Hunger

Hunger claims the lives of an estimated 10,000 children every day.

With food insecurity at its highest, we strive to not only meet the immediate needs of children and families but also work with them on sustainable solutions for the future.

A young girl holds a ready-to-use therapeutic food packet. (Chad, 2025)

Breaking down hunger

We're breaking down the big buzzwords behind the global hunger crisis one by one, starting with the most obvious word: hunger.

Woman smiling, and an image of food on a table in the background

Did you know?

Together, we trained 133,267 people, including 75,722 women in agriculture and livestock techniques, including food production, livestock handling, climate-smart techniques and post-harvest storage methods.

Watch: Snapshot of our Bowls of Hope food distribution in Somalia

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A group of people filling buckets with drinking water from a communal water source. (Niger, 2023)

The rise of The Cereal Bank

How a community in West Africa took charge of their future

A boy from Burundi cheerfully holds a plate of nutritious food.

Burundi schools serve up success one plate at a time

Can serving students a hot lunch lower the drop-out rate?

Hunger crisis

Our investments in the hunger crisis have focused on the most fragile and very low-developing countries: Somalia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. We meet people where they are at, equipping families and communities with the training and resources needed to build a sustainable future.