What we stand for

We tackle the causes and effects of hunger in vulnerable communities – no matter what the circumstances.
We’ll fight for every child’s life until the world is free from hunger.
For more than 40 years, we’ve led the global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. Our teams are on the front lines – treating and preventing malnutrition in some of the world’s most remote places.
We empower people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and help their communities prosper.
Thanks to generous support from people like you, we’re creating better ways to deal with hunger.
Globally, we reached 17 million people through our programmes in 2019.
Out of every £1 raised, 91p goes directly to our charitable activities.
We're fighting hunger and malnutrition in 46 countries across the world.
Around the world, 690 million people go to bed hungry every night. Nearly half of all child deaths worldwide are from causes related to hunger and undernutrition, even though most of the causes are predictable, preventable and treatable.
Our programmes tackle both the causes and effects of hunger. Our main areas of work include:
It’s unacceptable that, in a world that produces enough food to feed its entire population, over 3 billion people can’t even afford the cheapest healthy diet.
With your support, we’ve been able to help millions of people over many decades respond to emergencies, recover from malnutrition and build better futures.
Recently, our work across the world has included:
Our teams save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, but millions of malnourished children still need life-saving treatment and their families need urgent support. We’re committed to making sure people in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities get the help they need to survive.
In September 2018 we joined the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) as its newest member.
The DEC brings together 14 leading UK aid charities in times of major humanitarian disasters overseas. During DEC appeals, we all work together to raise money to help poorer countries respond to crises and to ensure emergency support reaches the people that need it the most.
So far we have joined appeals to help communities respond to the Indonesia Tsunami in September 2018, Cyclone Idai in East Africa in March 2019 and coronavirus in Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen in July 2020.
Meet the communities we're supporting through our life-saving programmes across the world.
We tackle the causes and effects of hunger in vulnerable communities – no matter what the circumstances.
We’re part of a worldwide network fighting malnutrition alongside five other member organisations.
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, we’re able to support 17 million people around the world.