Animals provided in Guatemala through World Vision’s Gift Catalog program keep on giving after the initial gift. Through a program called Pasando la Bendición, or Passing the Blessing, more families in need receive animals that provide them with reliable nutrition and income.
Protect kids from the global hunger crisis
22 million children are facing starvation.
Protect kids from the global hunger crisis
22 million children are facing starvation.
Global hunger has reached unprecedented levels

Rising costs, extreme weather, the pandemic, and regional conflicts — including the war in Ukraine — are fueling this crisis.
Ukraine and the Russian Federation provide 30% of the world’s cereal grains and two-thirds of the world’s sunflower oil.

22 million children at risk … how many is that?
It’s the combined populations of New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix, and Philadelphia.

Together, we can make a life-saving impact

Over the last 10 years,
we treated
Three ways to fight global hunger
With the help of our generous donors, we’re responding in 26 hardest-hit countries, aiming to reach 22 million people through the largest-ever humanitarian response in our 70-year history. This goal is ambitious, but we know it’s achievable with your help.

Sponsor a child
Your monthly donation of $39 can help a child in a hunger-affected country to build a stronger future through lasting access to essentials like:

Donate to our crisis response
Your one-time donation or monthly support can provide life-saving resources for kids and families, including things like:

Pray to end global hunger
Your prayers for kids and families affected by the global hunger crisis can work miracles. Please pray for:
Real families are experiencing real hunger

Displaced children are forced to weigh the odds of which life-threatening situation they will be subjected to. Sometimes the risk of going out to find food is too dangerous, but the risk of suffering malnutrition is just as worrying.
“I don’t eat every day because my mother has no money.”

59% of people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance, and up to 97% of the country is at risk of falling below the poverty line.
“If you were starving and you knew that selling one of your kids could prevent the others from dying, would you do it?”

76% of Venezuela's population lives in poverty. When Danfred's grandmother nearly died from COVID-19, he considered begging in the streets for food.
“Sometimes we did not have any food, other times we asked other families to give us some food.“

“The world is experiencing its worst hunger crisis of modern time. There are 50 million worldwide on the brink of starvation, and half of those are children.”
—Edgar Sandoval Sr., president and CEO of World Vision U.S.

“The world is experiencing its worst hunger crisis of modern time. There are 50 million worldwide on the brink of starvation, and half of those are children.”
—Edgar Sandoval Sr., president and CEO of World Vision U.S.
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We’re a Christian humanitarian organization helping children, families, and their communities overcome poverty and injustice.

Help kids survive, recover, and build a future.

Help kids survive, recover, and build a future.
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