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.

NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS POST NAME REPORTING ON FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS

Benin Botswana Cameroon East Timor Ecuador Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guatemala Guinea Indonesia Jamaica Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi 26 1 19 1 2 11 28 7 17 18 1 7 3 3 12 12

POST NAME

Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Panama Paraguay Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Tanzania Thailand Togo Uganda Zambia

GRAND TOTAL

NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS REPORTING ON FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS

1 3 2 45 19 13 21 78 13 39 1 19 34 50

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.