
At the 2000 United Nations Millennium Summit, world leaders from 189 nations signed the Millennium Declaration, a visionary document containing eight specific goals designed to end extreme poverty throughout the world by the year 2015. Sharing the commitment of these nations to the Millennium Development Goals, Food for Life Global and its affiliate programs are working hard to “free our fellow men, women, and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty…” (Millennium Declaration)
Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Every day, over 900 million people go to bed hungry and 28,000 children die from poverty-related causes. Worldwide, 1.2 billion people live on less than $1 per day.
Food for Life Global has served more than 3 billion hot, nutritious, plant-based meals in more than 60 countries since its inception. Every day, Food for Life Global distributes up to 2,000,000 free meals to needy people in over 180 cities worldwide.
Food for Life Global has served more than 3 billion hot, nutritious, plant-based meals in more than 60 countries since its inception. Every day, Food for Life Global distributes up to 2,000,000 free meals to needy people in over 180 cities worldwide.
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Around the world, 115 million school-aged children—56% of them girls and 94% of them in developing countries—do not attend school.
Education provides the key to solving the root causes of hunger by empowering individuals to participate in a society’s economy, but learning is virtually impossible when the pain of hunger is demanding attention. Food for Life Global and its affiliate programs support education by providing not only schools and teachers, but also nutritious meals to give the body and the mind the fuel to learn. Food for Life Global’s (Midday Meal Program) in India, for example, feeds over 1 million children daily.
Education provides the key to solving the root causes of hunger by empowering individuals to participate in a society’s economy, but learning is virtually impossible when the pain of hunger is demanding attention. Food for Life Global and its affiliate programs support education by providing not only schools and teachers, but also nutritious meals to give the body and the mind the fuel to learn. Food for Life Global’s (Midday Meal Program) in India, for example, feeds over 1 million children daily.
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Two-thirds of illiterate people are women. Half of the 40 million HIV-positive people in the world are women, and that proportion is growing. Women held only 15% of legislative seats national assemblies in 2003.
Food for Life Global recognizes the devastating effects of poverty on women. While women in developing countries are traditionally responsible for food production, nutrition, family planning, health, and education, resources are allocated primarily to men. Food for Life Global programs seek to lead women out of poverty and into self-sufficiency by providing training and skills, as well as small business loans and cooperative savings programs.
Food for Life Global recognizes the devastating effects of poverty on women. While women in developing countries are traditionally responsible for food production, nutrition, family planning, health, and education, resources are allocated primarily to men. Food for Life Global programs seek to lead women out of poverty and into self-sufficiency by providing training and skills, as well as small business loans and cooperative savings programs.