By Tara Moore | Save the Children
Globally, millions of children are facing a hunger crisis brought on by conflict, economic instability, and climate-related disasters – all exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Hunger levels were already at record global highs before the pandemic and are now threatening to rise exponentially.
We have prioritized 13 countries experiencing high levels of food insecurity where conditions are dire but our ability to make a difference is strongest: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.
Save the Children is ramping up our work to protect children and communities against looming disaster. We are ensuring children have access to nutritious food, and supporting families with their livelihoods so they grow resilience against the shocks of COVID-19, conflict, and climate change. We’re also working with partners to help communities spot early warning signs and take necessary measures to protect themselves.
What We're Doing to Prevent Famine
1. Empowering families to buy essential food and medicine, protecting livelihoods, and preventing engagement of children in harmful practices (e.g. harmful child labor, early marriage, prostitution or the joining of militias).
2. Ensuring children and their families have access to essential health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in conflict-, crisis- and disaster-affected countries.
3. Protecting the mental and psychosocial well-being of children, adolescents and caregivers through the provision of quality mental health and psychosocial support interventions by Save the Children, as well as national and community-based partners.
Thanks to supporters like you, we directly reached over 1.9 million individuals through our hunger and livelihoods work last year.
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