The Work For Food Program

Every day in Africa is about finding enough food to survive. Poor farmers cannot afford to take chances with new agricultural methods when they are barely surviving on a small plot of land. If they spend all day scraping a living on the black market, the unemployed have no opportunity to learn new skills. Poverty-stricken communities affected by floods or droughts are too preoccupied with finding food to rebuild critical infrastructure for redevelopment.

Projects include:

• Irrigation, terracing, soil and water conservation. In Tanah Delta Kenya where drought has cause food shortages, irrigation can boost crop by 200%.
• GAAP offers food assistance for women with HIV AIDS, which are vital to smooth their path back into society.
• Drought often forces farmers to abandon their farm. GAAP provides food rations to farmers who practice soil conservation and agree to resume their farming.
• To help communities develop, GAAP sometimes helps people in villages to build new schools. They receive food, so they can devote time to the building work without worry about losing income.
• GAAP helps people set up home gardening businesses by giving them food assistance as they train. This means later they have a livelihood with which to support themselves..