Hunger Crisis

Hunger and Poverty

For people facing hunger, poverty is just one issue. 10.1 million Ugandans struggle with hunger, the same as the number of people officially living in poverty.

HISTORY  /  VISION  /  MISSION

Poverty

Based on annual income, 72% of the households the Food Rights Alliance served in 2014 lived at or below the nationwide poverty level with a median annual household income of USD 1,172.

Even in the Uganda’s greatest food-producing districts, children and adults face poverty and hunger in every household across the nation. 64% of farmers in Uganda grow untradeable staple food crops to only sustain their own livelihoods.

Facts about poverty and hunger in Uganda

10.1 million people struggle with hunger in the Uganda, including more than 6 million children.

A household that is food insecure has limited or uncertain access to enough food to support a healthy life.
Households with children were more likely to be food insecure than those without children.

Commodity Markets

Food Rights Alliance works to lift people out of poverty

Food Rights Alliance adopts measures to ensure the proper functioning of food commodity markets and their derivatives and facilitate timely access to market information towards affected communities and households, including on food reserves, in order to help limit poverty and extreme food price volatility. To maximize the amount of people we can serve, we need your help.

Give to Food Rights Alliance today

Nearly one out of three of us lives with food insecurity and malnutrition. But we see a future in which no one does.

For every dollar amount you donate, Food Rights Alliance advocates for initiative setups, local and global partnerships for mobilising attention and action on the immediate causes of child hunger and undernutrition.

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3 WAYS TO SUPPORT US

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Become a Partner
for Change

Park authorities, tourism operators, and lodges: contract MCCA as your habitat restoration partner. Site assessments, invasive removal, and long-term monitoring, delivered alongside your team, not independently.

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Foundations, NGOs, and institutional funders: support evidence-based restoration with documented, measurable outcomes and direct alignment to Uganda’s national conservation priorities and standards.

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Early-career conservationists and students: gain hands-on fieldwork experience across invasive vegetation removal, long-term site monitoring, community beekeeping, and wildlife-safe crop cultivation programmes.