Global Impact
Through our movement to end hunger, Rise Against Hunger connects passionate volunteers with the communities we serve worldwide.
Rodnica lives in Tarasse, a rural farming community outside of Gonaives. The area is incredibly dry and desert-like and, as a result, the area lacks…
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Bahamas
At just 15 years old, Enock has been hailed as a hero among his peers at the Don Bosco Children and Life Mission (CALM) center…
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Iraq
eSwatini
Total Meals Received: 10,779,120
El Astillero is a quiet fishing and surfing village in Tola, Nicaragua, with a population of nearly 2,000 people. The main sources of income for…
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Receiving the 2018 World Hunger Leadership Award (WHLA) from Rise Against Hunger was a strong validation of what my dad told me before he passed…
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Minimal irrigation infrastructure, unverified seed quality, decreasing sales prices. These are only a few of the challenges affecting farmers near Gonaives, Haiti.
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Trackson, a 10 year old from Lusaka, Zambia, spends each morning walking a dirt road to attend his rural school two hours away. Attending the…
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The community of Imeristiafindra, home to 12-year-old girl Maminiaina, is in a rural area in the highlands of the Madagascar with a local economy dependent…
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Think of a selfless mom you know: one who goes above and beyond to ensure the wellbeing of those around her, and prioritizes the needs…
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Imagine your life in a rural coastal village in the Philippines, in a home above a makeshift chicken coop. Think of the smells, the sounds…
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Jacelyn, age 27, is from Nicaragua’s rural “dry corridor” — specifically, Puerto Morazan. As the name suggests, Puerto Morazan is a region in the northwest…
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In the rural farming community of Tarasse, Haiti, having a proper meal to eat is considered a luxury. At the MESH school in Tarasse, students…
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I met so many positive, determined and passionate people. As a team, we worked hand in hand with strangers for cause of healthier and happier…
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Santa is a 62-year-old woman living in Monte Plata, Dominican Republic, with her father, two daughters and four grandsons. Santa’s community is best known for…
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Annual drought conditions during summer months, severe flooding during the monsoon season and slimming profit margins on rice and wheat have made farming a high-stakes…
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About three months ago, a deadly duo of flash floods and mudslides, triggered by unseasonal non-stop rain, rushed through Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.…
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For our friends at Temple Israel of the City of New York, packaging meals is more than just a weekend activity; this annual event is a social…
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In Los Castros, Nicaragua, more than 60% of the population lives below the poverty line, facing extremely poor living conditions. But the community is not…
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Aswali, age 12, travels to and from school each day in a densely populated area of Lusaka, Zambia, where he lives with his mother and…
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Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement
After many weeks with great effort in seeking for donations and fundraising, we surpassed our goal by 36% with over $4K. On early first Saturday…
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Sint Maarten
Total Meals Received: 64,152
When Rohan Patel, a high school student and rising Eagle Scout, volunteered at Rise Against Hunger’s Northern California location, he was inspired to leverage his…
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Sint Maarten
Total Meals Received: 64,152
As the host of Zambrero’s 2015 Victorian Plate 4 Plate Meal Packaging Event I learnt a great deal about the implementation of our P4P initiative…
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Prior to enrolling in a program run by International Care Ministries (ICM), a partner of Rise Against Hunger, Jonabelle was extremely malnourished, weighing only about 20 pounds. She was thin, had a small appetite and a bloated stomach.
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Mary Mother of Mercy Youth Program
“The New York warehouse had the wonderful pleasure of hosting a group of volunteers from the Mary Mother of Mercy Youth Program. They were in…
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South Sudan
Total Meals Received: 2,652,480
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North)
Total Meals Received: 4,217,832
Belize
Total Meals Received: 5,344,862
Georgia
Total Meals Received: 541,728
Congo, Democratic Republic of The
Total Meals Received: 1,661,256
Zimbabwe
Total Meals Received: 4,439,046
Zambia
Total Meals Received: 25,319,088
Vietnam
Total Meals Received: 11,368,512
Timor-Leste
Total Meals Received: 1,545,264
Tanzania, United Republic of
Total Meals Received: 285,120
Tajikistan
Total Meals Received: 940,896
Uganda
Total Meals Received: 12,222,144
Somalia
Total Meals Received: 2,390,920
Swaziland
Total Meals Received: 10,494,000
Syrian Arab Republic
Total Meals Received: 549,072
Sierra Leone
Total Meals Received: 2,585,460
South Africa
Total Meals Received: 3,944,727
Rwanda
Total Meals Received: 285,120
Romania
Total Meals Received: 177,768
Panama
Total Meals Received: 2,176,632
Philippines
Total Meals Received: 20,794,592
Peru
Total Meals Received: 1,291,248
Nicaragua
Total Meals Received: 35,701,992
Mozambique
Total Meals Received: 7,128,000
Moldova, Republic of
Total Meals Received: 71,280
Mexico
Total Meals Received: 322,804
Nepal
Total Meals Received: 142,560
Malawi
Total Meals Received: 8,293,536
Liberia
Total Meals Received: 9,159,048
Lesotho
Total Meals Received: 569,808
Kenya
Total Meals Received: 5,315,976
Honduras
Total Meals Received: 10,802,060
Haiti
Total Meals Received: 100,251,900
Madagascar
Total Meals Received: 13,629,384
Guinea
Aid Distributed
Guatemala
Total Meals Received: 9,854,352
Ghana
Total Meals Received: 285,120
Indonesia
Total Meals Received: 570,240
India
Total Meals Received: 969,408
Dominican Republic
Total Meals Received: 19,824,264
Cuba
Total Meals Received: 484,704
El Salvador
Total Meals Received: 16,320,744
Colombia
Total Meals Received: 1,496,880
Cote d’Ivoire
Total Meals Received: 285,120
Costa Rica
Total Meals Received: 100,008
Central African Republic
Total Meals Received: 1,944
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Total Meals Received: 285,120
Burkina Faso
Total Meals Received: 10,507,968
Brazil
Total Meals Received: 521,178
Azerbaijan
Total Meals Received: 803,736
Armenia
Total Meals Received: 270,864
Angola
Aid Distributed
Afghanistan
Total Meals Received: 2,666,629
Cambodia
Total Meals Received: 15,423,480
Burundi
Total Meals Received: 4,278,096
Australia
Total Meals Received: 97,200
I was at an IBM conference in 2016 where I was a speaker for IBM. While there, I volunteered in a meal packaging event with…
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During past few years I had the amazing opportunity to coordinate Rise Against Hunger meal packaging events for Hewlett Packard volunteers! It’s unbelievable how much we…
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Andy Morris is on a mission and he has one goal in mind: to get more people physically and spiritually engaged in the movement to…
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Dabri Extension in New Delhi, India, is a crowded slum made up of makeshift housing where migrants from across India gather in search of a…
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Today is International Literacy Day, and at Stop Hunger Now, we have seen firsthand that access to a quality education is key to breaking the…
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Joseph lives in Cité Soleil, Haiti, with his wife and eight children. He has been a resident of this impoverished community for 34 years, surviving…
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As we look forward to celebrating Labor Day, which serves as a tribute to the social and economic achievements of American workers, we consider the…
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Hector Rovelo*, age 10, lives in the extremely impoverished Cortes District of Honduras with his mother, aunt and cousin. The district began as a temporary…
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Working together to implement a holistic approach to community development is #HowWeRise against poverty, against injustice and against hunger on a global scale.
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In the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, unpredictable droughts and flooding create instability for many families who rely on farming for income. The family of…
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In Bulenga, Uganda, Stop Hunger Now meals have changed the life of 12-year-old Loucky. He is among many students, including refugee children, who have benefited…
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Yesenia is a happy and energetic child who loves going to school. At Yesenia’s Child Development Center, she receives Stop Hunger Now meals and her health has greatly improved.
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When Camila, age 4, visited the health care post in her town of Mateare, Nicaragua, the medical staff discovered that she was malnourished. Camila lives…
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It’s hard to imagine a mother walking away from two young sons. But it happened to Maliel and Djobany. They lived with their mother and…
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Today we celebrate World NGO Day, recognizing non-governmental organizations (NGO) and the positive impact they make around the globe each day. Rise Against Hunger could…
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Overcrowding, high rates of unemployment and food contamination are just a few of the challenges the community of Garden in Lusaka, Zambia, faces on a…
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Preventing malnutrition begins in the womb. As expectant mothers in Villanueva, Nicaragua receive nutrient-rich Rise Against Hunger meals at the Global Links Maternal Center, they…
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Karen Lucka-Beristain, a third grade teacher at Strawbridge Elementary School, is working with her students to prepare for a Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event…
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Christian Dement, age 9, was looking for a way to help feed children in need around the world. Christian said, “It isn’t right that some…
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When Maddy Owens, age 8, volunteered at Rise Against Hunger with her school, she knew that she wanted to have a direct impact in ending…
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After participating in a meal packaging event on her own, high school senior, Wahibah Hannan, worked to organize her own event for her school’s chapter…
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The lives of Eric and Irene Russell, from Warrington U.K., changed when they stumbled upon a Rise Against Hunger meal packaging event in São Paulo,…
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We were so excited to begin our packaging of 7,721 last Saturday. Knowing that we would be able to feed over 206,000 hungry people .…
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As a member of the North Carolina Central University chapter of NSMH (National Society of Minorities in Hospitality), my chapter and I visited the Rise…
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I have participated in two meal packing events at the University of Richmond now, and both have been unique and energizing experiences. Both as a…
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Story shared by Stacey Price of Mechanicsville, Virginia: Our family participates in the Cool Spring Challenger Sports program at Cool Spring Baptist Church. This program…
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Volunteers are one of the essential resources Rise Against Hunger needs to help realize the vision of a world without hunger. Each year, thousands of volunteers join Rise Against Hunger not only to package meals, but to support warehouse operations and assist with administrative duties. Have you volunteered with Rise Against Hunger? We want to hear from you! Share your story below and you could be featured on our map.
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The inspiring stories of those impacted by Rise Against Hunger meals and other aid are what drive us to continue to build our movement to end hunger. To read more stories like these from around the globe, visit the Rise Against Hunger blog.