Hungry Children Need Your Help
Every year, more than 3 million children die from hunger-related causes. We can save them.
Nutrition during childhood shapes children in ways that last a lifetime. The serious effects of malnutrition – from sickness and impaired thinking to stunted growth – impact not only them, but their families and their communities. Food can truly change the course of a child’s future.
children suffer from severe malnutrition every year
of deaths among children under 5 are caused by hunger
of WFP’s beneficiaries are children
How We Respond to Childhood Hunger
The U.N. World Food Programme feeds millions of pregnant women, new moms and their babies every year, giving children a hand up at the start of their lives. After infancy, we help kids reach their full potential throughout early adolescence via school meals and support to their farming parents.
First 1,000 Days
The most crucial nutritional window for a child happens between pregnancy and their second birthday. That’s when WFP steps in with foods designed specifically to treat and prevent malnutrition.
School Meals
WFP’s School Meals program is the largest in the world. It’s an essential safety net that provides more than 15 million school children with lifesaving nutrition, health and education.
Supporting Farmers
Over 50% of the world’s hungry people are small-scale farmers. WFP equips them with the resources needed to improve their food production so they can more provide nutritious diets for their children.
Food Storage
WFP provides farming families with air-tight containers to store their crops, keeping them free from pests and mold. Then, parents can keep their pantries full and children fed in between harvests.
We believe every child should have the food they need to take their first steps, learn their first words and read their first book.