Food Security and Nutrition
Food scarcity and malnutrition is one of the three major causes of migration in Central America
Problem:
According to UNICEF, 19% of children in Nicaragua under the age of five suffer from chronic malnutrition. In Guatemala 36% of rural families are food insecure, while stunting rates among children are some of the highest in the world.
Solution:
In Nicaragua ViviendasLeón continues to train rural families to sustainably farm their land and produce a diverse variety of organic vegetables, fruits and citrus to improve the diets of as many 40 people on each farm plot.
In Guatemala, ViviendasLeón continues to build essential infrastructure like school kitchens, and we launched our capacity training and food security program in 2023.
Outcomes:
Each year ViviendasLeon trains 20 new families in farming and entrepreneurship to produce sufficient food for their families and to create a stable family income from selling their produce to other families in their community. ViviendasLeon ensures their success through continuous weekly supervision and training workshops over four years.
- Families are now capable of farming their land continuously, producing two crop cycles annually while growing enough food for their families and for 7 additional families totaling 40 people in their communities.
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