• Outcome

• Survival and livelihoods protection threshold
• Food Security and Nutrition

Change in household capacity to meet their survival threshold

This indicator uses HEA/HES approach to determine households’ survival threshold (food needs), and population ability to meet their food needs, using their coping strategies or other strategies, as per the baseline.

• It includes food/cash distributions interventions
• It includes livelihood restarting interventions (sources of food and income).

Comment: This indicator is more related to Food Security sector, but it is included because supporting household food requirements contributes to protecting their livelihoods.

Definitions:

• Survival threshold : The Survival Threshold represents the total income required to cover:
• 100% of minimum food energy needs (2100 kcal per person per day), plus
• The costs associated with food preparation and consumption (i.e. salt, soap, kerosene and/or firewood for cooking and basic lighting), plus any expenditure on water for human consumption.
• HEA: Household Economic Approach
• • HES: Household Economic Security

• Geography/Livelihood zone;
• Head of household’s gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases, dependency ratio, and any other relevant criteria, such as urban/rural context, religious, ethnic or political identities;
• Wealth groups; Livelihood group (e.g. pastoralist, farmers, traders);
• Period to achieve the objective;

• Increase (number)

Both secondary and primary data collection can be used according to context.

• Baseline/Endline. If multiyear programme consider also a mid-term evaluation.

In slow-onset emergency, (if possible) frequency should be higher (on weekly, monthly basis) to ensure appropriateness of assistance.

• Secondary data. Reliable/relevant sources from other actors, clusters or government (e.g. background, assessment information, reference to a normal situation).

Unit of Measurement: Household (most typical).

If percentage:

• Numerator: Number of households that have achieved the survival threshold
• Denominator: Total number of target households

Data Collection methods:

• Secondary data analysis;
• Households survey;
• Post-distribution monitoring surveys/PDM;
• Focus group discussions, key informant interviews.

• Economic Security
• Food security

X% of target households (from those Y% are women-headed) in Gambella province meet their survival threshold by the sixth month of the programme. X% of target households (from those Y% are refugees) in Gambella province have enough cash to meet their survival threshold by the sixth month of the programme.