Aiuto alimentare: ridurre i rischi e prevenire la crisi

La lotta contro la fame e la denutrizione è una priorità della DSC. Con l’aiuto alimentare la DSC impiega mezzi umanitari per salvare vite umane e alleviare le sofferenze.

Obiettivi principali della DSC

In qualità di parte alla Convenzione sull’assistenza alimentare, la Svizzera fornisce aiuto alimentare e contribuisce al miglioramento della sicurezza alimentare a livello mondiale. L’aiuto umanitario della DSC si basa principalmente sulla collaborazione con il Programma alimentare mondiale (PAM) dell’ONU e con le ONG Nel 2018 i contributi svizzeri a favore del PAM sono ammontati a oltre 75 milioni CHF e sono andati a beneficio di circa 27 Paesi. Oltre il 50% dei fondi è servito a mitigare crisi alimentari in Africa, mentre il resto è stato impiegato in Paesi della regione mediorientale e dell’Asia, nonché ad Haiti e in Colombia.

Nel corso degli ultimi anni, l’aiuto alimentare della Confederazione con prodotti lattieri ha assunto una modalità nuova e più flessibile. L’obiettivo di questo cambiamento è di raggiungere il maggior numero possibile di persone in difficoltà. Nel 2017 la DSC ha sostenuto in 16 Paesi programmi di 20 ONG e di 3 rappresentanze svizzere con una fornitura di latte in polvere del valore di 7 milioni CHF proveniente dalla Svizzera. Altri 13 milioni sono andati al PAM. Dal 2018 la totalità dei fondi viene messa a disposizione del PAM. In Algeria e nella Corea del Nord, Paesi in cui il latte in polvere rappresenta la modalità d’intervento più adatta, il PAM ha acquistato i prodotti in Svizzera al livello di prezzo definito per l’esportazione.

Nell’attuale periodo di riferimento del messaggio (2017-2020) viene effettuata una compensazione di 7 milioni CHF per sostenere progetti alimentari. Questi fondi sono destinati in primo luogo alle ONG che in passato hanno ricevuto forniture di latte in polvere dalla Svizzera.

Contesto

Oltre 820 milioni di persone nel mondo sono denutrite. Il peggioramento della situazione alimentare a livello globale è da imputare soprattutto a conflitti, che spesso sono inaspriti da catastrofi climatiche come siccità e inondazioni. Ad esserne più colpite sono le aree contese nell’Africa subsahariana come la Somalia, il Sudan del Sud, la Repubblica Democratica del Congo, lo Yemen, la Nigeria nord-orientale e la regione mediorientale. Le persone che vivono in questi Paesi necessitano urgentemente di aiuto umanitario e dipendono dal sostegno alimentare.

IL PAM lavora principalmente con pagamenti in contanti che promuovono la commercializzazione di generi alimentari prodotti localmente e garantiscono al contempo la libertà decisionale dei destinatari.

La comunità internazionale cerca, in maniera sempre maggiore, di preparare con interventi mirati le persone minacciate dalla fame a eventuali crisi.

Progetti attuali

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Multisectoral response to the humanitarian needs and protection risks of children, adolescents, and their families in the Orinoco Mining Arc.

15.06.2023 - 31.12.2024

The NRC intervention seeks to provide assistance in the sectors of Protection, Education, Food Security and Livelihoods, and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, to 6,483 direct beneficiaries, including children, adolescents, and their families in communities and schools of the Orinoco Mining Arc; a hotspot area for illegal mining and high levels of violence in Bolivar state, near the border between Venezuela and Brazil, a priority area for the SDC Guidance Note for Venezuela 2022-2024.


Provide support to multi-sectoral needs for vulnerable families in the states of Bolivar and Sucre States

01.06.2023 - 31.12.2024

In cooperation with national and international stakeholders, RET will provide multi sectorial assistance for a total of 7’331 direct beneficiaries in Sucre and Bolívar states, by addressing their basic needs and strengthening opportunities in the sectors of food security and livelihoods, nutrition and health services, as well as in water, sanitation and hygiene; in line with the Humanitarian Response Plan for Venezuela 2022 – 2023 and the SDC Guidance Note for Venezuela 2022 – 2024.


Multisectoral response to the humanitarian needs of vulnerable people in Amazonas, Zulia and Bolivar states

01.06.2023 - 31.12.2024

Amid the protracted crisis in Venezuela, Action Against Hunger will provide humanitarian assistance in the sectors of Food Security and Livelihoods, Health and Nutrition for a total of 15’961 direct beneficiaries, identified as the most vulnerable population in Amazonas, Bolívar and Zulia states – border states with Colombia and Brazil; in line with the United Nation’s Humanitarian Response Plan for Venezuela 2022 – 2024 and the SDC Guidance Note for Venezuela 2022 – 2024


2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans - Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023

Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.


2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans - DRC

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023

Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.


2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans - Central Africa

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023

Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.


2023 Annual Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans - Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023

Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.


2023 Additional Allocation to WFP Country Strategic Plans, DRC

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023

Against historic levels of food security due to conflicts, climate change and COVID-19, Switzerland supports annually in 28 SDC priority countries operations of the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide humanitarian and development assistance. It funds indistinctively Country Strategic Plans, incorporating all WFP programmes or projects, based on affected population needs and potential synergies with other local partners, especially national governments and civil society.


JPOs4UN Programme 2023-2028

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2028

The JPOs4UN programme aims at increasing the presence of Switzerland in the UN by augmenting the number of Swiss nationals working in SDC priority UN organizations. Switzerland directly funds partner humanitarian UN organizations to hire 11 Swiss young professionals on a three-year Junior Programme Officer contract; the Swiss foundation CINFO provides administrative support and career counselling. Swiss nationals add to a qualified and diverse UN workforce to implement the Agenda 2030.


Contribution to the implementation of WFP 2021-2025 Protection and Accountability to Affected Populations Policy (PAAP)

01.01.2023 - 30.04.2026

The World Food Programme (WFP) Strategic Plan 22-25 aims at a "people-centered, needs-driven and dignifying" approach in its operations. To reach this, Switzerland contributes to the implementation of the 2020 Protection and Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) policy, which states how WFP makes sure the food-insecure persons it supports are protected from risks, are duly served and can meaningfully participate on the design of operations.


WFP, Hurrican Ian Response, Cuba

01.12.2022 - 31.05.2024

Hurricane Ian has caused significant losses in the agricultural and fishing sector limiting the availability and access to food and affecting the livelihoods of the population in the provinces Pinar del Río, Artemisa, Mayabeque and Isla de la Juventud. With its contribution to the World Food Programme through the United Nations Plan of Action, SDC helps providing food assistance and restore food production and livelihoods to meet the needs of 798’000 severely affected people in those provinces.


Appui aux ménages en situation d’ultra-pauvreté à Belle-Anse, Sud-Est Haiti

15.11.2022 - 31.05.2024

Près de 10% de la population haïtienne vit en ultra-pauvreté. Avec sa contribution au programme Chemen lavi Miyò (CLM), la Suisse répond aux besoins humanitaires et de relèvement en appuyant 200 ménages dans le Sud-Est pour les faire sortir de l’ultra-pauvreté. L’approche capitalise sur l’expérience de la Suisse et ses partenaires en Haïti et vise à réduire les inégalités, l’insécurité alimentaire et la vulnérabilité aux catastrophes naturelles.

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