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The project addresses food security issues by providing immediate support to vulnerable households through food parcel distribution and income generation and enhances the agriculture sector to guarantee sustainability, all in the context of protecting the environment, and adapting to climate change. Over a period of twelve months, the project will:

Distribute food parcels: mouneh (provisions) based on a list prepared by a nutritionist to meet the basic needs of an average household for one month. The distribution of the parcels will be accompanied by the nutritionist who will provide nutrition awareness on issues such as: food losses and food safety, nutritional balance, and budgeting for food at the household level. The contents of the box are lentils, chickpeas, dry beans, bourghul, flour (white and whole grain), salt, tomato paste, oregano mixture, Kishk, Awarma, olive oil and carob molasses.

Provide “living or active goods”: such as seeds, and /or seedlings, and/or animals, and/or compost, to support up to 200 beneficiaries, with the aim of improving agricultural production and sustainably enhancing the food security of vulnerable households. 

Conduct cash-for-work: for the empowerment of the vulnerable communities (who cannot find alternative jobs) knowing that the work will follow the Forest Landscape Restoration guidelines of Shouf Biosphere Reserve (SBR) and the Climate Change Mitigation interventions, targeting mainly sustainable agriculture.

Organize “mouneh” based awareness sessions: through sessions and educational activities related to nutrition/food security, mainly for parents and children, in one or more farmer markets in the region.

The implementing partner of the project is Al-Shouf Cedar Association. It is supported by the local authorities, and local communities, in addition to the Ministries of Environment and Agriculture.