HungryKids aka HungryKids.org is a not for profit grassroots organization dedicated to raising awareness for world hunger and poverty

Poverty

Poverty is the lack of a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter. About 1.7 billion people are estimated to live...

 relief.
An official partner of the United Nations World Food Programme, they are an "informational charity" as they do not collect money but promote awareness for the issues of hunger and poverty. They exclusively target young adults. Founded by internet entrepreneur Brad Hines, their mission is support of the UNWFP's goal to end child hunger world wide by the year 2015.

"Young adults are a lot more concerned with global issues than people suspect"http://www.hungrykids.org/realease02.html

-founder Brad Hines

The organization is known for skiping over traditional campus recruiting and working exclusively online to raise awareness. HungryKids has no centralized headquarters, and employees all of its volunteers from around the world to work remotely over the internet.

Goals and strategies

HungryKids strives to eradicate hunger and malnutrition

Malnutrition

Malnutrition is the condition that results from taking an unbalanced diet in which certain nutrients are lacking, in excess , or in the wrong proportions....

, with the ultimate goal in mind of eliminating the need for food aid itself through education and discussion of solutions, and raising awareness.

See also

• Food security
  Food security
  Food security refers to the availability of food and one's access to it. A household is considered food-secure when its occupants do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. According to the World Resources Institute, global per capita food production has been increasing substantially for the past...
  
  
• Food Force
  Food Force
  Food Force is an Educational game published by the United Nations World Food Programme in 2005. Due to its content, it is considered a serious game . Players take on missions to distribute food in a famine-affected country and to help it to recover and become self-sufficient again...
  
  , an educational game
• World Food Council
  World Food Council
  World Food Council was a United Nations organization established by the UN General Assembly in December 1974 by recommendation of the World Food Conference. Its headquarter was in Rome, Italy. WFC's goal was to serve as coordinating body for national ministries of agriculture to help reduce...
  
  
• Fight Hunger
  Fight Hunger
  Fight Hunger is a global initiative, based in Rome, Italy, calling for the end of child hunger by 2015. It is organised by the World Food Programme and its partners, and comprises different activities throughout the year...
  
  : Walk the World
• Asia Emergency Response Facility
  Asia Emergency Response Facility
  Asia Emergency Response Facility, or AERF, is a Special Operation of the United Nations World Food Programme, designed to establish an emergency response facility in Asia....
  
  

External links

• HungryKids.org (official site)
• World Food Programme United Nations World Food Programme
• FightHunger.org - WFP's global campaign to end child hunger by 2015
• Auburn University War on Hunger campaign - Student-led effort sponsored by WFP

• Hungry for Justice adheres to non-violent principles and affirms the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.