Opportunity grows on trees
Four thriving enterprises that started with a little seed planted at a nutrition workshop.
Food Security and Nutrition
The challenge: Food fuels our bodies and brains. Up to 80 percent of global food is provided by 500 million small farms around the world, and agriculture is the single largest employer in the world today. But global nutrition statistics indicate that almost half of deaths in children under five are linked to poor nutrition, and 790 million people worldwide do not have the calories they need to reach their full potential. These dire circumstances have implications for lifelong well-being and productivity.
Our solution: We invest in food security and nutrition, to ensure that everyone has enough nutritious food, every day of the year. We work with farmers to diversify the crops they produce, provide training on nutrition using local ingredients, and collaborate with governments, business, and communities to develop sustainable, reliable food systems – from field to market to table.
- All
- Civil Society
- Economic Inclusion
- Education
- Engaging Canadians
- Environment and Climate Change
- Food Security and Nutrition
- Gender Equality
- Health
Reaching the most vulnerable
Jaclyn Dolski was placed in Dushanbe, Tajikistan through AKFC’s fellowship program.
Partnership For Advancing Human Development In Africa And Asia (PAHDAA)
Duration: 2012-2018 Location: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Canada, Egypt, Uganda, India, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania
Health Action Plan For Afghanistan (HAPA)
Duration: 2015-2020 Location: Afghanistan Reach: 1.26 million (619,250 women and girls; 640,750 men and boys) Budget: $75.2 million (Global Affairs Canada: $55
Assessment of Different Implementation Models of Health and Health-related Sustainable Development Goals (IM-SDG)
Duration: 2018-2019 Location: Global Reach: This is a research project with no direct beneficiaries. Budget: $560,000 (International Development Research Centre: $280,000;
It takes a village
We were all once children. We were all once young, full of hope and potential.
Feeding Her Community
Lal and Samantha live worlds apart, but their lives are more similar than it seems at first glance.
We are there
For vulnerable communities in remote, high mountain valleys across Central Asia, lives are changing.
Dispatch from the field: From the field to market in Mozambique
When most of your workdays are spent in front of a computer, it’s easy to forget where the food on your plate comes from. I marvel at the mountains of fresh fruits and vegetables at the market arranged like rainbows, but I overlook the time, dedication, and energy of harvesting crops from the field, especially in an environment that dictates what and how much you will eat.
