The ministries of Food for the Hungry began 35 years ago, when our founder, Dr. Larry Ward, personally responded to a series of crisis with the vow to help “one at a time.” Since 1971, Food for the Hungry has been on the scene, responding quickly to disasters around the world, including natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, to famines, and even political uprisings or war-torn areas with refugees.
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  Indonesian Earthquake Relief
Food for the Hungry has been on the ground in Jogyakarta and surrounding areas impacted by the earthquake since May 27, when Central Java was struck by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. We are distributing emergency shelter materials, family packs, hygiene kits, and other emergency supplies. In addition, a large Food for the Hungry medical team strengthens the response of the local hospitals and village clinics in helping with the high numbers of sick and wounded.
Go to Indonesian Earthquake relief page
Give to Indonesian Earthquake Relief
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Sudan-Darfur Crisis Relief
Darfur, a region in Western Sudan, has been called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis by the United Nations. The statistics are daunting. Since February 2003, 1.7 million have been internally displaced, 220,000 have fled into neighboring countries, and over 200,000 have died in the three-year conflict.
Food for the Hungry is in Darfur, partnering with four other Christian organizations, including World Relief, World Concern, Northwest Medical Teams, and MAP International, to bring hope and peace to individuals, families and communities in the midst of instability, fear and despair.
Go to Sudan-Darfur relief page
Give to Sudan-Darfur Relief
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Ethiopia Drought Relief
A long, severe drought continues to affect more than 11 million people in Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Food for the Hungry Relief Director Matt Ellingson says the drought has caused enormous loss of livestock and crops, leading to loss of livelihoods and increases in malnutrition rates in many areas.
Food for the Hungry-Ethiopia has been trucking in water in tanker trucks and using "dewatering" pumps to lift the water to the schools’ cisterns. More than 1,500 children, as well as their families, now benefit from this emergency response. And parents now worry less about how to feed their school-aged children in this difficult time.
Go to Ethiopia relief page
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kenya drought food relief
Because of the lack of food and water caused by a nearly year long drought, scores of people and a large number of livestock animals – particularly cattle, sheep, camels, donkeys and goats – have died in arid northern Kenya, where pastoralists are entirely dependent on their herds.
In villages where Food for the Hungry serves, families have lost as much as 90 percent of their animals and don’t have enough food to feed their children. Most of the animals that are still alive are getting sick or too weak to go where there is pasture.
Go to Kenya relief page
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Indonesia Post-Tsunami Development
The December 26, 2004, south-east Asia earthquake, which caused a massive tsunami and annihilated huge expanses of coastline, will not soon be forgotten. Food for the Hungry provided immediate disaster relief and has committed to long-term rebuilding efforts in the coastal city of Meulaboh.
Go to the Tsunami Page
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