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

Chin State has traditionally been the poorest area in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Genocidal attacks against the Rohingya and increased violence targeting political dissidents have forced many people to flee to Chin. The new arrivals are farmers who have been forced to abandon their fields as they fled for safety. BGR partner New

One-third of Mongolia’s population experiences extreme poverty and is unable to afford basic food and shelter. The Asral NGO was established in 2001 by Tibetan Buddhist monk Ven. Panchen Ötrul Rinpoche to support families affected by poverty and hunger in the poorest sections of Ulanbaatar, Mongolia’s capital city. Asral is Mongolian for “care,” and

For 34 years, the Dhammajarinee Witthaya School has served economically-disadvantaged children in Ratchaburi province. Roughly 95 percent of their students come from broken or troubled homes. Funding from BGR helps provide nutritious meals to 33 girls, dramatically increasing their chances of finishing school. Educated girls are less likely to marry at a young age,

The Bangladesh Buddhist Missionary Society has used communal meals to create a safe, nurturing environment for orphans in Chattogram. The shared meals help the children build bonds and a sense of community as they work to overcome trauma and loss. In the long term, regular nutritious meals contribute to their academic success. A grant

In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, there are populations disproportionately impacted by poverty, geography, and unequitable health, behavioral, and academic outcomes. Of the food-insecure households in the Greater Washington region, 42 percent have children in the household. Nearly 60 percent of children in the region qualify for free or reduced meals. Persistent childhood

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

At Children’s National Hospital (CNH) in Washington, D.C., Type 2 diabetes diagnoses rose 182 percent during the first year of the Covid pandemic, compared to the prior two years. A CNH needs assessment found that two-thirds of the 5,000 children cared for at the hospital’s Diabetes Care Complex are food insecure. In October 2021,

BGR partner the Sahuarita Food Bank and Community Resource Center serves the low-income population of southeastern Pima County, Arizona, a mostly rural area. This project will address poverty in Summit, Arizona, a small community with a household poverty rate of 23 percent, one of the three lowest income rural communities in Arizona. This project focuses on

In the village of Bulega in southern Uganda, BGR partner Uganda Buddhist Centre (UBC) has established a feeding program to care for some of the many children here who have been orphaned due to parental HIV/AIDS or other illnesses, accidents, abandonment, or conflict-related violence. The orphaned children are at significant risk of maltreatment, exploitation, and sexual