially in the eastern part of Indonesia (Nusa Tengara and sometimes in East Java). Drought will affect health of human being, plant, and animal. Drought will cause trees and plants die and soils get barren in dry season. While in rainy season, land will be easily eroded and cause flood. The impact of drought then takes lives into the loss of food material; farmers cannot produce any rice or corn. Eventually many people will be attacked by famine and

Region in red line is the most affected of El Nino.

lose basic foods. Drought alone happens almost regularly in some areas of Indonesia, in where IOs projects are also located. These areas are located in Nusa Tenggara Timur. When rainy season comes hardly in Nusa Tenggara is assailed by drought.2 The drought has affected the corn or rice production in Nusa Tenggara and hence in this time, people are conditioned to prepare and preserve food in such a sufficient amount so that they can be hindered from famine and hunger during the time. However, apparently the ability to well-preparation is very low, since they have limited access caused by poverty they are included in. Stories, news, formal information regarding drought appear up and down. Here quoted one news3 :
September 13, 2007.

Kitchen and pantry in Nusa Tenggara. Usually in dry season, in which drought happen, this building is used for house since in this area, wind blows hardly and abundantly. People live here for more 1 Asep M. Muhsim, TAGANA CIANJUR, comfortable dwelling place.
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The terminology of drought maybe confusing when we relate this to the case expressed above, in which in rainy season yet falls hardly. It happens since the people in Nusa Tenggara Timur eats corn daily and in rainy season, corn cannot grow well. In happens in December-February.
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Kupang Post, local daily newspaper, September 4, 2007.

Pos Kupang reported that residents of 23 villages in Timor Tengah Selatan (TTS) Regency were now experiencing drought and the food supply predicted lasted within 6 months ahead until March next year. The regent of TTS had ordered the village chiefs and district leaders to make sure that the villages rice barns filled sufficiently and all families were aware of this situation. This situation happens almost annually and hence actually regents, leaders, as well as all inhabitants are aware of this situation. However, this preparation or alert warning is not appropriate anymore when there are other factors that worsen the situation. The other factors that specifically recently happens are as explained above: the hike prices of fuel. Secondly, at present people in Nusa Tenggara prefer to eat corn rather than rice. The reasons are as follow: 1. The price of rice is more expensive than corn or maize. 2. According to most people that work as farmer, consuming corn has enabled them getting more energy than consuming rice. 3. The soils in their nature do not support rices growth in a long time. It produces one season rice harvest. Also rice plant needs lots of water than corn. Therefore, the advice from the regent of TTS above is almost nothing and useful mostly for those whose incomes are affordable to buy rice. For those who have such situation, they actually do not ignore the advice. They store corn in rumah bundar (round house) as shown in the pictured above. However, they are only able to store the corn until 3 months ahead. After that they usually work harder outside the village. A story about this came in4:

My name is Cornelis. I have 2 little kids. My family and I eat whether rice or corn, whatever I can get. Actually I work on my own. I have little field that sometimes I plant it with rice or corn. Recently I do not plant rice since the seed of rice is more expensive and also, I need to be aware of drought that I believe will happen in December. Hence I plant corn. However, it is very hard time. weather in here recently is very bad for any corn or rice. I think my corn plants Cornelis and his family after showing his rumah
bundar (round house to store corn or rice). This family tries to endure hardship amid food crisis 4 This story captured recently the author had an opportunity to visit this family in May 2008. that happen quitewhen often.

will last until September only. And when it happens, I usually look for a job in nearby city as laborer for anything available. The problem sometimes arises when I work in city. My wage, besides too little, I have to carry it out to my village so that my family can purchase foods. Usually I pass on the money through my friends. But when there are no good friends, going home, I cannot give the money and surely my family may not eat. Indonesia, with close to 200 million people, is the world's fourth most populous nation after China, India and the United States. It faces similar problems. Indonesian farmers brought in a record harvest of nearly 50 million tons of unhusked rice in 1995, but because of increased consumption the country had to import 2.3 million tons5. That was a substantial increase over the 280,000 tons imported in 1994.6 Meanwhile, official figures show that in the 10 years to 1993, rice production on Java, which accounts for 56 percent of the national total, fell by an annual rate of 2 percent as 900,000 hectares (2.2 million acres) of rice fields were lost during the decade. Based on the projected domestic demand for rice in 2009, rice production needs to be increased by 1.8 million tons by that year, and to do so, the countrys rice farming area have to be widened by 600,000 hectares. The consequence over this situation is that government has to provide more rice field, import rice from other countries, or extensify other food materials such as cassava, corn, or sweet potato. We honestly believe that the government has already significantly worked on these scenarios. However, there are many obstacles that apparently coming alongside the efforts. The obstacles that apparently have occurred and have lacerated the scenario are natural disasters, pets and bugs that destroy the rice plants and the seeds, floods, and drought. In the meantime, at present people of Indonesia is facing increasing prices for some things, including basic food materials. Hence, urgent action is needed to help the poor who are devastated by soaring food prices. The price of rice rose precipitously as a result of the hike of fuel price recently. 7 It has affected the prices of any products and needs, including basic food materials increasing significantly from 15% - 50%. In fact, starting in year 2005, the rising of domestic demand over basic food materials, especially rice outstripped domestic supply and the domestic price of rice doubled at that time. Meanwhile the income of Indonesian people increased lower than percentage of all these prices.8
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IHT, Fears of Food Crisis Rise As Cities Engulf Farms, Michael Richardson Published: TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1996
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ibid The government of Indonesia announced on May 23 at 11.19 PM the new fuel prices following skyrocketing world's oil price. The gasoline price increased from IDR 4,500 (US $ 0.5) to IDR 6,000 (US $ 0.6). This is definitely a hard news for everybody in Indonesia.
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Since 2005 until 2007 on average the growth of Gross Domestic Product has reached 6,3%. (source: Department of Finance Republic of Indonesia, issued on March 10, 2008. It means that with the fuel prices hike up to 15%, people still have to reduce their income approximately 9%. And if they do earn increasing income less than 6.3%, their income reduced more than 9%. And typically the people we are going to help in this program are of those whose income reduces more than 9%.

Therefore this situation has significantly elevated the poverty rate. There is a strong and intrinsic link between poverty and high rice prices. The needs of the majority of the country the poor and near-poor over rice remain going up alongside with the growth of the family member. In fact their ability to purchase rice is decreasing. Thus they remain living in poverty. The main trigger of hiking prices is inflation as described below9 : Inflation rate in the first quarter of 2008 noted as 7,9%.This position is higher than what happened in the forth quarter of 2007. This inflation rate is responded negatively in the early of second quarter of 2008.Inflation rate gets up triggered mainly by the price of oil and food globally that significantly increasing. The highest inflation is on food materials (rice, corn, cooking oil, and noodle) and energy (oil, electricity, gas). Inflation itself, caused by subprime mortgage crisis that reduce the speed of the worlds economy globally. It happens because The United States of America is the most influencer of global economy, and hence what happened in this country pressing down the economy situation in other countries, including Indonesia. From what we describe above, we then cannot just blame somebody or institution including Indonesian government. Real action needs to be carried out as the effective responses toward the crisis. 4. Objectives First of all, we want to share the outcomes of Child Survival Program (CSP), Children Development through Sponsorship Program (CDSP), and Leadership Development Program (LDP). These are three core programs of Compassion. The Child Survival Program (CSP) seeks to achieve three outcomes and the life of the child and two outcomes in the life of the mother. 1. The child is physically healthy 2. The child exhibits self-confidence and healthy relationships 3. The child demonstrate curiosity, interacts with their world and communicates experiences 4. The mother/caregiver is sufficiently healthy to provide for childs well-being 5. The mother/caregiver exhibits the motivation and skills to be economically self-supporting
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Bisnis Indonesia M.A. Daniri, April 14, 2008.

The Child Development through Sponsorship Program seeks to achieve three outcomes in the life of each child so that upon graduating from the program, he or she can: 1. Chooses good health practices and is physically healthy. 2. Exhibits the motivation and skills to be economically self-supporting. 3. Interacts with other people in a healthy and compassionate manner. While the Leadership Development Program seeks to achieve four outcomes in the life of each student so that upon completion, he or she demonstrates: 1. 2. 3. 4. Good health practices Personal and professional skills to be economically self-supporting Positive self-worth and healthy relationships Servant leadership

From the above statements we as childrens advocate in responds of especially the outcome of # 1 of CDSP and LDP, outcomes # 1 and # 4 of CSP, and in regard of fulfilling adequate nutrition over the children and their core families, will uphold the best effort battling against the crisis. We want to take action as our government endorses and encourages us to do. Physical health also means any diseases caused by food crisis: malnutrition and death. Therefore our objectives are as follow: General Objective: Provide complete aids as complete program (prevention toward food crisis and deployment of food aids) for several IOs projects that are vulnerable during the crisis. Specific Objectives: 1. Enhancing awareness of children and parents toward the dangers of famine in the intended projects. 2. Giving appropriate assistances that related to food in any sufficient amount. 3. Improving exploration ability of the beneficiaries in finding alternative food and creativity on food making as safety movement and food crisis anticipation. By putting in these kinds of objectives, obviously we are eager to bring good health practices over the life of: a. CSP, CDSP, and LDP students

b. Parents and caregivers. c. Project Staffs. 5. Implementation Plan, Activities and Schedule Mostly our activities are on prevention categories. However, we need to be aware and ready for any cases or incidences that cause us to give curative activities. 5.1. Process In Regard of achieving our objectives, we are going to do actions as follow: As a respond over: Enhancing awareness of children and parents toward the dangers of famine in the intended projects, we will: Doing campaign in seminar format, handing our brochures and posters. House visit in order to communicate effective, especially toward those who are in unhealthy of physical being. Group discussion and simulation in order to collect similar ideas, thoughts, and common understanding so that local people (IO partners, project staffs, educators are able to do the same awareness program in the future with no big cost).

As a respond over: Giving appropriate assistances that related to food in any sufficient amount. Deploy basic Foods: rice, corn, cooking oil, noodle, and milk. Deploy vitamin and food supplement: as additional nutrition in order to impose immunity and resistance toward caused by malnutrition.

As a respond over: Improving exploration ability of the beneficiaries in finding alternative food and creativity on food making as safety movement and food crisis anticipation.

Cooking Demo that will focus mainly on the creating recipe from basic food materials and ingredients. Exploring Food Alternative that will focus in finding resources out of rice or corn as basic food, which is giving similar result as of rice or corn.

5.2. Beneficiary 1. 2,650 children from 52 projects: No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 # of CDC IO 966 IO 981 IO 985 IO 986 IO 660 IO 662 IO 664 IO 669 IO 732 IO 733 IO 734 IO 782 IO 783 No 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 # of CDC IO 784 IO 785 IO 786 IO 787 IO 788 IO 600 IO 619 IO 620 IO 623 IO 624 IO 625 IO 626 IO 627 No 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 # of CDC IO 628 IO 629 IO 630 IO 640 IO 670 IO 671 IO 672 IO 673 IO 647 IO 650 IO 658 IO 659 IO 665 No 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 # of CDC IO 667 IO 668 IO 721 IO 722 IO 909 IO 935 IO 838 IO 954 IO 950 IO 896 IO 945 IO 949 IO 948

2. 5,300 parents and project staffs. Total: 7,950 beneficiaries. 5.3. Time of Activity This activity would be implemented in September 2008 and will be ended in June 2010 This is the schedule for this program: 2008-2009 JA FE MA N B R

ACTIVITY Food Distribution (each region has each own food crisis time). Vitamin & Food Supplements for malnutrition cases Educational sessions for children Educational sessions for

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parents and project staffs Cooking Demo Food Alternative: creation and resource Evaluation

ACTIVITY Food distribution Vitamin & Food Supplements for malnutrition cases Educational sessions for parents and project staffs Cooking Demo Food Alternative: creation and resource Evaluation

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6. Monitoring and Evaluation In order to achieve the objectives written above, we list out below the indicator of achievement. Objectives Enhancing awareness of children and parents toward the dangers of famine in the intended projects. Indicators a. There will be at least 2 topics given in education activities for both children and parents. b. All projects (100%) that are intended in this program will educate their children and parents on food crisis. c. Incidenc e of malnutrition reduced and fear of food crisis eliminated. a. Basic foods: Standard of Success a. 2 topics given thoroughly and all participants get involved actively. b. 90% of the intended beneficiaries attend all sessions in education activities. c. We target to reduce 70% of all incidences. Method(s) of Measurements a. attendanc e list b. Participati on records. c. Topic evaluation tools. d. Incident record.

Giving

appropriate

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One family

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Receipts

assistances that related to food in any sufficient amount.

rice or corn, cooking oil, milk, sugar given and distributed well. b. Vitamin and food supplement will be handed over 100 to mostly those with malnutrition status.

Improving exploration a. Cooking demo will ability of the be implemented beneficiaries in finding in each cluster. alternative food and b. Food alternative creativity on food is explored deeply making as safety in projects movement and food surroundings. crisis anticipation.

will accept 1 package includes: 10kg rice or corn, 2lt cooking oils, 2lt milk, and 2kg sugar. b. 1 people with malnutrition case will receive vitamin and supplement sufficient for at least 1 month. a. There are at least 2 cooking menu given in the demo. b. Find at least 1 alternate food that is appropriate to be consumed.

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Record (for food package). Project result tools (designed to track and monitor the supplement and vitamin result indicator).

Demo record for every cluster. b. Food alternative records

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7. Activity Management 7.1 Administration Partnership Facilitators: Prepare the implementation of the program, and monitoring the activities process and progress regularly. Supervisor: supervise the program and giving appropriate data and record of the implementation. CIV Administrator: giving necessary consultation and evaluates the program, and submit the final completion report.

7.2 Financial Management Administration & Finance Team: Disburses funds and manage the record of the expenses that happen. The activities related to finance usage tracking & administration of this program will be under responsibility of IO Accountant and CIV Administrator. 7.3 Reporting 1. Any documentation will be used to record any progress of the program implementation and activities. Person in charge will submit the activities records such as school progress, given training, the results, and the implementation. 2. This information will serve to CIV Administrator to prepare final report. Interim report will be available quarterly. 3. Completion report will be submitted in August 2010. 4. reporting will include: # of children in need of food; # of education held; # of parents or caregiver in need of food; # of food supplement and vitamin distributed. 5. We will also provide activity update that will be including # of food distributed # of family in need and malnutrition incidences. # of incidence resolved. 7. Project total cost Budget details
Details Account Amount in IDR Amount in USD 66,866 .7
35,33 Rice: 2,650 packages x 2 x IDR 60,000 Corn: 1,000 packages x 2 x IDR 20,000 Cooking Oil: 2,650 x 2 x IDR 20,000 Milk: 2,650 packages x 2 x IDR 14,000 Sugar: 2,650 packages x 2 x IDR 12,000 318,000,000 40,000,000 106,000,000 74,200,000 63,600,000 3.3 4,44 4.4 11,77 7.8 8,24 4.4 7,06 6.7

Local Contribution N/A

Grant Requested 66,866.7

Basic Food (given twice)

601,800,000

Vitamin & Food Supplement (twice)

Vitamin: 1,000 x 38,000 Food Supplement: 1,000 x 30,000

68,000,000
38,000,000 30,000,000 2.2

7,555 .6
4,22 3,33 3.3

N/A

7,555.6

Socialization and Campaign

26,000,000

2,888 .9

N/A

2,888.9

52 projects x 500,000

Education Program
52 projects x 1,000,000 (speaker: 52 projects x 2 sessions x 250,000) (Meals: 52 x 250,000) (Tools & Material: 52 x 250,000)

52,000,000

5,777 .8

N/A

5,777.8

Cooking Demo
14 clusters x 500,000 (Materials) 14 clusters x 500,000 (Expert Fees)

14,000,000
7,000,000 7,000,000

1,555 .6
777.8 777.8

N/A

1,555.6

Transportations
52 projects x 600,000

31,200,000

3,466 .7 888 .9 89,000 US $ 1

600

2,866.7

Miscellaneous Total Exchange Rate Budget Summary

8,000,000 801,000,000 IDR 9,000

N/A 600

888.9 88,400

Details Account

Amount in IDR

Amount in USD 66,866 .7 7,555 .6 2,888 .9 5,777 .8 1,555 .6 3,466 .7 888 .9 89,000 US $ 1

Local Contribution N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 600 N/A 600

Grant Requested 66,866.7 7,555.6 2,888.9 5,777.8 1,555.6 2,866.7 888.9 88,400

Basic Food (given twice) Vitamin & Food Supplement (twice) Socialization and Campaign Education Program Cooking Demo Transportations Miscellaneous Total Exchange Rate

601,800,000 68,000,000 26,000,000 52,000,000 14,000,000 31,200,000 8,000,000 801,000,000 IDR 9,000

Disbursement Schedule Date the first funds needed: September 2008 Support (US $ 58,000) Date the second funds needed: July 2009 Support (US $ 30,400) 8. Future feasibility

This activity is designed to give impact for 2 consecutive fiscal years. Hence we will not propose similar activities as this except there is emergency needs and crisis on food. 9. Conclusions This activity will be conducted as a response of Compassion Indonesia strategy in releasing children from poverty in. This activity is very significant for partners, family (children, parents, and caregivers), and also we believe- influencing community. This activity also will actually make thousands of children being served and grow holistically under education that is centered and also comes from great value.