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SHF- NFIs Project # 33515. Beneficiaries Verification Activity

During 11th /Aug/2025 to 15th/Sep/2025 GFO field team in coordination with Alight MEAL team conducted monitoring visit for the verification of the targeted beneficiaries in Nyala Shemal and Nyala Janoub localities (15) working days in each locality, prior to the distribution of NFIs supplies of the SHF consortium project # 33515.

The verification process in each targeted location usually started with community sensitization and orientation meeting as an entry action point for the verification. In this starting meeting GFO team leader begins with the introduction of the team which is composed of (15) member representing GFO, Alight, local authorities’ humanitarian coordinators and representative of the ministry of social welfare. And the objective of the assessment which is the verification of the targeted beneficiaries registered by the community leaders and project partners (the donner (SHF), the supporting organization (ALIGHT) and the implementing organization (GFO) and the quantities and specifications of the NFIs that will be received by each HH.

Then Alight the consortium lead representative,  Mr: Musa Sabit, MEAL officer, briefed the community leaders with the importance of the verification activity assessment, and the  beneficiary’s selection criteria which is based on Vulnerability and needs as ranked below:

1. Women- Headed households
2. Elderly -headed households
3. People with disability (PWD)
4. Child -headed households. / Pregnant women- -headed households
5. The Most Vulnerable men -headed households with a large number of children and lack of income

Alight representative, Mr. Musa Sabit, also briefed the community leaders and the beneficiaries on the protection of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) during the implementation phase of the project, while GFO team leader also briefed the beneficiaries about the accountability mechanisms, and based on  that GFO will put the compliance box in safe and accessible place during the verification and the distribution activities and needs their feedback, complaints or any comments for the quality assurance.

The Verification Methodology:

The team used from house to house visit, insure that the beneficiary is one of the criteria, then issue the token, and the finure print of the beneficiary then given the token. 

Table (1) The project components, that each targeted household will receive 

The Verified Beneficiaries in Nyala Shemal Locality:

After conduction of the verification assessment by using house to house method of verification and based on the project selection criteria the team managed to verify the targeted (2000) Households  (HH) in Nyala Shemal from the targeted locations as shown in the following table:

Table (2) The Verified Beneficiaries in Nyala Shemal locality: 

The Verified Beneficiaries in Nyala Janoub Locality:

After conduction of the verification assessment by using house to house method of verification and based on the project selection criteria the team managed to verify the targeted (1900) Households  (HH) in Nyala Shemal from the targeted locations as shown in the following table:

Table (3) The Verified Beneficiaries in Nyala Janoub locality: 

Challenges:

• The presents of local residents in the IDPs gathering sites during the verification period, makes it more difficult to reach to the real beneficiaries.
• The complains, when the registered person does not meet the selection criteria.
• The difficulty of access to Goz Hemeid IDPs gathering site in nyala Shemal
• People's need for S/NFIs support is greater than the targeted beneficiaries.

Lesson learned

• The good coordination between the relevant parties leads to south results. 
• The community sensitization meetings help in the facilitate of the objective of the assessment missions.
• The active listing to the affected population supports the field team to win the acceptance. 
• The interaction with the affected population brigs the trust among the beneficiaries' who will actively support the team in their task.

Recommendations:

• People's need for S/NFIs support is greater than the targeted beneficiaries, so we recommend additional NFIs service to fill the gap.
• The response must include the full NFIs package, including the necessary cooking sets and mosquito nets