In advance of a global nutrition summit in Paris, World Vision, and its sister organization VisionFund have announced a major investment of funds, advocacy, and programming to improve the nutrition of 3.2 million children per year between now and 2030.
This commitment includes $1bn in private fundraising for child nutrition programming; leveraging $1.1bn in microfinance loans to smallholder farmers and small businesses; and providing millions of people with services to improve nutrition.
“Over 2 billion people are currently considered malnourished in one form or another, meaning malnutrition is currently affecting human development at a pandemic level,” said Dan Irvine, World Vision’s Global Director of health and Nutrition. “This is why World Vision has constructed a five-year commitment to nutrition that illustrates our dedication to children and youth, global collaboration, and cross-sectoral integration. This is a truly global commitment that reflects the importance of civil society’s role in development, and is a reminder that nutrition is everyone’s business.”
The commitments include:
- Investing $1 billion in private fundraising for child nutrition programming;
- Leveraging $1.1 billion in microfinance loans to reach the most vulnerable;
- Advocating for policy changes to reduce hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition;
- Supporting 8.8 million nutrition-direct services;
- Supporting community health workers to deliver nutrition services with advocacy; and
- Supporting 13 million nutrition-sensitive services.
The Nutrition for Growth Summit is an international conference on global nutrition hosted every four years. This year it is in Paris, France, between 27 and 28 March. The summit aims to accelerate global progress in ending malnutrition through political and financial commitments from various stakeholders. World Vision’s commitment is also part of its global campaign ENOUGH, aimed at ending child hunger and malnutrition.
