Starfire Charity Foundation fights global hunger by deploying sustainable food security to address the very causes of hunger and malnutrition in the world’s most impoverished regions. In 2023 alone, the Foundation served more than 1.5 million meals to families in 10 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These works were part of its long-term commitment to reducing food insecurity, which affects almost 690 million people around the world, according to the United Nations.
One of the major programs by the foundation is the “Seed to Harvest Program”, which provides the necessary tools, training, and resources for smallholder farmers to be able to produce their own food. During 2023, the Starfire Charity Foundation distributed over 250,000 seed kits containing several types of drought-resistant crops. This has helped increase local food production by 20% in the areas where it serves, enabling the communities not only to feed themselves but also to create surplus for market sales. In this way, 15,000 families could make additional income from agriculture and reduce their dependency on food aid.
The foundation has also partnered with local organizations to create 100 community gardens in impoverished urban neighborhoods. Today, these gardens provide fresh vegetables for over 50,000 people, so they also reduce hunger and malnutrition. The gardens were the result of a report that found food insecurity was higher in urban areas-where one out of every four urban dwellers did not have access to healthy food.
In 2023, Starfire Charity Foundation cooperated with 20 local governments in improving the distribution channels of food and succeeded in making regular shipments to over 500,000 inhabitants in the very isolated areas. Moreover, it had also been able to reach that part of the community that received even less than the basic unit amount of food by developing a highly skilled supply chain mechanism, which resulted in reducing food wastage up to 15%.
Founder Sarah Williams said, “Hunger is not only a crisis of scarcity but also a crisis of access and distribution. Our efforts go beyond providing food; we are working to empower communities to become self-sufficient in their fight against hunger.”
For more about how the foundation is addressing global hunger, visit starfirecharityfoundation.