PCI Partners with Save the Children to Implement USAID-Funded Program in Guatemala

San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 17, 2013

PCI (Project Concern International) is partnering with Save the Children to implement a new USAID-funded multi-year assistance program (under the Office of Food for Peace) to address the underlying causes of food insecurity in Guatemalas western highlands. With Save the Children as the primary development organization, PCIs portion of the project will total roughly $ 10M over the six year program.

The projects overall aim is to address the three principal and interrelated causes of food insecurity in the Western Highlands: 1) limits of economic productivity of rural households; 2) deficiencies in health and nutrition of women and children; and 3) community-level vulnerabilities to disasters and shocks. The program will be implemented in 13 municipalities in the departments of Quich

PCI Partners with Save the Children to Implement USAID-Funded Program in Guatemala