Anti-Hunger Organizations
Vitamin Angels Fights Key Micronutrient Deficiencies
October 1, 2026 Vitamin Angels, a United States-based nonprofit organization works internationally in global public health nutrition. They reach tens of millions of women and children each year with Vitamin A and iron in more than 60 countries, spanning South and Southeast Asia, sub-Sa...
WFP Acting Director on PBS NewsHour
September 29, 2026 The curren acting Director of the U.N. World Food Program, Carl Skau, spoke about the Sudan, Somalia, Gaza, the increase in food prices and lack of sufficient funding during an interview last night on the Public Broadcast Service's (PBS) Newshour, available online at: https://...
Ukraine, War and Food Exports
September 13, 2026 Another global food crisis is emerging from Ukraine due to expanded conflict with Russia, reducing food exports. When Russia invaded the Ukraine (a sovereign state) in February of 2022, this blocked Ukraine's large foodgrains exports and caused a global food crisis. A compr...
Micronutrient Supplements from Kirk Humanitarian
September 10, 2026 One of the least known players in fighting global hunger is a quiet foundation based in Salt Lake City, Kirk Humanitarian, which buys micronutrient supplements from commercial manufacturers and donates them to UNICEF and to NGOs including Vitamin Angels, Direct Relief, Sigh...
Action Against Hunger 10 Global Hunger Hot Spots
May 6, 2026 This year, as in the past, the international aid agency "Action Against Hunger" (also known as ACF, or Action Contre la Faim) released their annual hunger report, titled "10 Global Hunger Hot Spots." This year the report describes a compound crisis model as causing hunger. The c...
Poetry & Hunger
The growing anti-hunger nonprofit Poetry X Hunger was founded in 2017 by Dr. Hiram Larew who is a retired director of international programs at the US Department of Agriculture and a poet. It operates as a component fund of Chesapeake Charities, which is a registered 501(c)(3) organization. ("Hu...
Concern Worldwide in Sudan
February 24, 2026 Sudan likely has the worst hunger of any country at present. World Hunger Education Service made its annual anti-hunger award, including our recommendation and a cash grant to Concern Worldwide for its food and nutrition assistance in the worst famine crisis in the world, The S...
Project HOPE’s Aid in Gaza
Project HOPE is the recipient of a donation by the World Hunger Education Service (WHES), a non-profit dedicated to educating the public about solving hunger which selected Project Hope to highlight and affirm its excellent work providing recovery foods for malnourished children in Gaza. Project HOP...
“11.5: Edge of Life” Campaign Targets to Reduce Deaths from Severe Wasting Malnutrition
A new global initiative to treat children with severe, wasting (short term) malnutrition was announced this past week by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the United Arab Emirates. The global campaign is called "The 11.5: Edge of Life Ramadan campaign", referring to the co...
Articles about Malnutrition & Field Programs, “Field Exchange”
October 2025 The Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN), based out of Dublin, Ireland, has published groundbreaking, field-level technical research about attacking malnutrition for the last few decades in their free journal, "Field Exchange." The latest edition, Issue 76 (October 2025) showcases co...
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