Poverty and hunger go hand-in-hand. Hunger increases susceptibility to disease, impedes learning and leaves a person weak and unable to work—and without the means to buy or produce nourishing food.

Programs offering skills training, microloans and seed banks for replanting work to break the cycle of poverty and hunger.

Photo credit: Paul Jeffrey/UMCOR.

Did you know that:

• One child dies of hunger every 5 seconds?
• Hunger affects more than 840 million people worldwide. More than 300 million of these people are in Africa?
• Southern Africa is often plagued by crop failures, food shortages and famine resulting from prolonged drought?

Global Impact member charities, including Freedom from Hunger, Heifer International, Oxfam America, TechnoServe, ECHO, Church World Service and United Methodist Committee on Relief, teach farmers techniques to increase their crop and livestock yields.

They provide low-interest microloans that allow farmers to expand their crops; establish rural cooperatives; and support fair trade practices that help farmers compete and directly increase their incomes.

Your gift of $100 can help ten families to receive seeds, seedlings, saplings and chicks—and the necessary training—to start a homestead garden and to cultivate fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin A and other micro-nutrients.

Global Impact is dedicated to helping the poorest people on Earth. Representing more than 50 of the most respected U.S.-based international charities in giving campaigns across the nation, Global Impact touches more than 400 million lives worldwide through disaster relief, education, health training and economic programs that promote self-sufficiency.