Humanitarian workers are
#NotATarget
. They are a lifeline for vulnerable people in the most dire circumstances.
On
#WorldHumanitarianDay
,
@FAO
honours aid workers who have dedicated their lives to save others.
We must ensure their safety and protection.
#ActForHumanity
Thanks to funding from the African
#Development
Bank,
@FAO
rehabilitated a 25 km road in the Aweil
#Rice
🌾 Scheme. Making it easier for farmers to move, access
#Markets
, and transport their produce.
Big thanks to
@AfDB_Group
!
🌾 Partnering with
@mafs_ss
, FAO is boosting food security in Aweil East!
Through the Resilient
#Agricultural
#Livelihoods
Project, certified seeds 🌱 with high yield potential are being distributed.
A brighter harvest means more food on the table & increased family income 💰
.
@FAO
#Transportation
and
#Logistics
are essential to our operations.
The acquisition of this new 40-tonne truck will guarantee the timely delivery 🚚 of farming inputs, including seeds 🌱 and fertilizers to beneficiaries, while significantly reducing operational costs.
.
@FAO
& other
#UN
agencies in Aweil today received the
#DSRSG
/RC,
@Kikigbeho
during her visit to witness the humanitarian needs.
Northern Bahr el Ghazal, a flood-affected state hosting refugees in
#SouthSudan
, is receiving FAO's rice seeds and training to boost resilience
🙏
@AfDB_Group
for the support through the Build Resilience for Food & Nutrition Security in the Horn of Africa program.
Akuch Kiir is participating in the Aweil Rice 🌾 Scheme and will benefit from 1 000 feddans of rice plantation. She expects an increased harvest this year.
Everlasting change.
The
#SouthSudan
Reconciliation, Stabilization, & Resilience Trust Fund economically empowered women's groups through the milk bar center in Warrap State 🥛
The group now continues to manage the center with support from
@FAO
.
Thank you 🇳🇴🇪🇺🇩🇪🇸🇪🇳🇱🇨🇦🇰🇷🇨🇭
Deng Bak, in Aweil East, stands in front of his sorghum crop affected by
#Floods
that have hit most parts of the country.
“This has destroyed our crops & we will harvest nothing compared to last year.”
@FAO
plans to distribute seeds to them so they can restart their livelihoods.
Small and medium enterprises drive the ss economy, provide decent
#Jobs
& close the
#Gender
gap by ensuring the participation of women & youth in the economy.
🙏
@AfDB_Group
,
@FAO
& Min. of Trade & Industry is holding a Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on
#SMEs
Policy in Juba.
In partnership with
@mafs_ss
,
@FAO
is organising an inception workshop with implementing partners on the Resilient
#Agricultural
#Livelihoods
Project-Additional Financing in Aweil.
This creates awareness about the project among the stakeholders at the state level.
🙏
@WorldBank
🙏
@AfDB_Group
funding through the
#SouthSudan
#Emergency
Food Production Programme, women received fuel-efficient cooking stoves after attending training in Yambio on their benefits & how to use them.
This helps reduce wood consumption for
#Environmental
sustainability 🌳
In partnership with
@mafs_ss
& the Min. of Livestock,
@FAO
through the
#RALP
-Additional Financing organised an inception workshop for implementing partners & UN agencies in Bor to:
✅Create project awareness
✅Provide initial planning
✅Implementation modalities
✅Map safeguards
Returnee women groups in Gogrial West, received training on Ox-plough farming from
@FAO
, to enable them to till bigger land to increase production.
🙏
#Malta
🇲🇹 help through the Supporting Livelihoods & Resettlement of
#SouthSudanese
🇸🇸 Returnees from
#Sudan
project.
@mafs_ss
🙏
@EUinSouthSudan
,
@FAO
signed a regional programme in
#Livestock
& Pastoralism for
#ClimateChange
adaptation in the Eastern/Horn of Africa.
"This'll help the livestock communities benefit commercially, socially, & peacefully coexist along the borders." Onyoti Adigo Nyikech.
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 FAO has been awarded a prestigious honour in Cabo Verde, the Amílcar Cabral Order, for contributions to the country's development.
Read the full story here:
FAO Deputy Director General
@BethBechdol
while on a visit to South Sudan, had a chance to visit Terekeka, where she interacted with communities involved in fishery activities with support from
@FAO
& partners. See more
Today was International Co-operatives Day!
@mafs_ss
in collaboration with
@FAO
& key partners joined the rest of the World in commemorations under the theme; “Co-operatives Build a Better Future for All.”
Efficient Co-operatives play a key role in sustainable
#Development
.
The latest
#SOFI2024
report on global hunger has found that 1 in 5 people in Africa faced hunger in 2023.
By 2030, half of the world's chronically undernourished will be in Africa unless urgent action is taken now.
Read the full report: