Over 69 million people in the Asia Pacific were acutely food insecure in 2022.

Behind every crisis, there is hunger.

Ongoing socio-economic instability.

They are all compounding the food crisis like no other.

Cambodia

Savorn, 9 years old

After school, Savorn helps her mom with cleaning fish and small prawns to earn her family 3.75 US dollars a day. When there is constant flooding from June to January, there is hardly any job - and thus food - for them.

Myanmar

Ei, 13 years old

"I feel deeply saddened by the number of children around me who are unable to attend school while struggling to secure their daily meals. Even having a meal each day is considered a stroke of luck for them."

Food crisis is a complex issue, not a hopeless one.

World Vision is working to address food security issues sustainably and holistically in East Asia through our integrated nutrition, livelihoods, climate change adaptation, and resilience programmes, as well as our policy engagement with governments.

The bloom of home gardening and financial literacy

Home Gardening & Financial Literacy

Two years ago, the vegetables and frogs Somphorn tried to farm were not growing well due to a lack of techniques. He is now seeing a positive change: his family's nutrition improves with food variety, they earn an income from the garden, they have started saving money, and the financial burden has become lighter.

Savings for Transformation

After losing her husband, Ei's mother had to borrow money from loan sharks to meet their basic food needs and address health emergencies. Through participation in a saving group, they opened a small business, started saving, and gradually gained control over their finances. Ei is now studying hard to become a doctor and help children and families in need, particularly those struggling with daily food.

Without support during Dzud, children’s well-being, particularly their nutrition is most likely to suffer.

Resilience & Emergency Relief

At least 80% of rural Mongolians rely on agriculture for living. Yet, as of March 2023, Mongolia had registered over 560,000 livestock deaths due to Dzud. For 11-year-old Nyambayar, multi-purpose cash assistance meant being able to have enough food on the table. For 50-year-old Uyanga, it meant life-saving feed for his 30 livestock animals.

While nutrition, livelihoods and resilience programmes are direct solutions to food insecurity,
it is important to incorporate sustainable and efficient water action as water is essential for sustaining life and critical for crop production, food security, public health, sanitation and hygiene,
especially for women and girls.

MOFA-funded water project in Cambodia is among many projects that are significantly transforming the quality of life for children and their families.

Behind every crisis, there is hunger.

A worsening climate crisis.

A global pandemic.