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Senior Program Manager & Food Security Advisor at Oxfam Denmark

Last week the Hunger Funding Gap Report of 2024 was released, and as expected, the numbers related to the food insecurity in the world were, well not at all positive… The report stated that only 35% of appeals for countries facing crisis levels of hunger were met in 2023. This means that in a world with abundance of food, a staggering number of 281.6 million people are being food insecure or experiencing hunger! In December 2024, I visited Akabo, a fragile county in the Republic of South Sudan, which is currently experiencing the most severe food insecurity in decades. Here, the majority of the population is experiencing emergency (IPC Phase 4) acute food insecurity – just like the Hunger Funding Gap Report describes – and the people there are depending on food handout to survive, and where most survive on 1 meal a day (after food handouts!). “Why?” You might ask. Well it is mainly due to heavy floods and unusual heavy rainfall (caused by climate change) that are destroying cultivated land and making accessibility near to impossible, combined with conflict. Oxfam Denmark, Oxfam in South Sudan and our national partner @CIDOSouthSudan is with funding from Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation trying to combat food insecurity in areas of South Sudan (amongst 5 other vulnerable countries). Read about two of the amazing women I met, who are participants of the program and how they through unconditional cash have been able to start small businesses and feed their families. Dr Manenji Mangundu

Unconditional cash to vulnerable households in Akobo

Unconditional cash to vulnerable households in Akobo

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Anders Nash

Renewable Energy and Green Transition at Novo Nordisk

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Love how you’ve built your career and your stewardship Ellen! Always an inspiration and everyone you effect is lucky you’re there!

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