Problem

854 million people do not have enough to eat and 524 million of those people live in Southern Asia. In Cambodia, national food supplies are barely adequate due to natural disasters and poor agricultural policies. Malnutrition is widespread among children under five and pregnant and nursing women. The country’s malnutrition rates are among the highest in Southeast Asia. In developing countries, about 6.5 million children under 5 die each year due to malnutrition and hunger-related diseases.

The Gift

For just $13 you can fill 100 cups with beans, rice, or porridge and assist the World Food Program (WFP) to end hunger and malnutrition in one of the most impoverished areas of the world.

One cup of beans, rice or porridge a day will greatly improve the health and life of a child or pregnant woman. Not only will your gift help save a life, but it will also shrink the number of chronically hungry people worldwide.

WFP will fill the 100 cups with food through school meals and their Maternal/Child Health and Nutrition Program. School Meals provides primary school children with a daily meal, which not only fills their stomachs and keeps them focused, but also encourages their families to send them to school. The Maternal/Child Health and Nutrition Program aims to enhance the health of malnourished children and women by providing them with special nutritional support.

To learn more about what the World Food Program is doing to end world hunger, please visit www.friendsofwfp.org