Food Security and Nutrition -Mercy Corp

Food Security and Nutrition Program

The program focuses on improving the nutritional status of Indonesians through the targeting of poor, food insecure communities.  Program objectives aim to (1) increase dietary intake, in terms of both quantity and quality, among vulnerable populations, (2) increase access to and quality of key health and environmental services, (3) mobilize individuals and communities to improve health, hygiene and nutrition related behaviors, and (4) strengthen communities’ capacities to organize, plan, implement and represent their food security interests.  Activities primarily impact upon women and children through targeted supplemental feeding and nutrition education.  The program also works closely with local communities in the construction of public facilities such as latrines, washing stations and protected water stations, and in organizing solid waste disposal to protect overall community health.  Over one million people will receive direct USAID assistance with millions more benefiting indirectly.

Mercy Corps is implementing the “Jakarta Nutrition Project” in seventeen (17) sub-districts in North, West and Central Jakarta.  Primary activities include nutritional rehabilitation of malnourished children, supplemental feeding for women and children, and health and hygiene education.  Mercy Corps will also work with local communities to build small-scale infrastructure (primarily water and sanitation facilities) while building local capacity in management and service provision.

All Basic Human Services activities