Help Feed

More than 1 billion people worldwide live in extreme poverty. Of these, 780 million lack access to clean drinking water and more than 820 million people go to bed hungry every night. It is estimated that every 3.6 seconds , someone will die of hunger (the majority of whom are 5 years old or younger).

Hunger and malnutrition are the two biggest single threats to global public health. When a person does not eat enough or the right kind of food, malnutrition is just around the corner. Disease is often a factor, either as a result or a contributing cause. Even if people get enough to eat, they will become malnourished if the food they eat does not contain the right amounts of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals to meet daily nutritional needs.

HelpFeed reduces hunger and malnutrition by preventing short-term hardship and securing long-term funds for a sustainable solution.

How do we propose it?

To help farmers increase their yields and maintain natural resources to end their dependence on food aid. Instead of working almost for free, poor families can now earn enough money to send their children to school.

Facts:

• 85% of farmers in developing countries produce on less than 2 hectares of land, which is equivalent to a plot of land the size of 3 football fields.
• 780 million people lack access to clean water. That’s more than 12 times the population of the UK. 3.4 million die each year from water and sanitation-related causes. Almost all deaths (99%) occur in developing countries.
• Since 1989, the Minhaj Welfare Foundation has provided food and clean water to over 3 million people.