Vulnerable Group Feeding Programme, VGFP
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Children, Women, Mother, Pregnant, Lactating women
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To assist the most vulnerable and food-insecure populations during drought.
Republic of Botswana and UNICEF. 2009. Guidelines for the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition in Botswana. Gaborone: Republic of Botswana & UNICEF. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cmamforum.org/Pool/Resources/Botswana-CMAMGUIDELINES-2009.pdf>.
Start date
1988
Republic of Botswana and UNICEF. 2009. Guidelines for the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition in Botswana. Gaborone: Republic of Botswana & UNICEF. Accessed 11 November 2015 <http://www.cmamforum.org/Pool/Resources/Botswana-CMAMGUIDELINES-2009.pdf>.
Coverage
383,392 beneficiaries (18.3 per cent of the population) in 2012/2013
Tesliuc, C. et al. 2013. “Botswana - Social Protection.” Social Protection & Labor Discussion Paper- Africa Social Safety Net and Social Protection Assessment Series, No. 1405. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 11 November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/18968/890030NWP0P132085260B00PUBLIC001405.pdf>.
Programme expenditure
0.1 per cent of GDP (2012/13)
Tesliuc, C. et al. 2013. “Botswana - Social Protection.” Social Protection & Labor Discussion Paper- Africa Social Safety Net and Social Protection Assessment Series, No. 1405. Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 11 November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/18968/890030NWP0P132085260B00PUBLIC001405.pdf>.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Categorical Targeting
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?.” Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>
Targeted areas
Nationwide
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?.” Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>
Target groups
Children; pregnant women; chronically ill individuals
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?.” Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>
Eligibility criteria
During the drought season: all children aged 6–60 months are eligible; supplementary feeding is also provided to medically selected pregnant and lactating women, and outpatients with tuberculosis or leprosy. During the non-drought season: children under 5 years of age are eligible according to their medical conditions.
Republic of Botswana and UNICEF. 2009. Guidelines for the Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition in Botswana. Gaborone: Republic of Botswana & UNICEF. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.cmamforum.org/Pool/Resources/Botswana-CMAMGUIDELINES-2009.pdf>.
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?.” Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Food.
Amount of benefits
Take-home food rations are provided in clinics for children aged 6–60 months, with different ration packages according to age group (6–18, 19–36 and 37–60 months). Rations are composed of maize meal, beans and vegetable oil, tsabana (sorghum/soya) with vitamin enrichment, and dry skimmed milk.
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?.” Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>
Seleka, T.B. et al . 2007. Social Safety Nets in Botswana - Administration, Targeting and Sustainability. Gaborone: BIDPA. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%202.pdf>.
Benefit delivery mechanism
Take-home food rations are provided via clinics.
Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme. 2011. “Social protection in Botswana - a model for Africa?.” Frontiers of Social Protection Brief, No. 9, March 2011. Johannesburg: RHVP. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://interactions.eldis.org/sites/interactions.eldis.org/files/database_sp/Botswana/Vulnerable%20Group%20Feeding%20Programme/VGF%201.pdf>
