Food Security and

Livelihood

Helping households move from emergency aid to income they can rely on.

From Emergency Relief to Lasting Autonomy

Understanding why food assistance alone is never enough, and how AAPV helps households rebuild the means to provide for themselves.

When Aid Ends and Nothing Has Changed

Crisis and displacement do not only empty granaries — they break the means of producing food at all. Farmers lose seeds, livestock and access to their land, while households with no income fall into a cycle where each new shock requires a new distribution. Food aid keeps families alive, but on its own it leaves them exactly as vulnerable to the next crisis as they were to the last.

Measurable Results, Community by Community

2,100

vulnerable households receiving cash assistance

235

farmers assisted with seeds, livestock and veterinary care

200

women trained in soap-making and equipped with the necessary tools

235

112

children and mothers provided with fortified foods

Acting at Every Stage: Relief, Recovery and Autonomy

Agricultural Input Support

We provide farmers with seeds, livestock and veterinary care, restoring the productive base that crisis and displacement have stripped away.

Farming Technique Training

We train farmers in improved techniques, raising yields and reducing the dependence on emergency aid that follows each poor harvest.

Nutritional Food Distribution

We distribute fortified foods to children and mothers, preventing malnutrition before it requires medical treatment to reverse.

Vocational Skills Training

We train women and young people in marketable trades, opening income sources that do not depend on land or harvest.

Micro-Enterprise Start-Up Kits

We equip newly trained participants with the tools and materials their trade requires, turning skills into working activity.

Cash Assistance Programmes

We deliver direct cash assistance and Cash for Work opportunities, letting households meet their own most urgent priorities.

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