Project profile — Malnutrition and protection for lifesaving in emergencies - SCC 2025 to 2028

• Afghanistan (7.20%)
• Congo, Democratic Republic (5.34%)
• Haiti (9.73%)
• Mali (6.71%)
• Myanmar (6.25%)
• Nigeria (6.39%)
• Palestine (12.37%)
• Sudan (10.33%)
• Somalia (6.71%)
• South Sudan (6.58%)
• Syria (4.32%)
• Yemen (7.19%)

• America, regional (2.72%)
• Africa, regional (2.72%)
• Europe, regional (2.72%)
• Asia, regional (2.72%)

• Material relief assistance and services:
Material relief assistance and services (72010) (5.13%)
Relief co-ordination; protection and support services (72050) (8.55%)
• Humanitarian aid: Basic Health Care in Emergencies (72011) (86.32%)

• Nutrition (principal objective)
• Gender equality (significant objective)

April 2025 – Conflict, displacement and natural disasters disrupt food systems, leading to shortages and increased prices and, consequently, increased malnutrition and related issues. In protracted crises around the world, children face acute malnutrition due to ongoing violence and instability. Approximately 30 million children are malnourished in conflict zones, with over 10 million suffering from severe acute malnutrition. With Global Affairs Canada (GAC) support, Save the Children Canada (SCC) helps provide lifesaving assistance to address the urgent nutrition and protection needs of crisis-affected people in humanitarian contexts across the globe for 3 years. This project focuses on improving the nutritional status of vulnerable populations and enhancing the protective environment so that risks of violence are mitigated, through delivering emergency nutrition and complementary health and water, sanitation and hygiene services in approximately 8-12 countries each year. Project activities include: (1) providing emergency nutrition services for girls and boys under 5 and pregnant and lactating women and girls. This includes Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), supplementary feeding programs, micronutrient supplementation, community outreach, and providing treatment of severe acute malnutrition; (2) providing emergency infant and young child feeding services for parents and caregivers of girls and boys under 5; (3) providing health services for girls and boys under the age of 5, and women of reproductive age; (4) providing community and facility-based health and water and sanitation services; and (5) providing survivor-centered protection services to at risk groups, including referral, case management, psychological first aid (PFA), care for child survivors, and tailored psychosocial support (PSS).

The expected outcomes of the project include: (1) improved nutritional status among girls and boys under 5 years and pregnant and lactating women and girls; and (2) enhanced protective environment in which risks (e.g. abuse, neglect, exploitation, and other forms of violence including SGBV) are mitigated for crisis-affected girls, boys, women and men. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

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