Sustainability

Action Against Hunger

Childhood malnutrition is a potentially fatal health condition. The Soneva Foundation works with Action Against Hunger to fight it across the world.

In 2020, we committed USD 150,000 for a three-year project in southern Bangladesh to strengthen households’ capacity for climate adaptive and resilient livelihoods to tackle food insecurity and under-nutrition.

Our implementation partner, Action Against Hunger, is helping communities in rural Bangladesh adapt to climate change. They are teaching families new skills and offering business training, as well as increasing their food production at home using new climate change-resistant farming methods. This dual action plan ensures that families can access nutritious food either from their gardens or with their income.

“My husband and I both went to the training programs. Our entire family got involved in growing vegetables and working in the pond. Our lives have transformed so much. I can even buy chocolates for my grandchildren!”

“It feels good to get fresh vegetables. Now we do not have to depend on others,” says Sabuda Begum.

“My grandson Mahfuz (6) is going to school now, and we can provide for his education,” says Sabuda.

Shilpi Khatun with her husband Ziarul Islam has been working hard in their house yard and produced vegetables and fruits. They are getting nutritious food from their vegetable garden. Shilpi says “My children’s health has improved so much, and I find I have more energy as well.”

“I am pleased that our children can now go to school. None of us were able to go to school because of the extreme poverty of our own families,” says Shilpi.