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        Masullaimani Community, Port Loko District. Photo: Charlotte Woellwarth/Concern Worldwide
        Knowledge Hub Resource
        30 January 2024

        Food and Nutrition Security through Equitable and Climate Smart Food Systems (Yoti Yoti)

        The Yoti Yoti Programme is responding to increasing food and nutrition insecurity in Sierra Leone, the overall goal of the project is to increase vulnerable households’ resilience to food and nutrition insecurity by strengthening food systems in Tonkolili and Port Loko Districts in North West Sierra Leone. 
        Bana Mamadou pictured in Diffa, Niger Photo: Apsatou Bagaya.
        Story
        29 November 2023

        ‘He now smiles’ - how cash and flour are supporting a community on the brink in Niger

        Irregular and insufficient rainfall, land degradation and population displacement are just some of the reasons residents of a region in Niger have been left struggling to survive.
        Women of Kisoko site, Masisi, DRC. Photo: Gabriel Nuru/Concern Worldwide.
        Knowledge Hub Resource
        27 November 2023

        Enabling Affected Communities to Survive and Thrive (EAST) Consortium

        Kisoko Site Community are unable to farm & produce food for themselves, living in crowded unsanitary conditions.
        Fifteen year old Sharmin Akter is eating guava, which is a nutritious fruit. She often participates in group discussions in the yard meeting conducted by Concern Worldwide and its partner organizations to gain knowledge about healthy food, health and hygiene, gender, and social safety issues. The Collective Responsibility, Action, and Accountability for Improved Nutrition (CRAAIN) project have educated them to act right about nutrition and safeguarding health. Photo: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan/Concern Worldwide
        Story
        27 October 2023

        How young people can play a key role in ending hunger

        Global food systems are outdated, unsustainable, vulnerable, and often lack inclusivity and equity — especially for young people entering adulthood.
        Ayaan Mahamuud Muuse (30) with her youngest child Nasriin (17 months) in Odweiyng, Togdheer, Somaliland. (Photo: Ed Ram / Concern Worldwide)
        Story
        16 October 2023

        Everything you need to know about World Food Day

        First celebrated in 1979, World Food Day takes place annually on October 16 and promotes awareness of hunger and action for the future of food, people, and the planet.
        A woman sits in a camp surrounded by several young children
        Story
        12 June 2023

        'I now have dignity' - restoring hope to families amid Somalia's devastating drought

        Having to flee home amid conflict with your young children and just the essentials you can carry is unimaginable for many of us. This is the reality for many families in Somalia, who are also living through the country's worst drought in seven decades.
        Congolese woman with the harvests from her peanut farm
        Story
        12 May 2023

        What is a food system?

        It’s a lot simpler than it might sound, and it’s something we all participate in. Here’s what we’re talking about when we talk about food systems.
        Kenyan farmer tending to a plot of watermelons
        Story
        5 May 2023

        How a simple irrigation system can help the fight against hunger

        Irrigation isn’t the most exciting topic that we cover in our work. But it’s a key ingredient in the fight against world hunger.
        Ethiopian farmer with his daughters working their potato crops in the highlands of South Wollo
        Story
        22 March 2023

        Fighting hunger in Ethiopia - the Irish way

        The story of how a group of Ethiopian highland farmers found that the way to fight hunger was found in…the Irish potato.

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