When school opened in the southern Niger village of Falki Babba, there was a novelty for the students: working in the school’s new vegetable garden. It’s part of an MDG-F-funded programme to tackle some of the highest chronic malnutrition rates in Africa.

The MDG-F is working on many fronts to combat stunting that affects three out of four children, the highest rate in Latin America.

The MDG-F is helping to tackle extreme poverty in Bolivia by providing microcredit loans and work opportunities for rural indigenous women.