A family is starving, on the brink of death. But YOU can help save their lives. Provide nutritious food today to help a family survive the food crisis.
For $600, you can feed a starving family for 1,000 days.
Hunger Crisis
COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED BY FAMINE
Minimal FoodFamine
One in every 5 children in this extremely impoverished nation is malnourished.
Since the war began, food production has declined by 40 percent.
Ongoing conflict has left 5.1 million children in need of food and basic necessities
7 million people risk starvation in areas of Nigeria most affected by Boko Haram.
15 percent of children in Zambia are underweight due to not having sufficient food.
Unpredictable droughts and floods have destroyed crops and livestock across the country.
Ugandan refugee camps are home to many orphans from South Sudan, where violence and famine have cause more than 40 percent of the population to flee.
When a child doesn’t have nutritious food, his belly is swollen and hurting. And when a mother doesn’t have enough food for all her children, she is forced to decide which of them will eat. This story is all too common, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
Children under age 3 are the most susceptible to death due to famine, drought, and malnutrition. And one in every four children suffers from stunted growth as a result of malnutrition.
But for $600, you can feed one family for 1,000 days.
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