Hunger Relief Fund

Lifesaving food for families facing hunger.  

When you donate to the Hunger Relief Fund, you help feed hungry children and families around the world. No child should lack nutritious food, but 48.2 million children worldwide are dangerously malnourished — suffering from acute malnutrition or “wasting.” Children with this condition face a much higher risk of dying from common childhood diseases due to weakened immune systems, and those who survive can experience lasting impacts on their growth, learning, and development. 

You can help ensure children get the nutrition they need, responding quickly in times of crisis while also equipping families and communities to build sustainable, resilient sources of food. And thanks to public grants, your gift will multiply 11 times in impact! 

Your gift will help provide critically needed resources like:  

• Emergency food, including Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and feeding programs, for severely malnourished children  

• Family food baskets and food distributions, using nutritious staples like Super Cereal, to stabilize household food consumption during emergencies and lean seasons  

• Seeds, tools, and training to help families grow their own food and improve agricultural productivity  

• Training and livelihood support to strengthen incomes, diversify food sources, and improve long‑term food security  

• Education and support for caregivers to improve infant and child feeding, dietary diversity, and nutrition practices  

• School meals and take‑home rations that help children stay nourished, attend school, and learn, while strengthening local food systems  

With support from donors like you, World Vision’s local staff around the world work to address both immediate and long-term nutrition and food security needs. And we’re effective: Over the last 15 years, 88% of the severely malnourished children we treated made a full recovery. We also work with families to improve nutrition over the long term by helping them:  

• Increase agricultural productivity through improved seeds, environmentally friendly farming practices, and soil and water conservation  

• Sell their crops more profitably through improved market access  

• Improve nutrition and dietary diversity for their families  

• Sustainably manage natural resources — preventing soil erosion, protecting soil fertility, and using water more efficiently 

Your gift supports these interventions and more to help stop children’s hunger now and prevent it in the future.  

Multiplier can vary throughout the year.