We provide food assistance to prevent loss of life and to contribute to the rehabilitation of local food and market systems. We promote livelihood strategies that protect, recover, and strengthen individuals’ and households’ abilities to earn a living. To prevent repeated displacement, we support engagement in social and economic opportunities that reinforce the adaptive capacity of systems, individuals, families, and communities affected by displacement.
We follow the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) definition of food security:
“Food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.”
In both emergencies and protracted crises, we analyses the livelihood vulnerability context and situation. This analysis enables us to better understand vulnerability, needs, and preferences and is key to the development of holistic integrated responses that contribute to durable solutions.
Our livelihoods and food security work focus on the following thematic areas:
- Emergency food assistance
- Creating local assets that reduce food insecurity and build livelihood opportunities
- School meals and gardening
- Nutritious food production systems
- Integrated natural resource management
- Food infrastructure systems
- Employment and income generation and/or diversification
- Credit and finance facilitation
- Initial business and value chain development
- Integrated risk reduction
We work in three areas to enable livelihoods that are in support of durable solutions:
- Meeting basic needs/livelihoods provisioning
- Protect and stabilize affected households against further effects of risks and crisis by ensuring access to adequate and appropriate nutritious food. Provide other essential livelihood needs required for survival.
- Livelihood’s protection
- Support affected households and communities in protecting household and livelihood systems, avert erosion of productive assets, and support households and communities in restoring productive assets.
- Livelihood promotion
- Enhance household and community capacity to manage risks and shocks and to leverage their adaptive, financial, and human capabilities. Invest in lasting solutions for improved economic and social wellbeing and dignity.
