10/24/2026
“Poverty is a deeply complex issue, but feeding a hungry child isn’t”
Right now in the Philippines, roughly 1 in 3 children under the age of 5 suffers chronic malnutrition. For many of these kids, a simple Catholic parish community kitchen provides the only hot, nutritious meal they will eat all day.
FFF and our benefactors together with Social Services and Human Development Ministry of SILP-Nangka, Marikina prepared their nutritious “bestseller” meals this October to 80 children of Settlement Phase 2, Nangka. Freshly cooked rice mixed with manna pack, ground meat and vegetables menudo and juicy fresh apples for dessert. Manna pack is added to rice to fortify it with vitamins and minerals necessary for growth and development of undernourished children, courtesy of the Diocese of Antipolo.
A meal isn’t just food - it’s the fuel that allows a child to focus on school, stay healthy, and just be a kid. Let’s look beyond our own comfort zones today and remember the children who need our help and prayers.