Hunger has always been an issue worldwide. Millions of people live with chronic hunger. Speaking on this issue is very easy but applying strategies and methods for overcoming it is very difficult. Therefore, many companies and organizations have taken the pledge to defeat hunger around the world by giving their best possible.
Let’s have a look at the 8 companies that are working to eliminate hunger globally:
1. World Food Programme
Originally belonging to the United Nations, the World Food Programme is a humanitarian organization that operates in more than 80 countries across the globe. Their specialty is that they provide food assistance for people suffering from floods, natural disasters, and other calamities. They are equipped with a vast food distribution network that has helped them in acting quickly in emergencies such as the Afghanistan Emergency, Covid-19 Pandemic, Haiti Emergency, and so on.
2. Bread For The World
Bread For The World is a US-based Institute that deals with providing policies on ending hunger and processes related to it. They have been quite vocal in the US congress about their agenda for ending hunger in the country and abroad. This institute believes in raising a voice in the political space for changing policies to help people suffering from hunger.
3. Akshaya Patra
This is a globally famous Indian NGO dealing with providing mid-day school meals and lives to end school classroom hunger. Established in 2000, it has gone to become the largest organization to have taken hold of this kind of operation. The donation options on their website start from as low as 4,500 Indian Rupees for feeding 3 children for a whole year.
4. UNICEF
The fourth in this list is again a related agency from the United Nations. Along with all their initiatives, UNICEF is famous for its ‘Scaling UP Nutrition’ initiative that deals with providing food to many corners of the world. Their large chain works in more than 190 countries around the world. Their support to women and children for water, quality nutrition, and sanitation has been witnessed by the world through various drives brought up by them.
5. Morgan Stanley
The global investment bank and management firm have done quite a few things for featuring its name on this list. For instance, the company announced a $2.5 million donation to agencies dealing with hunger in 2020. The amount went on to equal 25 million meals as the campaign was led by their employees. The campaign was named ‘Move For Meals’.
6. Walmart
Most people know Walmart as a multinational retail corporation controlling hypermarkets. Well, it is true but they also run campaigns side by side for fighting hunger and starvation across the globe. Their initiative in 2014 for providing over 4 billion meals in five years paid off with the help of the Walmart Foundation by giving food donations from Walmart stores. Walmart Foundation donated $100 million and $50 million in the year 2016 and 2017 respectively to address the food and hunger crisis.
7. Darden Restaurants
Darden restaurants claim to be ideally placed to fight hunger in the United States by collaborating with Feeding America. With their Harvest Food Donation Program, they have donated more than 127 million pounds of food. Their Darden Foundation has also donated $10 million to Feeding America.
8. Yum! Brands
The first and the last in this list are inter-related as Yum! Brands partnered with World Food Programme for raising funds and awareness by creating the World Hunger Relief program. This is the largest program on the issue of hunger, which involves more than 40,000 restaurants of Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell.
