Each year on October 16, World Food Day highlights the plight of hungry people across the globe in an effort to increase awareness and call people to action. Created by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), at their Twentieth General Conference in November 1979, World Food Day is now observed in some 150 countries.  

Global Food Crisis

With more than 850 million people facing severe food shortages today, soaring food prices are putting the hungry at even greater risk of malnutrition and starvation. The cost of some food items has risen more than 100% in a single year, meaning that the millions of people who were struggling to live on less than $1 a day are now struggling to survive.

Find out more about Food for the Hungry’s response to the Global Food Crisis.

How you can help

There are several ways you can make a difference.

Give: Prayerfully considering supporting the work of Food for the Hungry to help us reach more on the brink of starvation.

Sponsor: By sponsoring a child, you will provide the resources for them to go to school and have the necessary nutritional and medical support for them and their family.

Pray: Pray for the poor around the world who are forced to make difficult choices and endure near starvation in the midst of this crisis.