Food Issues

Sierra Leone is still facing many challenges even though they are no longer at war. As a country full of natural resources and land for agriculture and farming, Sierra Leone is ranked 7^th in the world regarding the levels of poverty.  This statistic has a lot to do with the fact that over 20% of children under the age of 5 are suffering from acute malnutrition.

In 2011 the United Nations found out that six out of ten people are living on less than one and half dollars a day and that 2.5 million people are classified as food-insecure throughout the dry season. There are many reasons why the malnutrition rate in Sierra Leone is very high, but the main causes are the restricted access to good sanitation, health services and drinking water. The population is also suffering because of the persistent poverty and pricing of food. New mothers are also uneducated about how to properly feed their children and this gets passed down through the generations.

Malnutrition is a very serious matter as yearly it kills more people then HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined all over the world and it is affecting 32.5% of children in developing countries.