USAID-MARKETS

MARKETS is a USAID-funded project implemented by Chemonics International in partnership with other international partners. MARKETS works with many local and international organisations and provides various services including its Food and Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS program and trainings. The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) report “Food and Nutrition for People Living with HIV/AIDS” (May 2006) notes that many parts of the world most severely affected by HIV have long been plagued by systemic and chronic food insecurity, and that there is a complex interrelationship between AIDS and food insecurity. Within this context, children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS are more likely to experience compromised.

The Family Nutritional Support Program (FNSP) is a component of the Maximizing Agricultural Revenues for Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites (MARKETS) project. FNSP was started in 2008 to provide nutritional supplements to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and to provide income-generating activity support to OVC caregivers that will help improve the socio-economic status of HIV/AIDs-affected households in Nigeria. 

RWF continues to seek ways to collaborate with the USAID MARKETS in Nigeria especially under its livelihood and nutrition program.

 Visit the MARKETS website.