Inés’s, Marta’s, Yolanda’s and Maria Delia’s life stories represent the lives of many women in Colombia and Latin America, who despite the many challenges, have decided to be resilient, brave, and persistent for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Opinion article by Charles Yao and Irene Colorado

“For me, food serves as a symbol of solidarity and community rather than just as a means of subsistence. My family is required to eat together, which is customary in African households and represents harmony and serenity." - Margaret.

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TV coverage of Eng. Lubna Kayed on the Jordanian TV Channel, Roya TV.

"My trip to Bogotá has left me extremely touched and honored to be part of Motherfood International. The women I got to train were so appreciative, thankful, and enthusiastic to learn how to make fortified foods, become entrepreneurs, and improve their family’s and community’s welfare, that I felt privileged to be a part of it as well”.

With this project, UNHCR and Motherfood expect to provide an innovative solution for income procurement and nutrition improvement to Yemenis from north to south that have been affected by the conflict.

Our partner, World Vision Colombia identified and selected 60 women that will be benefiting from food safety, financial, and teamwork training.

Meet our partners on the Motherfood Colombia Microfactories Project 2022.

This initiative is supporting 30 women entrepreneurs in Tamale with technical and business training to manufacture and sell fortified snack bars.

An alternative to pills and RUSFs that is adapted to the local market.

In 2021, malnutrition remained a threat to 29% of children in rural Kenya and 20% living in cities, according to FAO.

The WHO observed that households that are headed by women in Kenya were more likely to be food insecure compared to those headed by men in 2021.

There is still room for food fortification’s improvement in Ivory Coast.

According to research, malnutrition is the underlying cause of about 45% of yearly mortality among children under the age of five in Côte d'Ivoire.

Over the last 3 years MotherFood International has continued to provide technical assistance as Lubna has grown Bint Beladi with 25 women.

Learn about the date bar factory we helped create in 2019 in Jordan.

Experts have advised on enlarging vocational and training activities and helping women explore the possibility of finding jobs in the local community.

Although most of the refugees in Jordan have settled in urban areas, there are around fifteen refugee camps spread across the country where humanitarian aid has been provided since the beginning of the crisis eleven years ago.

Today, Jordan hosts more than 750,000 million refugees escaping from the effects of war in Syria, Palestine, and adjoining countries