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1. 2013 GLOBAL
HUNGER
INDEX
The Challenge of Hunger
BUILDING RESILIENCE
TO ACHIEVE FOOD AND
NUTRITION SECURITY

2. Community
Resilience
in the
“the ability of a
context of to
community
chronic respond
anticipate, food
to, cope with, and recover
crises
from the effects of shocks
and stresses which drive or
exacerbate
undernutrition, in a timely
and effective manner
without compromising the
poor’s well-being or their
long-term prospects of
moving out of poverty and
hunger.”

3. RESILIENCE IN HAITI CONTEXT

4. Haiti and the factors of resilience deficit
An emergency
economy

5. Year
1994
Hurricane History
Impact
Hurricane Gordon
Killed 2,000 people
Widespread crop destruction
Hurricane Georges
Killed over 400 people
Destroyed 80% of all the crops
2004
Hurricane Jeanne
Killed over 3000 people
Widespread crop destruction
2008
Hurricane Fay, Gustav,
Hanna & Ike
1998
2012
Hurricane Isaac and Sandy
Killed 793
70% of Haiti's crops wiped out
70 killed
< 90,000 ha of crops damaged

6. Agricultural role in
community resilience

8. Welthungerhilfe´s program and its impact

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10. INGREDIENTS OF RESILIENCE
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11. ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES

12. RESPOND TO AND COPING WITH SHOCKS
AND STRESSES / DRR

13. STRENGHTHENING COMMUNITIES

14. COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT /
NATIONAL MINISTRIES

15. OUTLOOK
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