Food Security
Food Security
Woman trained in food garden
Woman trained in skills development for sewing and beadwork
Woman trained in bakery skills development
ACFS Food Security Programme seeks to improve household financial well-being, food diversification, and social protection. The strategic intervention areas revolve around bakery, food gardens and processing to increase food production, and easier market access in our communities. The programme aims is to improve a vulnerable community’s access to sustainable sources of food and income. Food security and livelihood (FSL) is a key area of focus for ACFS as it aims to improve the livelihood situation of the vulnerable communities. In Food Security & Livelihoods, ACFS empowers people to overcome poverty by helping them to increase the production capacity of the food gardens to have access to food supply, improve access to vegetables, generate more income to spend on the basic needs and most of all reduce vulnerability to droughts and conflicts.
ACFS as the organization uses multiple approaches like economic empowerment, skills development as well as value chain support for agricultural and baking sectors that secure sustainable livelihoods. ACFS targets the most vulnerable community members especially women, girls, Youth marginal groups among others. We work with the communities, respective stakeholders to design and implement sustainable solutions that improve the resilience of the communities. ACFS supports capital assets and economic recovery initiatives like business skills training, provision of business coaching and start-up kits, and literacy training that support to women and Youth groups.
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Food Security & Livelihoods News
Short intro, this section will have blog posts tagged in the Food Security & Livelihoods category.
Reimagining Early Learning Access: How ACFS “Resource Hubs” Are turning Community Grit into Gold
Co-authored by the DO MORE FOUNDATION and ACFS In many parts of South Africa, the earliest years of a child’s life unfold in spaces full of love but short on support. For families living in under-resourced communities, access to quality early learning isn’t just...
Beyond Promises: What It Really Takes to Start Something That Lasts
Starting something meaningful doesn’t begin with a ribbon-cutting. It begins with listening, showing up, and staying when others don’t. In Boksburg, where poverty sits in plain sight and young children are often invisible in policy and service delivery, we’ve had to...
Scoping for Impact: Uncovering What Boksburg Needs
Before we act, we listen. That’s the ethos behind the ‘Everyone Gets to PLAY’ model’s scoping process, a community-led journey that ensures real needs shape real solutions. In Boksburg, our implementing partner ACFS Community Education took this to heart, leading a...





