BREAKING THE CYCLE OF POVERTY IN CHILDREN’S LIVES

Poverty is the true enemy in the war to save children’s lives. Unless a child has been orphaned or abandoned, she is generally hungry or malnourished because her parents can’t afford to feed her.

She is sick because her parents don’t have access to clean water, or to basic medical care and prevention.

She is illiterate because her parents can’t afford to send her to school.

To truly make a difference in children’s lives over the long term, we therefore must help this child’s family become stronger and more self-sufficient.

Children’s Hunger devotes considerable resources to helping families help themselves. This includes investments in micro-enterprise loan programs, vocational training, and sustainable agriculture projects.

The families we help then help other families out of the surplus they generate.

The result is healthier children with a much brighter hope for their futures. The cycle is broken.