have access to social safety nets
lost their jobs
remain unknown
SCALE WHERE CAPACITY IS STRONG
SCALE WHERE CAPACITY IS STRONG
On average, food banks are serving nearly 100,000 more people regularly than prior to COVID-19. To sustain these efforts, GFN provides operational and grant support to supply more meals, open distribution sites in high-need areas and help reinforce agencies offering vital humanitarian services.
EMPOWER LEADERS WHERE RELIEF IS NEEDED
EMPOWER LEADERS WHERE RELIEF IS NEEDED
In low-income countries facing severe hunger challenges, GFN partners with visionary leaders to build new community-based food banks by investing in basic infrastructure, cultivating knowledge and skill-building, and sharing and adapting solutions to complex challenges.
PROTECT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: CHILDREN
PROTECT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS: CHILDREN
80% of GFN food banks report that COVID-19 has disrupted school-feeding programs putting millions of children—especially girls—at greater risk of hunger. GFN works with partners to meet the immediate hunger needs of children while schools are closed and expand school-feeding programs once schools reopen.
ACCELERATE RESILIENCE THROUGH NUTRITIOUS FOOD
ACCELERATE RESILIENCE THROUGH NUTRITIOUS FOOD
Hunger and malnutrition are already the number-one risk to health worldwide. COVID-19 will magnify this risk. GFN is strengthening supply chains by helping food banks source from small-scale local food growers, ensure a reliable stock of key staples, and redirect fresh fruits and vegetables to those in need.
Vicki Clarke, Ph.D., Vice President of Development
+1.312.757.2220 | vclarke@foodbanking.org
