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Food Security Program, Angola
Church World Service seeks funds to implement a rehabilitation program to promote food security development for desperately poor, internally displaced families in post-conflict Angola.
Need: Despite more than 18 months of peace, many Angolans live precariously with emergency situations still prevalent throughout the country. The northern provinces of Uige, Kwanza Norte and Kwanza Sul record food insecurity in all of their municipalities. The area is well suited for agriculture, but production is low due to lack of seeds, tools, and the late return of families after the war. Most returnees lack supplies for current food needs, let alone surplus for seed banks or for selling in the local markets.
Target Population: This project serves 24,000 Kikongo and Kimbandu people residing in the northern provinces. All families are subsistence farmers without resources to farm.
Partnership & Collaboration: Igreja Evangelica Reformada de Angola (IERA) is Church World Service’s church-related partner for this project. IERA operates emergency response, rehabilitation, and development programs in 12 Angolan provinces. The secular partner is the Angolan Department of Projects and Development.
Project Activities:
- Provision of family-sized seed packages, including groundnuts, cassava, and assorted vegetable seeds
- Distribution of tools, including a machete, two hoes, an axe, and a sharpening file for each family
- Technical support by agronomists and extension agents during planting, cultivation, and harvest seasons
Outcomes:
- Beneficiaries capable for future food production after their first harvest.
- Increased practical knowledge of current planting, cultivation, conservation and harvest techniques.
- Increased supply of reserve seeds for upcoming planting seasons.
- Improved community cohesiveness through coordination and program participation.
Funding Opportunities:
- $1,000 – Field and garden seeds for 60 families
- $2,500 – Tool kits for 100 families
- $5,400 – Salary for three extension agents for a year
Total Program Budget: $ 1,040,030
*These examples reflect the average costs of implementing food security programs in African communities. Gifts to the of the CWS Africa Initiative "Hunger & Poverty Alleviation" fund are used to support this or similar food security projects in Africa.