Maddie Laing is the PR and Communications
Specialist on the Rise Against Hunger Marketing Team. Maddie manages
communication between Rise Against Hunger and news outlets across the globe.
The International Day of Friendship is celebrated each year on July 30 to spotlight some of the most important people in our lives: our friends! At Rise Against Hunger, friends are found in many places — through
Angelica, described by her teachers as a smart, committed and creative 13-year-old girl, lives in a small isolated town in southern Honduras. In her community, the summer season is hot and dry and the winters are
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
Narovantsoa, a 12-year-old boy, lives with his teacher, Yvonne, in the small town of Soamanandrariny, Madagascar. On average, households in Somanandrainy consist of six people, and many depend on an income of less
Our volunteers are the heart of our mission to end hunger at Rise Against Hunger — we couldn’t impact millions of lives each year without them. Since our meal packaging program began in 2006, we’ve seen grou
Samir*, age 14, leads a life out of the ordinary for most boys his age. Samir was born in South Sudan and after losing his family members, was forced to flee to Uganda during the height of the South Sudanese war.
