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India, with a population of over 1.3 billion, has seen tremendous growth in the past two decades. Gross Domestic Product has increased 4.5 times and per capita consumption has increased 3 times. Similarly, food grain production has increased almost 2 times. However, despite phenomenal industrial and economic growth and while India produces sufficient food to feed its population, it is unable to provide access to food to a large number of people, especially women and children.State of Hunger in IndiaAccording to FAO estimates in ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, 2018” report, 195.9 million people are undernourished in India. By this measure 14.8% of the population is undernourished in India. Also, 51.4% of women in reproductive age between 15 to 49 years are anaemic. Further according to the report 38.4% of the children aged under five in India are stunted (too short for their age), while 21% suffer from wasting, meaning their weight is too low for their height. Malnourished children have a higher risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria. The Global Hunger Index 2017 ranks India at 100 out of 119 countries on the basis of three leading indicators -- prevalence of wasting and stunting in children under 5 years, under 5 child mortality rate, and the proportion of undernourished in the population.Food Loss &amp; Food WasteOn the other hand, it is estimated that nearly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year gets lost or wasted. 40 percent of the fruits and vegetables, and 30 percent of cereals that are produced are lost due to inefficient supply chain management and do not reach the consumer markets. While significant levels of food losses occur upstream, at harvest and during post-harvest handling, a lot of food is lost or wasted during the distribution and consumption stages. Some food is also wasted on the shelves and in the warehouses of food businesses either due to excess production, introduction of new products, labeling errors, or due to shorter remaining shelf life. Such food could be salvaged by timely withdrawing it from the distribution network, aggregating it and then redirecting it to the people in need.Key facts about hunger in IndiaLargest India is home to the largest undernourished population in the world14.9% of our population is undernourished195.9million people go hungry everyday21.0% of children under 5 are underweight38.4% of children under 5 years of age are stunted1 in 4 children malnourished 
 Driving Rise Against Hunger India’s work is the recognition that ending hunger is more than just feeding people. Our efforts are therefore directed towards expanding the hunger-fighting programs beyond meal packaging and distribution. Our mission is directly aligned with the SDG 2 i.e. Zero Hunger by 2030. Our programs in India aim to achieve the following:<ul><li>Vulnerable populations have the capacity to be food source</li><ul><li>Supporting meal, nutrients awareness and health program</li><li>Facilitating sustainable agriculture development</li><li>Promoting micro-enterprise &amp; Income Generation</li></ul><li>Food System are equitable</li><ul><li>Argo-ecosystems are sustainably managed</li><li>Inclusive Market System are strengthened</li><li>Civil Society and local Institutions have the capacity to support the food security</li></ul><li>Enabling Policy environment promotes food security</li><ul><li>Volunteer engagement activities to create hunger champions</li><li>Food and nutrition safety through hunger education programs</li><li>Right to food advocacy</li></ul></ul> 
 <ul><li>Lives Nourished</li><ul><li>Total: 7,76,557</li><li>2018: 2,69,827</li></ul><li>Meals Packed</li><ul><li>Total: 61,44,879</li><li>2018: 28,46,929</li></ul><li>Volunteers Engaged</li><ul><li>Total: 28,904</li><li>2018: 12,881</li></ul><li>Local Partners</li><ul><li>Total: 140</li><li>2018: 100</li></ul></ul>

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The short term and long term issue is the lack of adequate income in the villages of Bargarh, Odisha that needs to addressed. The incidences of farmers’ suicide are infamous in Bargarh. The farmers, entirely dependent on monsoon for irrigation, face myriad problems such as limited affordability to expensive fertilizers and pesticides, loans at high interest from private moneylenders and frequent production failure due to problems such as Brown Plant Hoppers (BPH) which has been destroying paddy crops leading to huge crop loss by farmers. The small and marginal farmers used to heavily supplement their agricultural income by working in nearby towns as daily wage workers, a choice no longer available due to COVID19 crisis. Few farmers used to work in petty shops, small hotels, road side businesses which have been severely affected in the lockdown. Also, markets of agricultural outputs have been disrupted and produce had to be sold at meagre rates. Families are overly dependent on migrant income from towns and cities which have taken a severe hit during COVID19 crisis. The small and marginal farmers are left with very little resources to carry out agricultural activities for Kharif season 2020.  
 In line with the philosophy of Rise Against Hunger India to build solution around  microenvironments, RAHI is working with 600 farmers of 4 FPOs to create millets value chain. Millets have been strategically chosen as the crop for intervention as the area is drought prone ad millets are drought proof. Millets are not totally alien to the farmers as they used to grow millets but had moved to paddy and maize with the hope of earning more income. Major issues that need addressigna are non-affordability of fertilizers, farm machinery and agricultural inputs. RAHI is helping farmers build organic fertilizers by methods such as vermicomposting. Custom Hiring Centres and Tool Banks are being set up where common machinery shall be provided which can be used by farmers by paying minimal rent. Seed banks is also being set up for provision and preservation of seeds. The rent collected shall be used by the FPO for maintenance of machinery and purchase other requirements. Provision shall be made for production units to create millet products such as millet powder and biscuits that fetch higher price in the market. 
 The expected impact is to build resilience to overcome systemic and idiosyncratic shocks that arise in future. RAHI is expecting a growth of 80-100 percent in production and 100 percent in income of farmers. This shall help in the overall growth of standard of living of small and marginal farmers in Bargarh. This shall reduce their dependence on migrant income and create opportunities within the village.  Migration creates immense vulnerability for the migrants as was highly visible at a national scale during the COVID19 crisis. With adequate income available in villages, the need for migration can be stopped and the cycle of poverty reversed. With additional income, the dependency on money lenders shall also reduce. With reduced economic vulnerability, the farmers shall also achieve more confidence to take part in socio-political issues and overall welfare of the village. The environmental impacts are also significant as millets consume much less water than other crops and can help improve the water table of the villages.  Millets are also rich sources of phytochemicals and micronutrients and shall also improve nutrition levels of villagers.

Stop Migration - Increase Income in villages (Bargarh, Odisha)

<ol><li>More than 3 billion people (almost 40 percent of the world’s population) cannot afford a healthy diet.</li><li>Almost 2 billion people are overweight or obese due to a poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. </li><li>More than 33 percent of the world’s foods are produced by smallholder farmers</li><li>Yet, ironically smallholder farmers and agri-food systems workers suffer the most from food and nutrition insecurity.  </li></ol> 
 On this Hunger Action month, RAHI action statement is "Our Actions are Our Future: Better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life." We will extend our hands to the people we serve, especially to Children and Farmer this month. 
 Rise Against Hunger India planned to feed 20000 Meals to people we serve i.e. Children, and Agri Equipment &amp; Seeds to 10 farmers to improve their livelihood. This is important to me because I believe "One cannot sleep well, dream well, and achieve well if he/she has not dinned well" and I have taken this challenge to change multiple lives in this hunger action month.

October is Our Hunger Action Month

The second wave has thrown additional challenges and has created distress on sections of society that were not considered to be in dire distress and were not catered to earlier by Rise Against Hunger India. This is the community of crematorium workers. Due to second wave of COVID-19, there is immense pressure on the crematoriums and the workers are working night and day to meet the ongoing demand. These workers have very little wages and require support so that they can continue to carry on the immense service to mankind. These workers are continuously exposed to people who have died due to COVID-19 virus. The workers and their families need to be provided adequate nutrition so that they can maintain strong immunity against the virus. The need continues to be high and we are in a tough situation to meet the ongoing needs of the families of crematorium workers. 
 i.  Rise Against Hunger India shall provide meals to crematorium workers and their families in Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai. Each family shall be provided 1296 dry, uncooked, fortified meals each month for a period of three months (432 meals for each month).ii.  100 families in Bangalore, 50 families in Delhi, and 80 families of crematorium workers in Mumbai shall be provided support by Rise Against Hunger India.iii.  Meals provided by Rise Against Hunger India contain essential nutrients: Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Niacin, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Iodine, Magnesium, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, Manganese, Chromium, Molybdenum, Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid. Consumption of fortified meals provided by Rise Against Hunger India shall mitigate the issues of food security and food diversity.iv.   An amount of 5000 rupees shall be provided to each family so that they can purchase nutritious food items during these stressful times. 
 The primary outcome is that the beneficiaries will have enough food to eat and sustain themselves for 3 months and can develop

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Disaster Relief

COVID19 has led to severe economic impacts all over the country, but largely in major cities such as Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune, where daily wage works, migrants, rag pickers, orphans, elderly are left with very meagre resources to address the need of food and other basic necessities. 
 Rise Against Hunger India has been working in partnership with over 75 organizations catering to the basic needs of daily wage workers, housemaids, street vendors, roadside sellers, rag pickers, destitutes, orphans &amp; abandoned senior citizens. RAHI has already supplied 1 million meals to these vulnerable &amp; worst-hit group during the period of March 25 to May 05, 2020. 
 The immediate outcome we want to achieve is to ensure that communities under distress have enough food to eat and sustain themselves till complete normalcy is restored. This will serve the dual objective of addressing the immediate issue of food scarcity and uncertainty that these people are facing and, alongside that, it will assure them some sort of stability to restart their livelihood options.

COVID19 Response

<ol><li>More than 3 billion people (almost 40 percent of the world’s population) cannot afford a healthy diet.</li><li>Almost 2 billion people are overweight or obese due to a poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. </li><li>More than 33 percent of the world’s foods are produced by smallholder farmers</li><li>Yet, ironically smallholder farmers and agri-food systems workers suffer the most from food and nutrition insecurity.  </li></ol> 
 On this Hunger Action month, RAHI action statement is "Our Actions are Our Future: Better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life." We will extend our hands to the people we serve, especially to Children and Farmer this month. 
 Rise Against Hunger India planned to feed 20000 Meals to people we serve i.e. Children, and Agri Equipment &amp; Seeds to 10 farmers to improve their livelihood. This is important to me because I believe "One cannot sleep well, dream well, and achieve well if he/she has not dinned well" and I have taken this challenge to change multiple lives in this hunger action month.

Rise Against Hunger India - RAHI envisages a world without hunger. The organization provides food and other life-changing aid to communities in crisis. Our program revolves around 4 key pillars: Nourishing Lives (providing safety net support to vulnerable groups)Community Empowerment (helping families with tools, skills and resources to achieve sustainable livelihood security)Disaster Relief (food and essential items, rehab and livelihood security support)Growing the movement (engaging youth and others in participating our hunger action activities)We work in partnership with organizations who have ongoing programs for the vulnerable groups and where our support will add value. With such organizations, we engage regularly to provide them packaged meals (dry uncooked packets of rice, dal, dehydrated vegetables and a sachet of 23 micro-nutrients and minerals)

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