In Sri Lanka’s Western Province, the Hewagama Model Primary School serves more than one hundred first through fifth graders who face economic and educational challenges. Caring staff members work closely with students to create a nurturing environment. This project with BGR partner the Shraddha Charity Organization will feed 103 students five days a week, and will

Among Sri Lankan paddy farmers, water contaminated by agrochemicals is causing an epidemic of chronic kidney disease. Over 23,000 deaths have been reported from this virulent disease in the last two decades, although the due to missed diagnoses the number is probably far higher. The majority of victims are middle-aged men who are the sole

Dhammajarinee Witthaya School serves students from broken or troubled homes. Ninety-five percent of students have experienced trauma during childhood. Roughly 30 percent of the girls who attend the school have been abandoned, and 20 percent have grown up in homes experiencing extreme poverty. Education gives girls a chance to avoid economic and social exploitation. Every

In Vietnam, the price of a hospital stay does not include food. Already challenged by hospital expenses, many patients and their families are hard-pressed to buy food, so necessary to recuperation from illness. Since 2009, support from BGR has helped the Tam Binh chapter of the Vietnam Red Cross provide thousands of free meals to

Malnutrition is a widespread problem in Côte d’Ivoire, where nearly half of the population lives in poverty and approximately one in three children under five suffers from chronic malnutrition or stunting. Malnutrition rates are highest in the Poro region in the Savanes districts in the northern part of the country. BGR partner Helen Keller International (HKI) has

In the Sironko District of Eastern Uganda, a harrowing cycle of poverty has arisen, with HIV/AIDS at its center: As their parents are lost to AIDS, children as young as 11 are taking on the responsibility of the head of their families, caring for younger siblings. Too young to find appropriate work, but desperate to

The Easton Urban Farm, operated by the Easton Area Neighborhood Centers, is a 5/8-acre plot on which community volunteers grow vegetables, fruits, and seedlings for distribution to low-income residents of the city of Easton, Pennsylvania. In addition to providing over 7,000 pounds of nutritious, locally grown produce to food-insecure families each year, the farm also teaches

Children have always been overrepresented among the food insecure in the Greater Washington, D.C., area. Persistent childhood food insecurity can lead to chronic health issues such as asthma, anemia, and poor oral health. Child food insecurity is also linked with diminished academic performance, grade repetition, and anxiety, with long-lasting effects. Nearly 60 percent of children

For more than two decades, the California-based What If? Foundation has worked with the Na Rive community development program in Haiti to develop Haitian-led programs to provide food assistance, educational opportunities, and disaster relief to the residents of Port-au-Prince’s Ti Plas Kazo community. This project supports the Lamanjay Food Program, funding the purchase of food and cooking

In San Juan de Miraflores, a community on the outskirts of Lima, more than 55 percent of the population lives in poverty and 10 percent in extreme poverty. Many girls are at risk of becoming child domestic laborers and face great difficulties in gaining an education and escaping the cycle of poverty; our partner reports