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Report
The 5th Pan African Conference in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, committed National Societies to address food insecurity throughout Africa. Supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the RCNET National Societies...
Case Study
As part of efforts to combat food insecurity in Mali, four communes in Goundam Circle (M’Bouna, Bintagoungou, Tin-Aïcha and Essakane) were assigned to the Mali Red Cross by the Secretariat for Food Security of the Malian Government. These communes...
Case Study
As a result of commitments made by African National Societies at the 2000 Pan African Conference, the Baphalali Swaziland Red Cross Society (BSRCS) decided to implement a food security pilot project. This project is implemented through a tripartite a...
Guidance material
A food security assessment may be required when living conditions in an area/country change, and it is expected that communities are becoming vulnerable and/or are no longer able to meet their nutritional needs. This guide is intended for National So...
Case Study
The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), in cooperation with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Swedish Red Cross (SRC), implemented an integrated food security development project in the Tigray region ...
Case Study
The following case study provides an example of successful community-based food security initiatives in Lesotho which have the potential for long-term impact and lend to the possibility of replication in order to support communities facing food secur...
Case Study
The Zambia Red Cross Society (ZRCS) undertook extensive food distributions in response to the droughts in 2002 and 2003. The International Federation recruited a food security delegate to help National Societies in the region to increase their capaci...
Case Study
The Namibia Red Cross introduced an integrated food security project in 2011 in order to address food availability and access as well as malnutrition and poverty within its programme areas. This was implemented as part of the National Society’s bro...
Awareness material
The “Better Be Prepared” series is made up of 14 modules which have been drawn up in the Regional Centre of Reference in Community-Based Education for the Prevention of Disasters with the support of the International Federation of Red Cross Red C...