The Hunger Project (THP)-Ghana has marked this year’s World Hunger Day in Nteso in the Kwahu East District, encouraging communities to embrace sustainable food cultivation to guarantee food security and accessibility during critical times.
On the theme “Sowing Resilience,” THP-Ghana particularly urged households and schools to establish local gardens to complement larger-scale farming efforts as solution to food challenges.
Addressing the gathering, Mr. Solomon Amoakwa, Project Officer of Ankoma Epicenter, explained that establishing gardens in homes and schools was a crucial step toward building resilience.
He said the move would ensure food availability during urgent needs and reduce dependency on distant farmlands.
He encouraged households and farmers to adopt that practice as a means of enhancing food security and self-sufficiency.
He said another benefit from a garden was to reduce waste which means the household could rely on daily harvesting, unlike a situation where foods were transported home in large quantities from long distances as a means of avoiding covering such distance every day.
However, food items, especially the perishable ones like fruits and vegetables go waste in cases where storage facilities are not there.
“By the use of strategies like these, ending hunger is possible and can positively impact our economy, health, education, and social development,” Mr. Amoakwa said.
He assured the people that The Hunger Project would provide an agricultural processing machine for the community to enhance activities.
The World Hunger Day is observed annually on May 28, and a global event initiated by The Hunger Project in 2011.
It aims to raise awareness and inspire action to end world hunger.
The event celebration involved a float on the principal street of Nteso by students of Nteso D/A Basic School, and Anglican Primary and Junior High School (JHS) with various inscriptions on placards.
Some of those writings included ‘Ending hunger is possible, get involved, Lack of laziness breeds hunger, and Lack of vision breeds poverty.’
Ms. Rose Obeng, Kwahu East District Nutrition Officer, remarked that “as we fight hunger, we must consider the nutrition value of the food we eat.”
She said malnourishment could compromise immune systems, delay cognitive development, and make people prone to diseases.
This can lead to less productivity among the people affected and make them unable to earn more to improve their livelihoods, Ms. Obeng noted.
She educated the participants on the need to provide foods that contained the four-star diet which are staple, legumes and seeds, fruits and vegetables, and animal-source foods.
In a related development, The Hunger Project also observed the 2025 World Menstrual Hygiene Day, highlighting the importance of proper menstrual hygiene management.
Madam Constance Asomang, Girl Child Coordinator at the Kwahu East District Education Directorate, urged students to promptly report any unusual experiences during their periods to female teachers at school or parents at home.
She emphasized that early communication allowed for timely support and solutions, and thus ensuring total well-being and confidence of young girls.
Source: GNA
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