How Food Security Organizations In Uganda Managed At Times Of Covid!
Uganda remains Africa’s biggest refugee-hosting
country. Despite reduced financing, the sheer number of displaced persons has
put enormous strain on humanitarian operations. Its refugee response has moved
to accommodate longer-term needs, particularly initiatives that focus on
livelihood as well as resilience.
Nevertheless, basic immediate needs, like food-insecure households water, and
hygiene, including health services, remain critical in both settlements and
host communities
This COVID-19 pandemic dominated the refugee scenario
in 2020, with crossing closures in March drastically decreasing the number of
new entrants. Nutritional diversity and malnutrition levels somewhat worsened
over the year as commerce, transportation, and livelihood activities were restricted.
Food prices, on the other hand, have stayed largely
stable due to bumper harvests. Climate change is changing rainfall patterns
throughout Uganda, making agricultural productivity more unpredictable.
Operation Against Hunger will be launched in 2020.
Across five refugee communities, Uganda's nutrition program reached 81,958
children including pregnant women, providing supplementary food to 59,750 small
children as well as new moms to prevent malnutrition while treating 13,768
severely malnourished youngsters, pregnant women, young mothers.
Food security organizations in Uganda |
Food security organizations in Uganda took care of
healthcare facilities and caregiving groups formed inside the settlements
offered these services. Hygiene, cleanliness, food preparations, home
gardening, healthy eating, health-service referral channels, and gender-based
violence were among the subjects covered.
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