Rice that sows hope in Bolivar, Colombia

In the department of Bolivar, malnutrition is not a cold figure in official reports, it is a reality that strikes thousands of families on a daily basis. According to the DANE, one in three households in the department (35.8%) lives in moderate or severe food insecurity. In other words, the food on the table of many households is insufficient or not nutritious enough.

In Cartagena and its surrounding areas, the situation is even tougher: communities must walk several kilometers to find drinking water, pay high prices for fresh food, and rarely manage to sell what they produce at fair prices. This reality places Bolívar among the territories facing the most urgent challenges in food security, a problem that most severely affects children.