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won't just be uncomfortable; it will be downright frightening. "We need
to wake up and take care of this," says Naylor. "We won't have enough
food to feed the world today, let alone tomorrow."
Sometimes, the work of food security begins immediately after a natural disaster, when the infrastructure and food supply of an otherwise
healthy community has been destroyed. In these instances, our efforts
may include emergency distributions of food, cash, and other essential
items to prevent outbreaks of severe malnutrition in the short-term,
and to ensure that crops can be replanted and livestock replenished for
the future. Sometimes, food security activities take place as a
follow-up to the work of our Therapeutic and Supplementary Feeding
Centers. By helping families regain self-sufficiency, we greatly reduce
the likelihood that they’ll have to return to our feeding centers
again.
At Action Against Hunger, our food security programming forms a continuum with the workUnlike nutrition, where treatment is guided by standard protocols based on human nutritional requirements, food security must take into account a wide range of
factors such as climate, geography, socio-economic systems, and
political structures. As a result, the programs we implement are highly
contextualized and must be tailored to meet the unique needs of each
community and each crisis. In order to do this, we begin with a
comprehensive evaluation of the situation and its underlying causes.
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