Happy and Healthy Holidays! I love gifts. I love to receive gifts, and I love to give gifts. Birthdays will never get old for me, and the holiday season is the greatest time of all. When purchasing gifts for others, I often-times get much more excited about giving, than the recipients are of receiving. This year, however, I chose a gift for the notables® office staff that I think everyone should be excited about, a FEED Bag from FEED Projects. The purchase of this reusable shopping bag will provide a nutritious school meal to 100 children in Rwanda. Please take the time to read the staggering statistics below, and if you are still searching for that perfect gift this holiday season, give the gift of food, education, health and above all, hope.
Have a Healthy Holiday,
Sarah
Hunger and malnutrition kill more people than AIDS, malaria, and TB combined. The global food system is imbalanced and people are sick and dying due to lack of good quality nutrition. Almost 400 million children around the world go to bed hungry every night. In fact, every five seconds a child dies because he or she is hungry.
There are still over 77 million children not attending school (60% of which are girls), 150 million children drop out of school before attaining a basic primary education, and 50 million hungry children are not receiving any form of food aid.
School feeding is one of the most effective solutions to stopping hunger and breaking the poverty cycle. In 74 countries, the UN World Food Program (WFP) offers a nutrient-packed meal to children in school. This food gets kids to school, who might not attend otherwise, and gives them the energy to learn and empowers them to better their lives.
FEED Projects goal is to reach hungry children through the sales of FEED bags. FEED bags raise much-needed funds for WFP school-feeding operations and awareness of the problem of child hunger.
