Richard Proudfit witnessed starvation in South America and felt called to address hunger. He founded Kids Against Hunger to significantly reduce starvation among children globally. The nonprofit packages and distributes a fortified food mix developed by scientists that provides complete nutrition in an affordable, shelf-stable meal. Volunteers can help by packaging meals at facilities, hosting mobile packing events, or donating funds to cover meal costs. With support, Kids Against Hunger aims to help solve the enormous problem of hunger affecting over 1 billion people.
2. What is the problem?
We live in a world where problems exist.
Unfortunately one of those
problems, that affects over a billion
people on God’s green earth, is
starvation and malnutrition.
3. Shocking Statistics
It is estimated that Every 6 seconds a
more than 1 billion child dies from
people do not have hunger related
enough food to eat causes
Estimates say that Many experts agree
around 25,000 that we produce
people die each day enough food to
due to hunger adequately feed the
related causes. world
1 in 6 people in the
world go to bed
hungry at night
4. Richard Proudfit was a direct witness to starvation.
During volunteer efforts in South America, helping
with disaster relief, he noticed the dangerous
affects of hunger. He recalls during his trip
hearing a voice telling him “feed my starving
children”. After leaving South America, Richard
decided to take on hunger. Being a successful
entrepreneur and a millionaire, Richard used his
resources and connections too take on the
problem.
5. • Enter his brain child, Kids Against Hunger. Kids
Against Hunger is a non profit organization, who’s
mission is to significantly reduce the number of
starving children in the U.S and around the world.
• Using a specifically designed food formula
developed by food scientists, it consists of being a
highly nutritious meal at a low cost.
• The food mix contains over 21 vitamins and minerals
and meets all the nutritional needs of a
malnourished individual!
6. Volunteer to come in and package at a Kids Against
Hunger facility.
Donate to help cover the cost of the meals
Open a Kids Against Hunger location if one is not
near you
Host a mobile packing event where Kids Against
Hunger will come to you!
7.
8. Conclusion
In conclusion, hunger is too big a problem
and too big an issue for us to tackle
alone. To move forward and feed all the
starving children in our world, we need
your help. Won’t you join us?