In 2022, research by our new partner Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) found that 30 percent of the food-insecure population in the Washington D.C. region are children—a figure encompassing almost 250,000 children. Children have always been overrepresented among the food insecure in the greater Washington, D.C., region. Persistent childhood food insecurity can lead to chronic health issues such as

The economic crisis facing Sri Lanka–which has seen food prices almost double in the last year and shortages of fuel and other goods–has created unimaginable obstacles for families and the nation’s schools. Roughly 20 percent of students in the fall of 2022 arrived each day with empty stomachs, and many families did not send their