Solving Hunger

Nutrition for under-twos

Providing nutritious food to women when they are pregnant or breast-feeding – and to children under the age of two – ensures children can develop healthy minds and bodies.

Meet Sadak in Somalia

Meals for kids in school

Providing free meals for children in school means they get the food they need to concentrate on their lessons. It also means they stay in school, which will help them escape poverty and hunger.

Meet Vera in Cape Verde

Food relief in emergencies

Providing emergency food rations after a man-made or natural disaster can save thousands of lives. It can also safeguard the physical and mental development of children by preventing malnutrition. See photo gallery

Food vouchers

When there is food in the markets, but poor people simply can’t afford it, food vouchers help ensure vulnerable families get the food they need. They also help the local economy.

Meet Balqisa in Afghanistan

Support to small farmers

Providing training and support to smallholder farmers and helping them connect better to markets allows communities to develop more robust food production systems.

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Food for training

Giving poor women food rations in return for attending training courses, where they learn skills that can help them earn money, gives them a way to support themselves.

Meet Famiya in Democratic Republic of Congo