Feeding Futures With More Than A Meal
Fill the future this holiday season.
Across the globe, millions of families in underserved communities are doing everything they can to build stable, thriving lives. But hunger holds them back. It drains energy from children eager to learn, limits opportunities for parents working to provide and prevents entire communities from reaching their full potential.
At Rise Against Hunger, as you’ve likely heard before, we believe ending world hunger starts with a meal. But we also believe the meal is only the beginning. Through The Gift That Fills, our year-end fundraising campaign, we’re calling on Hunger Champions everywhere to join us in fueling long-term solutions that go beyond immediate hunger relief — empowering families to nourish themselves, learn, earn and grow with dignity.
Your partnership today sustains holistic programs that not only fill plates, but also fill futures — with nutrition, education and opportunity.
Together, we can ensure every meal shared today builds a stronger tomorrow.
Why Your Support Matters Now
673 million people around the world are currently facing hunger. Even more — 2.3 billion — are food insecure, meaning they lack consistent access to the nutritious food needed to thrive. For families in underserved communities, every day begins with uncertainty: Will there be enough to eat?
The need remains great. Hunger limits a child’s ability to learn and a parent’s ability to earn. It robs communities of stability and stifles hope. Yet, progress is possible — and it’s happening. The most recent FAO report reports that 15 million fewer people experienced hunger this year compared to last year. To accelerate this progress and fulfill our vision of a world without hunger, we must act together.
At Rise Against Hunger, we’re tackling hunger from all sides:
- Confronting crisis with nutrient-dense meals when families need them most.
- Building sustainability through agriculture, nutrition and income-generating programs.
- Opening opportunity so children can learn, families can thrive and communities can grow.
Every meal packaged, every farmer trained and every student fed moves us one step closer to a world without hunger. But we cannot slow down — not now.
This is the season to stand together and deliver the gift that truly fills: food, stability and a future filled with possibility.
How Your Support Transforms Lives
Be the gift that fills.
Over the next six weeks, we’re calling on you — our Hunger Champions — to help us raise $350,000 by December 31 to continue fueling sustainable solutions to end hunger. Your investment doesn’t just fill plates — it fills lives with opportunity.
Here’s how your gift this holiday season creates lasting impact:
- Seeds, goats and farmer grants equip families with tools and training to harvest their own food.
- Health checkups and school meals ensure children grow strong, stay in school and dream big.
- Emergency aid delivers critical nourishment and medical care in times of crisis.
- Small business grants and training empower farmers to increase production and sustain income for generations.
Transform Lives With The Gift That Fills
Farming and Gardening
Tomato Seeds $25
Provide tomato seeds to smallholder farmers to help families grow nutritious and diverse food in their home gardens.
Goat $100
Gift a goat to help improve food security for women and youth farmers who are gaining access to land.
Farmer Grant $500
Provide training for farmers, which will lead to increased access to healthy food for communities and increased household income.
Nutrition and Education
Provide nourishing meals, access to education and health services to help meet the basic needs of children and families facing hunger.
Health Check Up $50
Provide Health Monitoring to assess markers of growth and prevent malnutrition.
Fresh Produce $150
Provide fresh produce as a part of a school feeding program to nourish students.
Sponsor a Child $365
Provide nourishing meals and access to an education for an entire school year!
Emergency Health and Hygiene Needs
Address the most immediate needs in times of crisis by ensuring critical emergency aid reaches communities worldwide.
Deworming Medication $75
Supply deworming medication for an entire school for one year (300 students).
100 Hygiene Kits $200
Provide 100 hygiene kits with WASH supplies, including water purification tablets.
$1M Medication $1,000
Support the shipping of critical prescription and over-the-counter medications to hospitals and health clinics.
Long-Term Training and Resources
Invest in equipment, classes and training that has the power to transform entire communities.
Farming Equipment $1,250
Deliver crop dehydrators and milling equipment to help farmer cooperatives process and sell higher-value goods at local markets.
Community Cooking Classes $2,000
Provide cooking demonstrations and nutrition classes for school volunteers and parents, connecting families to healthier practices at home.
Farmer Training $2,500
Fund training for women farmers in financial literacy and market access, empowering them to earn steady incomes and reinvest in their communities.
Infrastructure Support and Evaluation
Equip communities with permanent facilities to improve health, wellbeing and meal access and incorporate a comprehensive analysis of program impact in alleviating hunger.
Sanitation Stations $3,300
Installs sanitation stations near community kitchens and feeding sites, reducing the spread of foodborne illnesses.
Monitoring and Evaluation Analysis $4,000
Supports monitoring and evaluation programming to help track meal delivery, nutrition outcomes and program impact.
School Kitchen and Eating Areas $5,550
Donates infrastructure support to improve school kitchens and eating areas — equipping schools with stoves, utensils, tables and storage to ensure meals are prepared safely and served with dignity.
Your gift today is more than a donation — it’s a partnership with families determined to turn possibility into progress. For children, it’s a steady school meal and the chance to dream. For women, it’s access to land, leadership and stability. For families, it’s nourishment today and resilience for tomorrow.
Together, we’re not just fighting hunger — we’re feeding futures.
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.
