Food Security and Livelihoods Capacity Statement

Food security and Livelihoods (FSL) including food and cash assistance, is World Vision Somalia’s largest sector, accounting for more than a third of the Country Office’s portfolio. Our FSL programs are dedicated to ensuring access to sufficient and nutritious food for children and their families, particularly during and after disaster shocks. 

We focus on building sustainable livelihoods and improving household food security in agropastoral areas by utilizing existing resources, such as accessing rivers for irrigation and providing agricultural training and materials to improve their irrigation and farming practices. We also implement programs aimed at increasing income and assets, strengthening food systems, and improving access to finance, credit, and markets.

Additionally, we collaborate with like-minded partners to support and advocate for policies that address hunger and malnutrition. We also seek adequate and sustained funding for critical food security, livelihoods, and nutrition actions to prevent hunger, mortality, and malnutrition, advocate for increased investments in strengthening food systems, and urge government to address the root causes and key drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition.