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PACIFIC PALISADES Feed LA and the city of Los Angeles partnered with YMCA to distribute food via “Grab and Go” programs to those in need including a location in Pacific Palisades.
According to the Feed La website, statistics indicate that they have “provided nearly 1,000,000 nutritious meals to families; 25,000 hours of child care for essential workers; 100,000 pounds of groceries to homebound seniors; 20,000 showers and supply kits to those who are homeless; and nearly 3,000 pints of blood to patients in need.”
According to the World Bank, “COVID-19 is estimated to have dramatically increased the number of people facing acute food insecurity in 2020. WFP estimates that 149 million people (including refugees) were acutely food insecure (i.e., facing food crisis conditions or worse, also known as Integrated Phase Classification – Phase 3 or higher) across 79 countries in 2019. COVID-19 is projected to bring the total number of acutely food insecure peop
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultancy in Somalia about Food and Nutrition, Health and Water Sanitation Hygiene, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from Save the Children; closing on 14 Feb 2021
STRENGTHENING DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE BARINGO AND SAMBURU COUNTIES reliefweb.int - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reliefweb.int Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Food security has been an issue of interest and for long hasn’t been addressed, this has in turn resulted in food injustices in the communities.
Zimbabwe is a highly unequal country suffering from a vacuum of leadership, failed economics, colonialism and entrenched patriarchy, the most vulnerable in our society are bearing the brunt of these crises.
By and large women and children, in particular, live at the intersection of multiple crises and also act as shock absorbers for their communities.
Hunger as a case in point.
According to Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee ZimVAC: “nearly 3.4 million people in rural areas are projected to face Crisis or Emergency (IPC Phase 3 or above) food insecurity at the peak of the 2020/2021 lean season (January-March) and 2.3 million people in urban communities are estimated to be food insecure in 2021, according to the latest Integrated Phase Classification (IPC)”,
South Sudan: Violence, Flooding and Displacement Push One Million Children in South Sudan to the Brink of Starvation allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.