Waste less, give more.
The average American family throws away $1,866 per year in wasted food. Meanwhile, children around the world and right here in the U.S. continue to face life-threatening food insecurity. You can help end child hunger by reducing your food waste and donating your savings to kids and families who struggle with hunger.
Through emergency food distributions, school lunch programs, nutrition education and more, ChildFund works around the world to make sure that children have enough on their plates. How far can your savings go for kids facing hunger?
Turn your savings into food for kids’ growing bodies and minds.
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Meet the Families at Your Table

Kainta feeds her daughter Kerali, pictured here at 21 months old, a supplement for children suffering from malnutrition. Kerali is now 2 years old and has reached a healthy weight.

Marcelo, Patricia and their four children stand outside their home in Cochabamba, Bolivia, where they attend educational ChildFund workshops on nutrition to keep their family healthy.

Mariselda, mom of Yasmin, 4, and Frank, 7, lost her job when the COVID-19 pandemic hit their community in Huehuetenango, Guatemala. “I don’t know what we would have done without you all helping us with food,” she says.

Kana and her 3-month-old daughter Arbe are surviving a severe drought in Marsabit County, Kenya, thanks to food aid and cash assistance from ChildFund supporters.

Elizabeth, 6, has her height and weight checked at a malnutrition screening for children in Sironko District, Uganda.

Sandeep, 3, helps his mom Anita harvest veggies from the garden they planted with seeds from ChildFund supporters in Keonjhar District, India. The garden has helped him overcome malnutrition.
Let’s End Child Hunger – Together
Learn more about ChildFund’s mission to share meals and hope with children around the world.

A harvest to end child hunger
In Sierra Leone, child hunger is common – but thanks to a bountiful harvest of sweet potatoes, it’s a thing of the past for Momoh's family.
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In Kenya, drought brings familiar hunger, thirst and fear
As a long drought ravages East Africa, ChildFund supporters are helping deliver food and clean water.
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Recipes from around the world
Download our cookbook of international recipes and learn more about food in the communities where we work.
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Sources: Chain Store Age, United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Feeding America, National Council of State Legislatures, World Wildlife Fund, Stop Food Waste Day