How does Save the Children prevent hunger and malnutrition?
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| Mother Sali Jara works in the field with her 1 year-old baby Meri Dunuya on her back. |
Save the Children mobilizes communities and partner organizations to address the root causes of food insecurity, targeting the most vulnerable, usually young children and their mothers. We work with children and their communities to develop their capacity to respond to and solve their most pressing food security problems. Food aid and monetary resources are used to manage programs focused on improving agricultural production and household nutrition, as well as responding to emergency needs. Save the Children carefully targets where food is distributed during an emergency, as has been the case in Ethiopia and Sudan.
Private donations are critical to help leverage $35 million in food aid resources from USAID, USDA, and the World Food Program. Save the Children has been handling food in both emergency and development contexts since 1987.
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