The Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Food Assistance for Training (FFT) links short-term food support with market skills, job connections and access to assets and finance, so vulnerable people can earn income and improve food security.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ KOICA Self Reliance Programme in Egypt helps food-insecure refugees and host communities build livelihoods through vocational and business training.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is working with the Government of Colombia and partners to support long-term integration of Venezuelan migrants and internally displaced people. Focusing on Bogot¨¢, Medell¨ªn and border areas, the project will expand access to social protection, vocational training and support for microbusinesses and new enterprises. It aims to reach over 4,000 families by 2026 and seeks additional funding beyond the US$2 million already secured.
To strengthen people¡¯s resilience and food security, in specific contexts the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) equips vulnerable women, youth and displaced communities with market-driven skills that translate into viable income generating opportunities.
This brief outlines Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Food Assistance for Training approach, pairing cash or food with market driven vocational, business and digital skills, finance and job links to boost refugee and host community self reliance and nutrition. In 2024 Â鶹ÊÓƵ assisted 11.6 million refugees, and FFT helped about 52 percent of participants earn new income, with examples from Egypt and Colombia.
Â鶹ÊÓƵs Food Assistance for Training proposal for 2026 to 2030 promotes livelihood options beyond agriculture to strengthen food security and resilience for women youth and displaced people. It combines food support with market driven skills and links to jobs or small business through government and private sector partners. Targets include reaching six million people in forty countries and upskilling two million.
This document shares five beneficiary stories from the Â鶹ÊÓƵ in Colombia, under our socio-economic integration work, from craft and food ventures to tech.
