El Salvador - GFDRR

142 | El Salvador: Damage, Loss, and Needs Assesment
c) Food Security
Floods and landslides had exacerbated the levels of food insecurity, which have been worsening due to
the economic crisis. The destruction of people’s basic resources, such as damages to cattle, poultry, crops
and grains, and to the inputs of small-scale commercial and productive activities, has increased the risk of
food insecurity in the 14 municipalities with a strong prevalence of chronic malnutrition.
According to World Food Program (WFP) estimates, nearly 6,000 families (30,000 people) will require
assistance for the food emergency at community level for about two months. This group includes families
with food insecurity who belong to the affected communities and who have been seriously weakened, as
well as the population that is returning from shelters to their communities, or those who are relocating to
safe areas. WFP has estimated that half of this group (15,000 people) will be part of the disadvantaged
urban and peri-urban areas, and the rest will be part of the rural areas.
The extent of lost resources and crops and the seriousness of insecurity justify supporting the reestablishment
of livelihoods and the food security of 8,000 families for an additional three months. Moreover,
it is essential to prevent the deterioration of the nutritional level of vulnerable groups at a high level of
nutritional risk, especially expectant women, nursing mothers, children under age five, persons with HIV-
AIDS and the elderly, who will require food with supplements and micronutrients, and especially nutritional
education.
1) Objective
General objective
Offer support alternatives for basic attention to the nutritional needs of the population affected by the
disaster associated with Hurricane Ida.
2) Program
• Provision of nutritional assistance to the affected and vulnerable population.
Key aspects
i) Prioritize nutritional aid for expectant women, nursing mothers, children under age five,
persons with HIV-AIDS and the elderly.
ii) Gradually dismantle nutritional support as livelihood recovery programs are activated.
iii) Continue monitoring the zone’s nutritional conditions.
iv) Carry out nutritional education efforts.
v) Assign priority to sheltered families with problems of malnutrition and lack of food security,
farmers who lease land or small landowners, and women with less than one hectare of
property.
vi) Carry out “food for work and training” alternatives.
Courses of Action
a. Monitoring and reporting on the nutritional conditions of the affected population.
b. Provision of nutritional resources.
c. Training and education on nutrition and on food preparation and handling practices.
d. Support through the “food for work” scheme.