Creating Jobs, Generating Revenue - and Saving Lives - SDG Media Zone, 80th Session of the UN General Assembly

As part of its strategic collaboration with UNICEF and Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) under the Child Nutrition Fund, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) issued a $2.5 million loan to food manufacturer Ariel Foods FZE, for the construction and development of a facility in Nigeria where lifesaving therapeutic foods for children will be produced using locally sourced groundnuts, instead of relying on overseas import.