For five years, Rise Against Hunger has worked with ADRA International to address food insecurity in Gokwe North, Zimbabwe. What began as emergency school feeding evolved into a sustainable agriculture project.
Omar is a 15-year-old boy living in Honduras. Many people in Honduras rely on agriculture for work, but natural disasters have disrupted the industry. More than half the population lives under the poverty line.
Our volunteer-packaged meals both provide caloric intake and contain 20 vitamins and minerals. Our meals address the top concerns for micronutrient deficiencies and work to prevent other common deficiencies.
Two impactful school leaders, Godfrey and Taurai, saw a significant improvement at their schools after participating in the Planting Seeds for Strong Communities program in Gokwe North, Zimbabwe.
To celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary, partner Cadence is giving its employees new, meaningful opportunities to give back to the community together with Rise Against Hunger. Kicking off its worldwide anniv...
This week, Rise Against Hunger kicked off an exciting new Empowering Communities project, Leveraging Agriculture to Unite Communities and Hospitals (LAUNCH), alongside our partner Development in Gardening (DIG), i...
Located about 1,000 miles from the capital of Niger in Sub-Saharan Africa is a small town known as Maine-Soroa (Maine). In the 1960s, two Peace Corps volunteers, Bill and Barbara Kirker, found themselves in the is...
Despite being one of the most impoverished areas in Africa, Kibera, Kenya, is the home of an all-girls hockey team at the Kisumu Dogo School. For 12-year-old Doris, and a group of her classmates, playing field hoc...
Providing a healthy and safe environment for a child can sometimes take a village of caretakers, mentors and community leaders. For four-year-old Timothy, he found his village of support in Zambia at the Bill and...
I don’t usually talk about this, not because of shame, but because it is about a time that was over two decades ago. It’s a hard subject to talk about. I was once hesitant about sharing my early life and famil...
