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Fight Hunger Together on World Kindness Day

on  November 13, 2020

At Rise Against Hunger, our partners are so important to ensuring we can support the 2 million people we serve. On World Kindness Day, a day all about making a difference through kindness and celebrated annually on November 13, we’re thrilled to feature a guest post from one of our newest partners – Nutrition for Longevity!World Kindness Day is one of Nutrition for Longevity’s favorite global holidays because it is a day dedicated to the importance of being kind to yourself, each other and the world. On a day devoted to celebrating the importance of compassion in all aspects of our lives and all that it means to be kind, we are excited to announce our partnership with Rise Against Hunger. 820 million people around the world do not get the food they need to live a healthy life, and Nutrition for Longevity (N4L) is committed to fighting hunger and malnutrition. Since our inception, we have been focused on enhancing the quality of food that the average American consumes. As we continue to grow, so must our company’s goals. With our goal to reach people across the United States well underway, we have set our sights on a new priority – expanding our reach to populations globally that do not have access to healthy foods. Through our recent partnership with Rise Against Hunger, we are one step closer to reaching our worldwide goal.As a trusted community partner, N4L hopes to drive Rise Against Hunger’s impact beyond this achievement. We took our first step on the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s World Food Day. Celebrated annually on October 16, this day is celebrated as a reminder of the dedication to end hunger.This year, Rise Against Hunger volunteers across the United States packaged close to 175,000 meals for food-insecure communities across the globe. Each packaged meal consists of soy, a vegetable mixture, rice and a micro-nutrient packet to deliver transformational nutrition to individuals facing hunger worldwide, especially children.  To support the Rise Against Hunger volunteers, the N4L team delivered 200 of our farm fresh, fully prepared meal kits to keep those packaging meals nourished and energized throughout the day. The ability to support Rise Against Hunger volunteers as they spent their day doing so much good was incredible. By delivering our meal kits, we spent time taking a step back and appreciating how fortunate we are to have access to fresh, sustainable, delicious food. These volunteers were exemplifying kindness on World Food Day, and we were so fortunate to be able to serve as fuel for those doing so much good.

About the Author

Carley Horan is a Registered Dietician and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. As a health advocate, Carley works with our partner Nutrition for Longevity in the Marketing & Sales department.

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Strength, Stability And Hope

The gift that filled Nelly’s table.

“We were yielding very little, and the crops could not sustain us the whole year,” Nelly remembers. As a mother of seven and a farmer with two decades of experience, the stress of inconsistent yields was all-consuming. A poor harvest not only strained her family financially, but also limited their own meals to just two a day. Their story reflects that of many in their fishing and farming village near a lake in the Karonga district of northern Malawi. Here, heavy rainfall makes conventional farming methods nearly impossible. The entire village is, quite literally, saturated in food insecurity — a reality that leaves families struggling to survive season after season without a dependable source of nourishment.

In 2019, Nelly began participating in Harvesting Prosperity and Resilience, a sustainable agriculture project implemented by Rise Against Hunger in partnership with the Foundation for Community Support Services (FOCUS). The project works with 3,100 smallholder farmers in Malawi’s Karonga and Mzimba districts to strengthen food and nutrition security by improving production methods, nutrition practices and household income.

Just one year later, Nelly was ready to expand the variety of crops on her farm. What land once only produced maize began to flourish with sesame, cowpeas, rice and groundnuts during the rainy season (summer), as well as maize and vegetables during the dry season (winter). Through climate-smart agriculture training, she learned new techniques like manure making, pit planting and mulching, crop rotation and intercropping. Equipped with these tools, Nelly’s farm began to thrive.

After the 2023–2024 growing season, she sold enough produce to purchase an ox cart. Her harvests in 2024-2025 season yielded over 500 pounds of crops, including 22 bags of groundnuts, seven bags of maize, 12 tins of sesame and three bags of rice. With this surplus, she was able to invest in a motorbike, which she now uses to transport African doughnuts (mandasi) that she cooks and sells — creating yet another source of income for her family.

The transformation reaches far beyond her finances. Nelly now has the stability to provide for her husband and children. “I am able to eat different food types, pay school fees for my children and fulfill the visions that I have made with my family,” she beams. “I am now sleeping peacefully without any fears of food or paying school fees for the children.”

Her leadership has also grown. Today, Nelly serves as a leader in the Harvesting Prosperity and Resilience project, teaching other farmers in her district to adopt climate-resilient, labor-saving practices. By sharing her knowledge, she is multiplying her impact — empowering her neighbors to experience the same transformation she has achieved.

Across Nelly’s community, food and economic security are on the rise. Lombani, a government extension officer for the region, explains, “I can see the community is being transformed in the sense that in the area, there is food, income and nutrition security. Development is also happening at the household level.”

Nelly reflects on what it means to invest in holistic programs that address the root causes of hunger: “We are now healthy people. Children are going to school after eating their breakfast, having high yields and different types of crops due to conservation agriculture practices. With the support from the project, we have food, and we can access other food items from the market after selling our produce.”

This is the gift that fills: a future full of stability, strength and hope. It fills tables with food, families with security and communities with the resources to thrive. It’s an investment in futures rooted in resilience and hope.