Its mission is to nourish lives, empower communities, respond to emergencies and build a movement for hunger action. Our mission is to nourish lives, empower communities, respond to emergencies and build a movement towards positive action by everyone to end hunger. While communities work toward a future in which they can thrive, vulnerable families and individuals still face hardship to meet their
basic, immediate needs. That’s why Rise Against Hunger India supports safety net programs that provide nourishment, as well as additional skills training or services that support the difficult journey out of poverty. Fortified nutritious meals and supplements are provided in schools to encourage increased enrolment and attendance. Meals distributed in hospitals and clinics supplement nutritional needs of patients recovering from TB, Cancer, HIV/AIDS and complement their treatments. For community empowerment programs, Rise Against Hunger India focuses on sustainable food security through community-based projects on climate smart agriculture, land and soil management, food production, storage and marketing, introduction of new technologies for small farmers. With these efforts, the aim is to increase agricultural production and incomes through programs promoting improved agricultural methods, business skills, and market access. We work with smallholder farmers to build resilience to the shocks and stresses of climate change by promoting ecological approaches to agriculture as well as diversification. Our recent SAMBAL Initiative aims to support rural households in hunger pockets in the country through farm and non-farm interventions. VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT
No single agency or government can end hunger alone, and it will take everyone to make this a movement. Backed by a strong belief that anyone from anywhere, regardless of their age, gender, qualification can take action and make a positive difference in the fight against hunger, we have a range of volunteering initiatives that are open to all. Even seemingly small contributions can add up to a BIG impact. During emergencies such as flood, landslides, earthquake and health pandemic like COVID-19 Rise Against Hunger India organizes food relief, drinking water, basic health and hygiene kits, family support kits, livelihood assistance to the affected families. Between 2015 and 2022, Rise Against Hunger India has served 2.4 million people in 22 States across the country through multiple projects. With the help of 50,064 volunteers 23.5 million micronutrient rich fortified meals have been served to various groups through a network of more than 274 field partners and NGOs. Our recent initiatives in rural and indigenous food insecure pockets, we have established field offices and cluster units where our teams are directly working with in about 120 villages in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, AP, Bihar, Jharkhand and WB to acheive sustainable food and nutrition security
