Child nutrition is essential for academic success. Learn how hunger affects school performance and how Feed the Children supports food security and education.

Child hunger and childhood malnutrition continue to affect millions of vulnerable children worldwide. Learn how Feed the Children programs improve child nutrition, prevent anemia, and strengthen food security through humanitarian support.

Hunger is not a temporary condition. When food insecurity persists, its effects accumulate over time, shaping health, development, and stability within families.

This is not a distant statistic. It is a daily reality that sits quietly inside classrooms across the world. Every morning, millions of children arrive at school carrying more than backpacks and notebooks.

Not every child has guaranteed access to the food they need each day. For millions of children around the world, hunger is not an occasional hardship — it is a daily reality that affects their health, development, education, and future.