'All Ate and Were Satisfied'

Students at Gberia Timbako primary school receive bulgur and lentils from the US Department of Agriculture.

Your support of CRS helps end hunger during emergencies and for a lifetime in nearly 100 countries around the world. Learn more. Photo by Lane Hartill/CRS

Stories

Patricia Suzy Razafindrafara tends to her rice fields. Madagascar's Rice Revolution
See how a French Jesuit priest revolutionized the way farmers in more than 30 countries produce rice.

Khaire Nesa leads a women's self-help group Afghanistan's Women Breadwinners Beat Hunger
CRS helps women start businesses, which allows them to earn enough money to provide food for their families.

Ivania Castillo collects vegetables. Exit Strategy for Poverty: Linking Farmers to Better Markets
CRS is helping turn farmers across Latin America into entrepreneurs rather than just producers.

Youth from the Charleston Vicariate Youth Network participate in their annual Food Fast Fasting Against Global Hunger
Meet the deacon who led 600 parishioners in a daylong fast in solidarity with hungry people around the world.

Expert Resources

Use these expert resources to learn more about how other organizations combating hunger around the world.

Facts About Hunger

  1. More than 1 billion people are suffering from hunger.
  2. 98 percent of people suffering from hunger live in developing countries.
  3. Hunger kills more people every year than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.
  4. Hunger causes the deaths of about 5 million children each year.
  5. About 17 million children are born underweight annually, the result of inadequate nutrition before and during pregnancy.

Help End Hunger

Operation Rice Bowl

See how you can help fight hunger by participating in programs including CRS Operation Rice Bowl and Food Fast.

Fighting Hunger With Knowledge

Josefa Lambi checks on seedlings

See how "Feeding the hungry" means applying expertise to help our neediest brothers and sisters feed themselves.