Securing food and nutrition security for the most vulnerable in Cameroon

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The development objective of the Emergency Project to Combat the Food Crisis Project for Cameroon is to strengthen food and nutrition security and increase resilience to climate shocks of targeted households and producers.

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00:00 Cameroon is a country with great potential for economic growth.

00:04 Yet nearly a quarter of a million Cameroonians

00:07 are facing severe or elevated food insecurity.

00:11 The food security crisis is due to several factors,

00:15 including the reduced availability and accessibility of

00:19 stocks of staple products such as rice,

00:21 sorghum,

00:22 and maize,

00:23 as well as livestock for milk and meat.

00:26 And the first victims are children,

00:29 as the most vulnerable communities are the first victims of this crisis,

00:33 the government of Cameroon,

00:35 in partnership with the World Bank,

00:37 has set up the emergency project to combat the food crisis in Cameroon,

00:42 Polka,

00:43 to strengthen food and nutrition.

00:45 Security and increase reduce the vulnerability of

00:49 households and producers to climate shocks.

00:52 In partnership with the World Food Program,

00:55 an emergency food and nutritional aid program

00:58 has been set up for malnourished children

01:00 under 5 and elementary school pupils in targeted areas.

01:06 Local agricultural cooperatives,

01:08 mainly women's,

01:09 are identified and put to work.

01:13 Through productive partnerships with local public schools.

01:17 To provide fresh food to be used in the preparation of school canteen meals.

01:43 These cooperatives have been introduced to climate smart farming practices,

01:48 thus improving their resilience to climate change.

01:51 The women and mothers have volunteered to cook the meals,

01:55 which will be given to the children free of charge from Monday to Friday.

01:59 The children,

02:00 who now have access to balanced meals prepared by village mothers.

02:05 are happy to come to school.

02:14 Uh,

02:14 says they call pets I want to scholar grass

02:24 uh you can san recalls it's a *** se mamalazo

02:32 in square and they call it permeozalkur.

02:40 At the same time,

02:42 the project supports the prevention of acute malnutrition is

02:46 targeting 30,000 children and pregnant and lactating women.

02:51 Through communication for Change,

02:53 awareness raising sessions are given to young mothers to promote good nutrition

02:58 and to encourage monitoring and prevention of undernutrition and

03:02 stunted growth in their infants and young children.

03:05 To date,

03:06 Polka has reached 35,770 children in 81 schools in the far north,

03:13 north,

03:14 northwest,

03:15 Southwest,

03:16 Adamawa and East regions,

03:18 and has monitored over 15,000 cases of malnutrition.

03:22 All these actions will alleviate food and

03:25 nutrition insecurity of vulnerable communities in these regions

03:29 and strengthen the economic resilience of households and women in the long term.

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Cameroon is a country with great potential for economic growth. Yet nearly a quarter of a million Cameroonians are facing severe or elevated food insecurity. The food security crisis is due to several factors, including the reduced availability and accessibility of stocks of staple products such as rice, sorghum, and maize, as well as livestock for milk and meat. And the first victims are children, as the most vulnerable communities are the first victims of this crisis, the government of Cameroon, in partnership with the World Bank, has set up the emergency project to combat the food crisis in Cameroon, Polka, to strengthen food and nutrition. Security and increase reduce the vulnerability of households and producers to climate shocks. In partnership with the World Food Program, an emergency food and nutritional aid program has been set up for malnourished children under 5 and elementary school pupils in targeted areas. Local agricultural cooperatives, mainly women's, are identified and put to work. Through productive partnerships with local public schools. To provide fresh food to be used in the preparation of school canteen meals. These cooperatives have been introduced to climate smart farming practices, thus improving their resilience to climate change. The women and mothers have volunteered to cook the meals, which will be given to the children free of charge from Monday to Friday. The children, who now have access to balanced meals prepared by village mothers. are happy to come to school. Uh, says they call pets I want to scholar grass uh you can san recalls it's a *** se mamalazo in square and they call it permeozalkur. At the same time, the project supports the prevention of acute malnutrition is targeting 30,000 children and pregnant and lactating women. Through communication for Change, awareness raising sessions are given to young mothers to promote good nutrition and to encourage monitoring and prevention of undernutrition and stunted growth in their infants and young children. To date, Polka has reached 35,770 children in 81 schools in the far north, north, northwest, Southwest, Adamawa and East regions, and has monitored over 15,000 cases of malnutrition. All these actions will alleviate food and nutrition insecurity of vulnerable communities in these regions and strengthen the economic resilience of households and women in the long term.

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