Vegetables help fight hunger and malnutrition in South Sudan
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Five-year old Chol Kuetu stands amid squash plants in her family garden in Nyikan, a small village along the Akobo River in South Sudan, near the country's border with Ethiopia.
Her family doesn't have a long experience with vegetables, but in response to recent flooding that left many in her community on the brink of starvation, her parents have diversified their plantings. With seeds and training from DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance, they are growing a wide variety of vegetables.
The kids approve of the change.
"The children love to eat them. I send them to pick tomatoes and they eat them all before they come home," said her grandfather, Gatkuolh Thichuong.
Working with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization, DanChurchAid expanded its work in the area in response to the unprecedented flooding and fighting. It is helping families with food and livelihood projects aimed at lowering vulnerability and increasing food security at a time when the arrival of many newly displaced families increased competition in the community over scarce food resources. Many families, including Chol Kuetup's family, also received goats as part of the program.
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- Paul Jeffrey
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