Food for the Hungry completes long-term development work with the poor to transform impoverished communities into healthy, productive places for children to grow. We also support emergency relief to help shelter, feed and clothe survivors of natural disasters.

We are affiliated to the Food for the Hungry Association, an international NGO, with offices staffed by local nationals in 20 countries.

If you would like information on any of our projects or programmes please just email uk@fh.org

Africa

Uganda

Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. Within the country, poor infrastructure, a lack of jobs, high population growth, poor quality services and widespread corruption are major concerns. The country has also had to contend with a brutal 20-year insurgency in the north, led by the LRA.

We support projects in the poorest communities addressing education, health, livelihoods and resilience.In Eastern Uganda, in Namutumba we are addressing post-harvest handling by significantly reducing the wastage that arises after grain is harvested.The three-year project is funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office under their UK Aid programme and seeks to have multiple benefits including higher incomes for farmers, improved food security and better child health.

Click here to read more about our work in Namutumba.

Africa

Kenya

Kenya is a country of many contrasts, from its landscape to demographics, and more so its social and economic inequalities. Kenya is one of the most unequal countries in the sub-region. A large percentage of its population of 45 million outside the affluent urban minority is poor. Access to basic quality services such as health care, education, clean water and sanitation is a luxury for many people.

FH primarily works in northern Kenya in the arid and semi-arid lands where climate change and neglect have created vulnerable communities.FH seeks to connect these communities with opportunity and to enable community transformation.A project to improve the operation of livestock markets was particularly successful in increasing the income of pastoralists.
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Asia

Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The total population is 164 million, of whom 15 million live in Dhaka. Bangladesh suffers from many problems such as poor infrastructure, political instability, and corruption. One of the main causes of rural poverty is linked to its geography. A large proportion of the country is low-lying and thus highly vulnerable to flooding. Many of the rural poor live in areas that are prone to extreme annual flooding which causes huge damage to their crops, homes and livelihoods.

Much of our success in community transformation in Bangladesh has arisen from work with the poorest women to help them discover their God given potential, restore their dignity and take their rightful place in community and family life.

Learning and savings groups are an opportunity for women to come together to achieve real change in their lives. Building on biblical values, the women learn literacy and numeracy, how to keep their families healthy, what their legal rights are and ways to earn an income for themselves and their family. 

Africa

Rwanda

FH has been working in Rwanda since the genocide in 1994. FH counts itself as one of the major actors that have supported the country’s development in various sectors. FH prioritises education, nutrition and health in its child focused community transformation programmes.
We work in remote communities where there is limited support from others and help implement development solutions that are owned and managed by the local community themselves.

Africa

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, in the Horn of Africa, is a rugged, landlocked country split by the Great Rift Valley. It’s a place of ancient culture with sharp contrasts, from highly populated, mountainous highlands to sparsely populated, arid lowlands. High economic growth runs hand in hand with extreme poverty. FH in Ethiopia exists to help vulnerable households break out of the cycle of poverty and to bring community transformation. Since 1984, FH Ethiopia has supported communities in the following way:
- Helping families diversify their crops and access savings and credit services
- Organising Farming Training Centres to give access to better farming techniques
- Supporting small scale irrigation schemes
- Improving health through training and promoting behaviour change
- Improving the access to education
- Growing and developing community and church leaders

October 2021 emergency relief work
The Tigray region in Northern Ethiopia is suffering from Civil War. The poorest always suffer the most. The war has dramatically increased the number of displaced people. 5.2 million people in Northern Ethiopia are in need of food assistance and the percentage of children with severe acute malnutrition is growing by 2% per week.  Food for the Hungry staff are working side by side with the poorest seeking to provide access to food, water and shelter.  FH Ethiopia employs over 1500 people in Ethiopia, 99% of them local Ethiopians.
The FH Ethiopia country director asks us to please pray that:
– The conflict will end
– The blocks that prevent food, supplies and FH staff getting to those most in need are removed
–  Fh Ethiopia staff and their families remain safe. Nearly all staff working to help are also residents of Northern Ethiopia and also need to care for their own families.