Efforts being made to combat problem

After providing essential food aid to the people of Angola for 30 years, throughout the civil war, WFP (World Food Program) is now adapting its operations in Angola. WFP is committed in helping the government support the country’s most helpless people, but the agency is now shifting from mainly food assistance to capacity development. Some key areas under discussion with the government (related to capacity development) include supporting with the design of a national school feeding program, helping to review the country’s food and nutrition policy and encouraging the government to adopt food strengthening standards using WFP’s experience and expertise.


The United Nations Development Program is the UN's global development network, sponsoring for change and connecting countries to knowledge, experience and resources. In addition, they help to build a better life for people. UNDP is present trough offices in 166 countries, working the people on their own answers to global and national development challenges.


The primary objective for IFAD (The International Fund for Agricultural Development) in post-conflict Angola is to ensure food security and help increase incomes, particularly for people living in the poorest areas of the central highlands. The organization’s programs and projects will address vulnerable groups, such as women and households guided by women, as well as young people, released soldiers and displaced people. Some development activities IFAD hopes to accomplish are to increase smallholder production of basic food crops and ensure access to services and communications such as schools, health centers, and wells for the most disadvantaged groups. They hope to do this by targeting carefully and helping rural organizations influence local and national institutions.