a closer look
Mahadia, age 24, is a married mother of three in one of 2,400 households that are part of the Concern Worldwide’s Green Graduation Programme in Sila region, Chad.
Margaret Kamwendo and her husband, Jackson Adam, live in a small rural village in Mangochi District, Malawi, where they are enrolled in Concern Worldwide’s Graduation Programme.
In Somalia, climate change impacts the entire food system, from production to consumption.
Challenging patriarchy and fostering behavior change takes time, especially in regions like the Terai, where it faces resistance.
Successive crises in the Central African Republic have weakened public and private institutions, led to the destruction of social and educational infrastructure, and worsened people’s living standards.
The people of Haiti are experiencing a period of exceptional instability and heightened violence, with deepening levels of poverty, displacement, and hunger, particularly in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
Hosenare Aktar is a participant in the Collective Responsibility, Action and Accountability for Improved Nutrition (CRAAIN) program in Bagerhat District, Bangladesh.
Mali faces crises on multiple fronts—including violent conflict and climate change —and its large youth population suffers from a shortage of decent jobs and farming opportunities.
Welthungerhilfe, with its mandate to work on both humanitarian assistance and development cooperation, operates in many countries affected by violent conflict. One such country is Sudan.
The resilience of the Haitian people in the face of environmental, social, economic, and political instability is as extraordinary as the scale of challenges they face daily.
Nepal is an ethnically diverse South Asian country with a population of 28 million people experiencing multiple demographic changes.
With a vast landmass, large population, and extensive natural resources, DRC has great economic potential, but its development has been hampered by war and recurring conflict in recent years.
Haiti, located on the western side of Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean Sea, has experienced substantial challenges in recent decades, including multiple coups, devastating natural disasters, and persistent poverty.
Niger is a landlocked West African country with a population of 21.5 million people. It gained independence from France in 1960, and after decades of single-party military rule it was established as a multiparty democracy in 1991.
A Mixed Picture: Poverty Reduction, Rapid Population Growth, and Extreme Weather
High Poverty and Low Agricultural Productivity Worsen Hunger and Undernutrition
A Country Experiencing Substantial Change and Steep Challenges.
Although Ethiopia is a low-income country, recent rapid economic growth has done a great deal to reduce the share of Ethiopians living in poverty.
Bangladesh is one of the world’s most densely populated countries, with approximately 163 million people living within a relatively small landmass.
Pakistan has come a long way since its independence in 1947: the country’s population has grown from 33 million to 200 million, its literacy rate has increased from 11% to 58%, and its GDP is steadily rising.
Despite making progress in recent decades, the West African state of Sierra Leone continues to bear a significant burden of hunger.
A landlocked country with an estimated population of 17.2 million, Malawi has experienced rapid recent growth in the agricultural sector. The proportion of malnourished children remains one of the highest in the world.
India has made considerable progress in tackling hunger and undernutrition in the past two decades, yet this pace of change has been uneven and many have been left behind. Now is the time to assert the right to food for all and make Zero Hunger a reality.
One of the most densely populated countries in sub-Saharan Africa with a burgeoning youth population, the landlocked central African country of Burundi is also one of the poorest in the world.
The outlook for food security in South Sudan in July 2015 is bleak, as represented by the food insecurity situation, with many states in crisis phase and a smaller number already in a state of emergency.
Despite Mali’s considerable progress in reducing undernourishment, one in three children under age five suffer from chronic undernutrition. Mali is ranked 81 of 117 countries in the 2015 Global Hunger Index.
Concern’s Realigning Agriculture to Improve Nutrition (RAIN) project in Zambia is designed to address the problem of chronic undernutrition by delivering sustainable and scalable cross-sectoral solutions to transform the lives of the poorest.
India and Cambodia have shown promise over the past decade in reducing maternal and child mortality. However, there is still much room for improvement. The response to the challenge of hidden hunger will require a sustained, long-term effort.
Extremely poor people, Concern believes, have few assets or achieve little return on the assets they own. They cannot escape extreme poverty because of structural inequalities and because of risks and vulnerabilities.
Haiti has suffered from widespread poverty and chronic food and nutrition insecurity for decades. To explore the concept of community resilience to undernutrition in mostly rural settings, this case study offers lessons learned from resilience programming
In Sierra Leone, local farmers have already lost land to large-scale investors. Civil society is organizing itself, demanding transparency, and challenging the dominant notion of agricultural modernization.
Tanzania is a country of contrasts. In recent decades, it has experienced a healthy economic growth rate, with annual GDP growth between 2012 and 2016 set to exceed 7 percent.
The following case study by Concern Worldwide gives some insight into the real and insidious impacts of food price increases and volatility in the slums of Nairobi.
The following case study by Welthungerhilfe gives some insight into the real and insidious impacts of food price increases and volatility on the farms of Tajikistan.
The following case study provides insights into a project in urban Bangladesh run by Concern Worldwide, including reflections from project participants gathered during recent visits.
The following case study provides insights into a project in rural Mali run by Welthungerhilfe, including reflections from project participants gathered during recent visits.
In many countries, hunger is linked to the unequal treatment of the sexes. The example of Sarwan, a village in India where the aid organisation Welthungerhilfe has been active since 2005, illustrates this assertion vividly.
For Concern Worldwide, gender mainstreaming is an integral component of all projects and programmes. It is a cross-cutting issue which relates to all decision-making processes and affects all fields of activity at all levels.