“We are the most affected”: Why children’s voices must be at the heart of the hunger crisis response

The worst global food crisis in decades is putting millions of children’s lives on the line, fuelled by conflict, displacement, climate shocks, and the fallout of COVID-19. As many as 60 million children under five were projected to be acutely malnourished by the end of 2022. Our new brief includes powerful insights from children from 32 countries, from Afghanistan to Somalia, on how hunger is impacting their lives, families and communities, as well as recommendations for tackling the hunger crisis.

As countries formulate their humanitarian funding priorities for 2023, Save the Children calls on world leaders to place children at the heart of the hunger crisis response by:

• Urgently scaling up humanitarian funding to address the immediate needs of children.
• Committing to long-term measures to tackle the underlying drivers of malnutrition and food insecurity, including the interventions identified by children in the brief.
• Delivering on international agreements and declarations on hunger and famine prevention.