Food and Hunger

Keyhole Gardens Unlock Healthy Diets

Thanks to keyhole gardening, introduced by CRS, Maabisi Phooko of Lesotho is able to grow vegetables year-round.

A simple farming innovation sprouts revolutionary benefits year-round for the people of Lesotho. Learn how. Photo by Kim Pozniak/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.

Facts About Hunger

  1. Nearly 870 million 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

Beneficiary in Malawi

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

Farmers Save Rainforest and Reap Rewards

A farmer stands in his lush cassava field.

No-till agriculture is helping Congolese farmers protect the world's second largest rainforest—and increase harvests. Learn more.