Rise Against Hunger aims to end hunger through four pathways: nourishing lives, responding to emergencies, empowering communities, and growing the movement.
Nourishing lives Rise Against Hunger supports safety net programs for nourishment and skills training to help the world's most vulnerable navigate the difficult journey out of poverty. Rise Against Hunger partners with schools to promote and incentivize increased attendance. Additionally, Rise Against Hunger works to partner with vocational education and clinics in order to support adults learning new trades and encourage healthy lifestyles.
Responding to emergencies Rise Against Hunger responds to emergencies. In times of floods, droughts, or political unrest, the organization aims to provide food. Access to food, wages, and market systems are often destroyed in times of emergency. Rise Against Hunger works with its in-country partner organizations to address the immediate needs in the wake of crisis. Each year Rise Against Hunger reserves 10% of its projected meals to respond to crisis situations. Official Rise Against Hunger responses include
Hurricane Dorian in 2019, the
Venezuelan refugee crisis, Hurricanes
Harvey and
Irma in 2017, 2016
Hurricane Matthew,
the Syrian conflict,
the South Sudanese conflict and
the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Empowering communities In order to create long-term solutions to hunger and poverty, Rise Against Hunger works to empower communities through agricultural and income-generating initiatives. It works to increase agricultural production and incomes through programs that promote improved farming methods, business skills, and market access. Farmers, one of the most food-insecure populations in the world, are given access to quality seeds and fertilizers to increase agricultural production and diversify their crops. Rise Against Hunger supports vocational training to help at-risk individuals increase their earning potential and gain consistent access to food.
Growing the movement Part of Rise Against Hunger's mission is to create a global commitment to mobilize the necessary resources to end hunger. The organization works with volunteer groups from communities of faith, corporations, schools, and civic clubs to package meals while developing a greater awareness of hunger-related issues. Additionally, Rise Against Hunger encourages its supporters to participate in advocacy activities to work toward changing laws, policies, systems and attitudes to end hunger by 2030. ==Meal packaging program==