HELENVALE: HEBEG
HELENVALE: HEBEG
PHASE 3
The projects empower communities to become self-sufficient, addressing malnutrition and food insecurity. They provide skills training and job opportunities for income generation, improved health, and positive behavior, leading to long-term solutions.
Current Phase: 3
Achieved Statuses: Ongoing Broad-based Feeding Support, Nutrition Education, Health and Nutrition Awareness Campaigns, PRA Assessment, Ongoing Nutrition Surveillance and Anthropometric Surveys Assessments, Environmental Campaign, Infection Control Campaign.
IMPACT
Direct Beneficiaries
Inirect Beneficiaries
Food Security in the area
The locality Helenvale suburb of Port Elizabeth is located in the district of Nelson Mandela Bay in the province of Eastern Cape (EC), South Africa. Helensvale and surrounds face the added daily burden of trying to beat the suffocating socio-economic trap which most were simply born into due to the colour of their skin. The burden of unemployment and crime pushes the community backwards as any new developments are destroyed by the socio-economic challenges faced daily.Â
Promoting nutritional security
Without access to land and water, the residences of Helenvale are trapped in a lifestyle that is uncertain. The struggle for a basic income grant has been intensified now that covid-19 has exposed the plight of the poor. With the need to connect community struggles against the 52,4% of unemployed living in the Eastern Cape in the first quarter of 2022, promoting nutritional security is key for the empowerment of the community. It is for this reason that we see an increase in maternal and infant malnutrition to actively made an impact on the double burden of malnutrition.Â
Current Stats
| IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis | Current Population | Projected Population | Key Drivers |
| None | 814168 | 550202 | Lived Poverty, Unemployment |
| Stressed | 217111 | 330121 | Instability of Food Access |
| Crisis | 54278 | 165060 | Food Affordability |
| Emergency | 0 | 55020 | Loss of Income |
| Catastrophe | 0 | 0 | Covid-19, Informal Environment, Marginal/Imbalanced Food Systems |
  Current Stats
| IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis | Current Population |
| None | 814168 |
| Stressed | 217111 |
| Crisis | 54278 |
| Emergency | 0 |
| Catastrophe | 0 |
| Projected Population | Key Drivers |
| 550202 | Lived Poverty, Unemployment |
| 330121 | Instability of Food Access |
| 165060 | Food Affordability |
| 55020 | Loss of Income |
| 0 | Covid-19 Impact |
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There are so many ways in which you can get involved to help contribute to fighting malnutrition in this beautiful country. We look forward to hearing from you.