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FEED in Action
Hunger is a global problem and Feed the Children operates in areas where we can make the biggest impact. Use our interactive map to learn more about our work.
Internationally, Feed the Children implements a Child-Focused Community Development (CFCD) approach, which includes program activities in the areas of food & nutrition, health & water, education, and livelihoods. We work with vulnerable and at-risk children, their caregivers, and communities to cultivate the social, economic, cultural, and environmental conditions needed for families to thrive. Internationally, our goal is to improve the food and nutrition security of mothers and children, which we believe can be achieved when:
parents have the skills they need to raise well-nourished and thriving children;
communities are clean and keep children healthy;
children get the education they need to grow up to have good jobs and to raise healthy children themselves; and
parents have the skills and resources they need to feed their families.
Feed the Children’s international staff of more than 600 individuals has a diverse set of skills and expertise that ensure our programs are carried out with great dedication and bring positive impact to the families we serve. Over 98% of our international staff are nationals of the countries where they work, making sure our activities are culturally relevant and appropriate, involve community members as stakeholders, and can be sustained by the community.
We seek relationships with organizations, public and private corporations, foundations, and individuals that share a passion for serving children. Feed the Children strategically engages the local government and community leaders to discuss the true need of the community and to develop a collaborative plan for action. The activities introduced are therefore built on joint participation and combine meeting immediate nutritional, health, and educational needs of children while promoting long-term sustainable change to children, their caregivers and communities.
El Salvador: Feed the Children began working in El Salvador in 1987 and currently works in 17 communities throughout the country. We strive to go beyond simply providing food, focusing on a more holistic development approach that incorporates community interventions in areas of food and nutrition, health and water, education, and livelihoods.
FEED places great value in education and works to make sure all children are able to enroll, feel safe, and complete a high-quality education. We offer children a healthy meal each school day and provide supplies and backpacks so that they have the resources they need to succeed.
For parents and caregivers, we offer literacy and tutoring classes as well as skills training in areas such as home and community gardening, livestock management, fish farming, baking, and tailoring. These non-formal education and livelihood projects provide an important stepping-stone to becoming self-sustaining communities.
For more information : https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/el-salvador/
Guatemala:
For 25 years, Feed the Children has gone beyond simply providing Guatemalan children with food. We are creating brighter futures by teaching and empowering children and their communities through our programs. Nearly half the children under 5 in Guatemala are chronically malnourished. Feed the Children works closely with mothers and caregivers to help them make healthy decisions about what they are feeding their children and train them in low-cost solutions that can prevent many diseases caused by unclean water and unsafe hygiene practices. Our education programs support children by providing TOMS shoes, backpacks, and grade appropriate school supplies at the beginning of the school year so that children have the materials they need to further their education.
For more information : https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/guatemala/
Haiti:
Feed the Children is making a difference in the lives of children and their families in 12 Haitian communities. Through our Child-Focused Community Development (CFCD) programs, we are able to do more than just provide food. We teach and empower children and their families to reverse and prevent malnutrition and end the cycle of poverty through efforts in food and nutrition, health and water, education, and livelihoods.
We implement peer-to-peer Care Groups that help mothers of young children learn important topics related to food and nutrition as well as health and water. The Care Group approach serves as a model for a community-based and community-led approach to the issues of malnutrition & stunting among young children. We strive to prepare parents to be able to choose nutritious and diverse food items to use when cooking and to safely prepare food to prevent water-borne illnesses. Through Care Groups, more than 1,600 caregivers were trained in proper nutrition and health practices to better feed and care for their children.
For more information: https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/haiti/
Honduras:
In Honduras, Feed the Children works with children and their families in 18 communities to stop the cycle of poverty and encourage holistic community development. We implement livelihood projects that teach parents and caregivers ways to generate income by earning and saving their money. Our Village Savings and Loan (VSL) program encourages participants to save money and enables group members to take loans on an as-needed basis. The success of the VSL is a feeling of self-reliance and independence. We also offer vocational training in areas such as carpentry, welding, and woodworking.
For more information: https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/honduras/
Kenya:
In Kenya, Feed the Children works in both urban and rural settings throughout four counties, Turkana, Sambura, Kiambu, and Kajiado. We implement activities in all four areas of our Child-Focused Community Development (CFCD) program areas. This includes meeting immediate and long-term needs of caregivers and their children in areas of food and nutrition, health and water, education, and livelihoods. We use this programmatic approach to meet the needs of each individual community we serve.
We partner with the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide a hot and nutritious meal five days a week during the school year. In 2017, over 136,000 children benefited from our school meals program encouraging the students to attend school each day and help them stay focused on their studies.
For more information: https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/kenya/
Malawi:
At Feed the Children, we believe mothers are best qualified to create community improvements in the important areas of early childhood education, nutrition, and health. Through our Early Childhood Development centers, and with our Care Group model, we promote proper nutrition, safe water, sanitation, and hygiene practices, and encourage clean play areas so that children are able to grow to their potential. In Malawi, we implement our Child-Focused Community Development (CFCD) model as well as a large government funded program called Tiwalere II. As part of these projects, we are able to do much more than just provide food. We address and implement key activities related to food and nutrition, health and water, education, and livelihoods. More than 1.04 million individuals benefit from our work in Malawi.
Feed the Children partners with multiple private and public partners in Malawi. We work with Proctor & Gamble to promote the use of ‘Purifier of Water’ sachets and teach caregivers how to prevent common water-borne illnesses through proper water, sanitation, and hygiene practices. In 2017, our health and water activities reached 99,500 individuals. Additionally, we partner with non-profit organizations such as World Relief and Total Land Care to utilize their technical expertise and experience implementing activities that address health messaging for adolescent girls and innovative agriculture inputs to enhance our livelihood work.
For more information: https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/malawi/
Nicaragua:
Feed the Children has worked in Nicaragua for more than 20 years and is currently active in 20 different communities. Through community fruit tree nurseries, provisions of small livestock as well as community gardens and school gardens, families in Nicaragua are encouraged to seek sustainable sources of income to provide for their families. More than 2,500 households have participated in our community fruit tree nurseries and were able to sell fruit to local markets.
Hunger and a lack of adequate learning materials can affect a child’s ability to focus in the classroom. Since education is important, we provide children with school meals as well as additional supplies to help their growth each day at school.
Feed the Children teaches children simple sanitation techniques to prevent water-borne diseases. In fact, thousands of students have received water, sanitation, and hygiene lessons in school.
For more information: https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/nicaragua/
Philippines:
Feed the Children has worked in the Philippines since 1984. We currently implement our Child-Focused Community Development (CFCD) approach to meet immediate and long-term needs of children, their families and communities. We reach more than 283,000 individuals throughout 38 communities with our food and nutrition, health and water, education, and livelihood activities. This includes working in both rural and urban communities and making sure families have everything they need to raise healthy children.
For more information:https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/philippines/
Tanzania:
Through our work in Tanzania, children in more than 30 schools are empowered to defeat hunger and poverty. Feed the Children has incorporated school-based income generating activities such as a dairy cow project, poultry keeping and beekeeping. Through these projects, students learn livestock skills in a practical way, which is knowledge that can be taken home to share with their families. Students also learn how nutrition can help them stay healthy and increase their attendance at school.
We work with local communities to create Village Savings and Loan (VSL) groups (locally called VICOBAs) and have trained field officers to become VICOBA promoters to extend this approach to more communities. Last year, more than 1,000 caregivers participated in these groups, increasing access to capital through group savings and administering loans to group members. These members also garnered important skills in financial management, learned market strategies, and gained knowledge on how to start small businesses. These VSL groups focus on women and offer members a safe place to save money and take loans where formal banks may otherwise not be available.
For more information: https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/tanzania/
Uganda:
Feed the Children works in the Gulu and Amuru districts of Northern Uganda where we implement activities in our four pillar areas, which include food and nutrition, health and water, education, and livelihoods. Through the Care Group approach, we help mothers provide better care to their children by facilitating training sessions about nutrition and illness. During this process, we help mothers monitor the growth of their children to ensure the child is receiving the proper nutrition for healthy growth.
Important messages have included immediate breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months of age, and age-appropriate complementary feeding. Since starting these education activities for mothers, the percent of children admitted each month into the supplementary feeding program at the local health centers fell from 60% to 30%. Through deworming medications and vitamin supplements, we help make sure children are protected from preventable diseases.
For more information: https://www.feedthechildren.org/our-work/around-the-world/uganda/