HUNGER AND ITS IMPACT ON CHILDREN

From Gaza to Ukraine to Sudan – wars destroy livelihoods and push millions of people into hunger. Families lose their fields and income, and children are left without food. The climate crisis brings droughts, floods, and storms that wipe out harvests. Rising prices make it impossible for many to get enough to eat.

In 2023, 309 million people worldwide did not have enough to eat – an increase compared to 258 million in 2022.

Behind these numbers are children whose childhood becomes a struggle for survival. After just a few days, appetite and energy fade. Children become tired and unable to play or learn. After a few weeks, the consequences become life-threatening: muscles waste away, organs begin to fail, and eyesight deteriorates.

Every minute, an average of
35 children

are born into hunger. In 2024, this amounted to 18.2 million children worldwide.

Every year, 1 million children die from the consequences of hunger

Every year, 1 million children die from the consequences of hunger.
This makes hunger one of the most common causes of death in childhood.

Only with your help can we reach these children.
Your donation gives them a meal today and a chance for a future tomorrow.

Save a child from hunger

The good news: Hunger is treatable and preventable

Save the Children works worldwide in crisis areas to support children and families. How you can give children laughter, spoonful by spoonful.

HERE’S HOW YOUR DONATION HELPS

Together we can combat hunger and give children the nourishment they so urgently need, allowing children like Maryan to enjoy being children. Your donation will be used for all our activities, wherever suffering children need them most urgently.

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With 60 Swiss francs

you can provide a malnourished child with eight weeks of treatment using therapeutic peanut paste

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With 120 Swiss francs

you can provide a family of six with enough food for about one month.

With 250 Swiss francs

you can finance goats for three families, with each family receiving two goats, so they can provide nutritious milk for their children.

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Your donation supports all our activities and is used
wherever children in need require it most.