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Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger

Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger. MDG 1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger. Ayush Aggarwal, Chiara Orsini, Milena Leoni MESCI 2007/08. Target 1 Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 per day Indicator 1: Headcount Ratio

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Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger

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  1. Feeding Minds,Fighting Hunger MDG 1 Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Ayush Aggarwal, Chiara Orsini, Milena Leoni MESCI 2007/08

  2. Target 1 Halve between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 per day • Indicator 1: Headcount Ratio Percentage of population living below $1 a day • Indicator 2: Poverty Gap Ratio It highlights the depth of poverty how far off poor individuals are from the poverty line. • Indicator 3: Share of the Poorest Quintile in the National Consumption

  3. Target 2Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

  4. Target 2Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

  5. Reflections Hunger has many impacts: • High rates of disease and mortality, • Limited neurological development, • Low productivity among current and future generations • Constraint to a country’s ability to develop economically, socially, and politically. • Sub-Saharan Africa is home to three-quarters (121 million) of the world’s ultra poor people. • 852 million people worldwide cannot obtain enough food to live healthy and productive lives (FAO 2004). • One child dies every six seconds from hunger related causes

  6. Mozambique • Population 20,1 m • GNI per capita $340 • Life Expectancy 41.8 years • Literacy(2003) 48% • HDI Rank 168/177 • Poverty 54% • Fertility Rate 5.3 • U5MR 100 • Malnutrition (< 5) 26% • Aids Pr.(15-49) 16.1% • Orphans 1.6 m 10 Million or roughly half are children!! 15% GDP is foreign aid

  7. Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) • Reducing Hunger and poverty through scaling up and value added techniques & education in Sub-Saharan Africa. • Multi-dimensional approach with emphasis on food security, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, education and Gender. • Multi-donor involvement including Local NGOs and civil society

  8. Special emphasis on rural areas Each group consists of 30 children,15 girls & 15 boys aged 12-18, focusing on orphans Selection based on vulnerability and food insecurity at the community level Estimated running costs of $5 per child per month. Agriculture and Food security facilitators Each team consisting of one school teacher, one agriculturist and one social animator Participatory and gender-sensitive facilitation skills Technical agricultural issues and business skills development TraineesTrainers 350 facilitators have been trained 7000 child beneficiaries in the first year

  9. JFFLS Vision a world in which OVCs and their household have the physical, social, human, financial and natural assets to live with dignity • JFFLS Mission to empower OVCs and strengthen their communities’ safety nets through sustainable agricultural and life skills programmes • JFFLS Impact improved Food Security and sustainable livelihoods of participants and their households, as mitigation strategy against HIV/AIDS

  10. United Nation Strategic Alliance created the Rapid Assessment Analysis and Action planning (RAAAP) Joint initiative UNICEF, WFP, USAID, UNAID and NGOs and Civil Society Organizations (resource maximization) Ministries of Education and Culture, Agriculture, Women and Social Welfare as well as the National AIDS Council (CNCS) National medium term priority Framework Identify priorities for Government-FAO-UN Integrate and Harmonize NMTPF with the other UN Agencies programming tools Same Objectives Poverty reduction through additional support of rural development Extension and improvement of the network infrastructures Improvement of human resources and development through an increase in the coverage and quality of health, education services Mainstreaming of social protection network for vulnerable people Partnership to achieve ONE UN in Mozambique

  11. STRATEGY

  12. Striking the Right Balance Source: FAO, 2007

  13. Sustainability • Financial The government provides budgeting for JFFLS in its agricultural sector programme • Technical - Training of local facilitators and peer benefits - Incorporation of extra-curricular activities • Managerial Provincial directors show strong support Linking with National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Linking with Agricultural Sectoral Wide Approach (SWAPs)

  14. Weaknesses Lack of Infrastructure Staff Availability Attendance Health Facilities Orphan hood Reach and benefits Cultural and religious Backgrounds Threats Frequent floods and droughts. Lack of irrigation Safe and clean water Political instability Emergence of Bio-fuels Migration possibilities Impact of HIV/AIDS What after primary school? Land Reform LIMITATIONS

  15. SUGGESTIONS Education

  16. Bibliography • MDG1 References FAO, (2006), The State of Food Insecurity in the world www.fao.org/icatalog/inter-e.htm OECD, (2005) Making Poverty Reduction work www.oecd.org/dataoecd/31/5/34839878.pdf UN, (2005) UN Millennium Development Goals. www.un.org/millenniumgoals UN Statistical Division, (2005), Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals,1990-2005. Goal 1. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mi/goals_2005/goal_1.pdf UNICEF, (2000), Poverty reduction begins with children www.unicef.org/publications/files/pub_poverty_reduction_en.pdf WFP, (2006), Hunger and Learning, <<World Hunger Series>> www.wfp.org/policies/introduction/other/documents/pdf/World_Hunger_Series_2006_En.pdf • Mozambique References DFID, (2007), Mozambique Country Fact-sheet www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/mozambique-factsheet.pdf UNDP, (2006), National Human Development Reportwww.undp.org.mz/en/publications/annual_reports/national_human_development_report_2005 World Bank, (2008), Mozambique Poverty Assessment Reporthttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/MOZAMBIQUEEXTN/Resources/Beating_the_Odds_vol1.pdf World Bank, (2008), Mozambique Data Profilehttp://siteresources.worldbank.org/MOZAMBIQUEEXTN/Resources/Beating_the_Odds_vol1.pdf World Bank, (2008), Millennium Development Goals For Mozambique http://ddp-ext.worldbank.org/ext/ddpreports/ViewSharedReport?&CF=&REPORT_ID=1305&REQUEST_TYPE=VIEWADVANCED&DIMENSIONS=105 • JFFLS References FAO, (2003) Incorporating HIV/AIDS considerations into food security and livelihood projects. www.fao.org/docrep/004/y5128e/y5128e00.htm FAO, (2005), Procedures throughout the year of a JFFLS school in Mozambique and steps towards its establishment. FAO, Mozambique. (draft document) FAO, (2006), Preliminary JFFLS procedures report for FAO based on experience in running the JFFL schools in Mozambique. (draft document) FAO, (2007), Getting Started! Running a Junior Farmer Field School and Life School ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1111e/a1111e00.pdf FAO, (2007), Garden-Based Learning for Improved Livelihoods and Nutrition Security of School Children in high HIV prevalence areas in Southern Africaftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1432e/a1432e00.pdf.

  17. Thank you for the attentionGrazieGracias DhanyawadEuxaristoObrigadoHvalaVielen DankMerci

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