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ADS2022: Day Ten
Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent: Accelerate the Human Capital, Social and Economic Development
The third week of the Africa Dialogue Series focuses on the sub-theme "Social protection's role in enhancing food security and nutrition for greater resilience in Africa, both as a Human Right and economic necessity." This week’s activities are led by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
Comprehensively designed, universal, and carefully implemented social protection systems represent investments in human capital development and are an important part of the solution to reaching multiple development objectives simultaneously, in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular goal 1 on ending poverty and goal 2 on zero hunger, and the African Union Agenda 2063 with a goal 1 on ensuring “African people have a high standard of living, quality of life, sound health and well- being” and goal 3 on ensuring “citizens are healthy and well-nourished and enjoying a life expectancy of above 75 years.”
Activities this week will demonstrate how initiatives by ILO and WFP are enhancing social protection across Africa, in line with this week’s sub-theme.
Ubuntu “I am because we are” - Future of Africa
Social Protection - Africa’s Hope for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Social benefits disability: COVID-19 and my disability won’t stop my search for work
When Linda Sarmento fell ill as a small child, it impaired her ability to walk. Undeterred, Linda was determined to go to school and as an adult, she found work where she could. The COVID-19 pandemic however has made a difficult situation much harder. The social protection benefit she receives from the Mozambique government has ensured that she can meet her basic needs and help her daughters attend school.
Resilience and food security: A small dam brings a village back to life in Tunisia
When Saida’s father died, she decided to run the family farm in the Tunisian village she’d grown up in, at a time when the countryside was becoming deserted and three quarters of farmers had left to work in the city. Undaunted by drought, lack of resources or her responsibilities as the head of the household, she honoured the legacy passed down by her father, who dreamed of building a dam for the village using traditional Berber techniques. Saida has always trusted in fate and “the miracle” she’d always hoped for came to pass – the dam received the resources it needed and was built. The COVID-19 pandemic also helped bring back the villagers, who found new vocations thanks to the return of water.
Food security, resilience and social protection: Capacitating women entrepreneurs with apiculture skills in Kenya
In December 2021, ILO PROPSPECTS through its implementing partner Somali Lifeline Organization (SOLO) held a one-week training of trainers (ToT) for four beekeepers from Garissa Township, Fafi and Dadaab Sub-counties in partnership with World Food Programme and ACDI/VOCA.
The ToT was aimed to increase the number of farmers skilled in apiculture who will offer accessible and relevant technical support to their peers in the groups. The major outcome of the training was to formalize a county beekeepers association that will be the voice of the value chain actors.
Rukia Mohammed Afey, leader of Ikip Farm, a women’s group formed in 1999 for divorced and single mothers in Garissa Township, was one of the trainees. She narrates her experience here.
WFP Social Protection
WFP / Ethiopia. Seqota Declaration and Fresh Food Voucher
WFP/ Côte d'Ivoire. A Breath of Fresh Air at the Right Time
Stigma and discrimination remain a major concern amongst people living with HIV. To support people living with HIV during COVID-19, WFP and UNAIDS piloted a cash-transfer project in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.
Malawi. Social Protection for the Sustainable Development Goals
SP4SDG is a UN Joint Programme that aims to adapt the Malawi social protection system to meet emergency food needs and reduce the vulnerability of those most at risk of food insecurity by 2022, while strengthening the social protection system for all vulnerable households across the lifecycle.
Food Systems: School meals in Rwanda