Heal The World

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than one in five children live below the poverty line. And 13.8 million children reside in "food insecure homes." Studies have proven time again that malnourished children are likely to suffer life-long "brain, cognitive, and psychological impairment."

It's not just that these children are going hungry - they're also lacking any semblance of proper nutritional balance.

But there's a way you can help.

The Hard Facts on Hunger

  • 36.2 million Americans— including 12.4 million children— don’t have access to enough healthy food to thrive. They are food insecure and at risk of hunger.1
  • 10.9 million children under 5 die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hungerrelated diseases cause 60 percent of the deaths.2
  • It is estimated that 684,000 child deaths worldwide could be prevented by increasing access to vitamin A and zinc.3

1 Household Food Security in the United States, 2007; U.S.D.A. Economic Research Service, November 2008
2The State of the World’s Children, UNICEF, 2007
3 WFP Annual Report, 2007