Malnutrition and protection for lifesaving in emergencies - SCC 2025 to 2028

About this project

April 2025 – Conflict, displacement and natural disasters disrupt food systems, leading to shortages and increased prices and, consequently, increased malnutrition and related issues. In protracted crises around the world, children face acute malnutrition due to ongoing violence and instability. Approximately 30 million children are malnourished in conflict zones, with over 10 million suffering from severe acute malnutrition. With Global Affairs Canada (GAC) support, Save the Children Canada (SCC) helps provide lifesaving assistance to address the urgent nutrition and protection needs of crisis-affected people in humanitarian contexts across the globe for 3 years. This project focuses on improving the nutritional status of vulnerable populations and enhancing the protective environment so that risks of violence are mitigated, through delivering emergency nutrition and complementary health and water, sanitation and hygiene services in approximately 8-12 countries each year. Project activities include: (1) providing emergency nutrition services for girls and boys under 5 and pregnant and lactating women and girls. This includes Community-Based Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM), supplementary feeding programs, micronutrient supplementation, community outreach, and providing treatment of severe acute malnutrition; (2) providing emergency infant and young child feeding services for parents and caregivers of girls and boys under 5; (3) providing health services for girls and…

Published by

Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) · Government

Countries

Palestinian Territories, Sudan, Haiti, Afghanistan, Yemen, Mali, Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar (Burma), Congo - Kinshasa, Syria

Sectors

Material relief assistance and servicesBasic Health Care Services in EmergenciesRelief co-ordination and support services

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesNutrition · Main focus

Published by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 2 Nov 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: CA-3-P015250001.

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