Amani Children's Home provides full-time residential care to vulnerable children and youth in Tanzania. However, our arid region is prone to droughts and famines that make staples like corn, beans, and rice inaccessibly expensive. This project addresses the dual challenges of current and future food insecurity. We 1. provide balanced, nutritious diets for our students; 2 stockpile food for difficult seasons; and 3. invest in sustainable agriculture and energy to ensure financial stability.
Tanzania ranks 95/113 in food security, with a third of children under age five malnourished to the point of stunted growth. Many children lack reliable access to safe, nutritious, and affordable food; anemia and other nutrient deficiencies are common. Amani is working diligently to ensure that our community always has the food staples it needs. We do this by raising livestock, tending produce gardens, and investing in long-term projects that support food sovereignty and financial stability.
Amani is working towards self-sustainability. This means Amani plans ahead to purchase and stockpile staple food items before times of drought. We diversify our agricultural projects; we've added pig husbandry as a source of protein and income. We continue to intensify and expand our garden projects to ensure access to quality organic produce. We've begun to switch our center to renewable energy. As such, we continue to develop sustainable food systems at our center and for our community.
The long-term survival of our center depends on developing sustainable sources of income and ensuring reliable access to food items. Our agricultural projects are a lifeline of healthy food, even during times of famine and adversity. When we sell surpluses from our crop yields, we generate income that can, in turn, be invested back into the center. Sustainable energy ensures we can not only "keep the lights on" but do so in a way that decreases environmental impact and generates income.
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