Food Security
Food security is integrated across Amel Association International’s health, protection, education, livelihood, and emergency response projects, ensuring that vulnerable families receive support within a comprehensive resilience framework.
Integrated Support for Dignity and Resilience
In the context of economic collapse, displacement, unemployment, and rising food prices, Amel’s food security interventions help reduce hunger, protect health, preserve dignity, and strengthen community resilience.
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Improved economic stability and increased agricultural productivity among 225 farmers receiving cash-based assistance.
Needs
- Widespread food insecurity due to financial crisis, currency devaluation, inflation, and reduced purchasing power.
- Sharp increase in food prices, loss of income, unemployment, and reduced access to social protection.
- High vulnerability among displaced populations, refugees, and impoverished host communities.
- Increased risk of malnutrition and health deterioration among children, pregnant and lactating women, elderly persons, and people with chronic diseases.
Cross-Cutting Approach
As a cross-cutting programme, food security is embedded within primary healthcare, protection, education, case management, livelihoods, and emergency response interventions.
Key Interventions
Food Assistance and In-Kind Distribution
- Distribution of food parcels to vulnerable households.
- Emergency food support in crisis-affected areas.
- Seasonal or targeted food assistance for high-risk families.
Cash-Based or Voucher Assistance
- Cash-for-food support to preserve dignity and purchasing autonomy.
- Local market-based approaches that stimulate community economies.
Integration with Primary Healthcare Services
- Identification of food-insecure households through PHC consultations.
- Nutritional screening and referrals.
- Linking chronic disease patients with food assistance to support treatment adherence.
Community Outreach and Case Management
- Vulnerability assessments and targeting of high-risk households.
- Coordination with social workers and protection teams.
Preventive and Awareness Activities
- Nutrition awareness sessions.
- Promotion of healthy and affordable dietary practices.
- Guidance on food utilization and child nutrition.
Impact
- Reduced immediate hunger and acute food gaps among vulnerable families.
- Improved household food consumption and reduced reliance on negative coping strategies.
- Improved treatment adherence for chronic patients through integration with primary healthcare.
- Reduced malnutrition risks among children and vulnerable groups.
- Strengthened household dignity, autonomy, and coping capacity.
- Enhanced social cohesion through transparent support to both Lebanese and refugee populations.
- Long-term stabilization through integrated health, protection, and social support programming.
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