FOOD SECURITY & LIVELIHOODS

Purpose: Reduce food insecurity now, protect local supply, and support early recovery.

Emergency food assistance

In frontline settlements markets frequently fail, incomes collapse and households resort to coping strategies that harm long‑term wellbeing. We combine in‑kind food parcels with cash where markets function, align contents to local diets, and coordinate deliveries so that the most vulnerable are reached without duplication.

• Distribute emergency food aid tailored to local dietary needs.
• Plan for cash assistance to enable households to purchase food locally where markets function.
• Coordinate with partners so vulnerable people can access nutrition services and referrals to income‑generating programmes.

Sustainable food systems

Recovery depends on restoring local production. We assist small and medium farmers to restart safely, offering seeds, tools and basic equipment, small‑scale irrigation and storage, and practical training on climate‑smart and conflict‑aware techniques. Where soils are degraded, we signpost testing and remediation advice and encourage cooperative approaches to reach scale.

• Provide training on climate‑smart agricultural practices.
• Support rehabilitation of small and medium‑sized farms affected by the war.
• Back household and community gardens to improve food access.

Impact to date

• 1,300 vulnerable people in high‑risk areas provided with food assistance.

Partners

• Local councils, social kitchens, producers’ associations, and donor foundations.