Annual Report - Helpcode Italia - 2018

20 WHAT WE DID ANNUAL REPORT 2018
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NUTRITION AND
AGRICULTURE
449.738 meals
distributed in 2018.
Over 2.5 million meals
distributed since 1988.
One of our projects
Mozambique experienced a devastating civil war in the 1980s,
paying a high toll in terms of human lives and development.
In 2012, an armed conflict reignited between government forces
and the main opposition party, with its epicentre in the
Gorongosa district. A large number of families were forced to
take refuge in reception centres, set up by the government, or
in the forests of the region, with the consequent interruption
of social and economic-productive activities.
RESULTS
SOCIAL RECONCILIATION AND DEVELOPMENT
OF A CULTURE OF PEACE.
REMOVAL OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC BARRIERS
THAT LIMIT ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION,
EFFICIENT HEALTH SERVICES AND STRENGTHENING
OF PRODUCTION SKILLS, STARTING WITH WOMEN.
The malnutrition is co-responsible for over 3 million (45%) of all child deaths
under the age of 5 and one in four children suffer from malnutrition. The world’s
population is constantly growing and a decisive change of course is needed in
order to achieve sustainable agricultural production growth, improve resources’
distribution and reduce waste.
Starting from a careful analysis of needs, we have decided
to start interventions for the reactivation of school services,
the restoration of health services, the improvement of food
safety levels and the nutrition of the population, particularly
that of children. To overcome the levels of subsistence and
malnutrition we believe it is fundamental to start and support
the strengthening of productive capacities by focusing on
women.
Their stories
“With what we gain from the management of the mill, we have
purchased another piece of land where we can also plant corn
next season. Thus, we can compensate for the shortage of this
crop due to excessive rain.”
“See? Look at my beautiful hands now that we have the mill
here in the association, and I no longer have to grind corn by
hand!”
This is what some representatives of small agricultural
producer’s associations have told us that we have supported
with technical training, seeds, and means of production that
have tripled their agricultural production.
The “Resiliencia” project, as it is known in Gorongosa, allowed
to support the resumption of school and health services and the
reactivation of agricultural activities after the political-military
conflict that struck Mozambique since 2013. But “Resiliencia”
did not only mean reactivating productive services and
activities, it also meant reflecting on the importance of building
a culture of peace starting from the small conflicts that are part
of everyday life.