GLOBAL INITIATIVES
VOLUNTEERS WORKING IN FOOD SECURITY IN FY 2020 The Peace Corps is a key partner in Feed the Future and the U.S. Government’s Global Food Security Strategy to address poverty, hunger, and undernutrition in over 40 countries worldwide. Each year10 since 2012, around 1,200 Peace Corps Volunteers contribute to the initiative by promoting community-led approaches that build local capacity of individuals and groups to address food insecurity and increase resilience at both household and community levels. The Peace Corps trains and equips Volunteers and their counterparts with context-appropriate and evidence-based practices and technologies that sustainably ensure food availability, accessibility, and utilization at all times. Volunteers from all six sectors use a variety of proven methods to implement food security-related activities that increase agricultural productivity, sustain and improve the natural resource base, improve health and nutrition, or increase economic opportunities, particularly for women and youth, in the communities they serve.
POST NAME
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS REPORTING ON FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
POST NAME
NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS REPORTING ON FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
Benin
26
Morocco
1
Botswana
1
Mozambique
3
Cameroon
19
Namibia
2
East Timor
1
Nepal
45
Ecuador
2
Panama
19
Ethiopia
11
Paraguay
13
Gambia
28
Rwanda
21
Ghana
7
Senegal
78
Guatemala
17
Sierra Leone
13
Guinea
18
Tanzania
39
Indonesia
1
Thailand
1
Jamaica
7
Togo
19
Lesotho
3
Uganda
34
Liberia
3
Zambia
50
Madagascar
12
Malawi
12 GRAND TOTAL
506
10 In the frst 6 months of FY20, prior to the COVID-19 infuenced global evacuation of all PCVs, 506 PCVs in 30 countries reported food security activities.
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THE PEACE CORPS’ CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION 2022
