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ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½¡¯s partnerships with leading philanthropic organizations are critical in supporting our efforts to feed the hungry while enhancing organizational capacity and furthering development of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½¡¯s strategic initiatives. Collaboration with foundations enables ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ to implement innovative programming that better serves communities in urgent need, while also providing long-term solutions to hunger and poverty that deliver for the vulnerable.

The Mastercard Foundation is partnering with ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ to support young people across eight African countries through enterprise capacity building, access to markets and finance, and skills development, fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Together, we are helping African youth ¨C particularly women ¨C launch enterprises, secure sustainable employment, and strengthen agrifood systems. By the end of 2024, the partnership had reached 380,000 young people, 58 percent women ¨C unlocking potential and opportunity across agricultural value chains.

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ tackles urgent issues that impede food security throughout the developing world, such as Women¡¯s Economic Empowerment, Digital Financial Inclusion and Large-Scale Food Fortification. Projects have also focused on increasing the amount of purchases ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ makes from smallholder farmers and supporting ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½¡¯s Food Security Analysis Service to help countries comprehensively assess and respond to food insecurity.

The Children¡¯s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has helped ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ prevent stunting through its ¡°Right Foods at the Right Time¡ªImproving Nutrition of Children under 2,¡± initiative. Together, CIFF and ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ have reached 42,000 children under two years of age, along with 57,000 pregnant and nursing women in Malawi. ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and CIFF are now working on maternal and child nutrition with a focus on Balanced Energy-Protein (BEP) supplements.

The Rockefeller Foundation has supported ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ in restructuring its natural disaster assistance programme, which has evolved from an ad-hoc solution to a global risk-management system with a particular focus on helping people cope with climate-related food crises in Africa. ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ and the Foundation are now working together to leverage the power of institutional procurement to improve diets through school feeding.

ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½¡¯s partnerships with leading companies and corporates are vital in driving innovation and expanding our ability to deliver life-saving assistance. By leveraging the technical expertise, resources, and networks of the private sector, these collaborations help ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ strengthen supply chains, improve nutrition, enhance sustainability, and develop solutions that address both immediate needs and long-term challenges. Working together with corporate partners enables ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ to implement impactful initiatives that support communities in need today while building resilience for the future.

Faith?based organisation partners such as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter?day Saints, Muslim Hands, Human Appeal, and Islamic Relief USA provide critical funding to some of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½'s most challenging operations. Since 2020, faith?based partners, including Gulf charities and philanthropists, have contributed more than US$167 million to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½.

Islamic NGOs increasingly work with ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ as a partner of choice in Gaza and across the Middle East, choosing to work with ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ in areas that their teams simply cannot access. Muslim Hands offices worldwide have donated over US$10 million to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½¡¯s operations in Palestine and Syria, while Human Appeal has contributed US$1 million to ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½¡¯s work in Gaza and in response to Hurricane Melissa.