Supporting urban low-income communities in Sri Lanka
Hiruni, Sithmi and Yumna are among the 79 female volunteers who served in low-income urban communities of Sri Lanka in a joint collaboration of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme.
The project, Empowerment of Urban Women from Low-Income Families through Home Gardening to Ensure Food Security and Nutrition, was implemented in Sri Lanka from October 2022 to February 2023. It covered 12 communities with women and youth as key beneficiaries, and centered on emergency response to the socio-economic crisis in the the country.
In recent years, the interest in home gardens has increased. This strategy to household food security especially helps the urban low-income communities.