THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD

Published purpose

The project aims to improve food security, or access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food, and provide nutrition support for up to 544,000 vulnerable women, men, girls and boys in the most deprived regions of Northern Ghana. The project seeks to increase the supply of locally produced nutritious foods for school meals; provide nutrition support, such as fortified foods, to vulnerable groups; and help people in communities vulnerable to climate shocks to earn a sustainable living. Some project activities include: (i) providing nutritious food and take-home rations to students in targeted public primary schools; (ii) providing iron supplements to adolescent girls; (iii) providing rations of foods fortified with vitamins and minerals, as well as extra food to malnourished pregnant and lactating women, girls and boys, and people living with HIV; (iv) supporting the building of community assets to improve food security, such as rehabilitating small irrigation infrastructure, and planting trees; and (v) providing training to improve the income-generating skills of food-insecure groups, including households headed by women.