IMPACT FACT SHEET: FOOD
FOOD
OUR FOOD PROGRAMS
Nearly 795 million people go hungry every day. This needs to change.
THANKYOU FOOD EXISTS TO FUND
FOOD PROGRAMS GLOBALLY.
SUDAN
CAMBODIA
KENYA
AUSTRALIA
4
COUNTRIES
42
COMMUNITIES
ESTIMATED
44
SOLUTIONS
28.7 MILLION
132,664
PEOPLE
DAYS OF FOOD ACCESS PROVIDED
(as of February 2017)
IMPACT FACT SHEET: FOOD
OUR FOOD PROGRAMS
Thankyou food products have funded a range of projects
Thankyou food programs are divided into:
across four countries including:
• Food for Now
/ KENYA / SUDAN / CAMBODIA
Aims to address severe and immediate food
/ AUSTRALIA
insecurity through providing access to food aid.
• Food for Future
Involves providing access to training, education
and assets to improve the long-term food
security and overall health of communities .
• Domestic Food Programs
Aims to tackle food insecurity for vulnerable
people groups.
MRS BUN KIM HEN & MR MUT MET
Cambodia
Food for Future Program 2014–2015
IMPACT FACT SHEET: FOOD
T H E I SS U E
Nearly 795 million people go hungry every day, which has
a devastating impact on all aspects of their lives (FAO, 2015).
Health
Economic
Hunger kills more than AIDS, malaria and
Malnutrition has a direct link to poverty. Adults
tuberculousis combined (WVP, 2009). Nearly half
who are malnourished struggle to perform physical
of all deaths in children under five are attributable
activity beyond a certain point and therefore have
to undernutrition, which translates to unnecessary
low work productivity, resulting in low income.
loss of about 3 million young lives a year
This loss of human potential, in addition to direct
– that’s 1 child every 10 seconds (UNICEF, 2016).
healthcare costs, means that malnutrition costs
the global economy approximately US$3.5 trillion
Future
Poor nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life
can lead to stunted growth (too short for age) which
is irreversible and associated with impaired cognitive
a year (WFP, UN 2013). In Asia and Africa, annual
GDP losses from low weight, poor child growth
and micronutrient deficiencies average 11% (Global
Nutrition Report, 2016).
ability, reduced school performance, diminished
lifetime earnings by 10% or more and substantially
reduced future labour productivity (UNICEF, 2016;
World Bank, 2006). Globally, 159 million children
under five are stunted (Global Nutrition Report, 2016).
M R H E N G VA N N A
Cambodia
Food for Future Program 2014–2015
IMPACT FACT SHEET: FOOD
T H E S O LU T I O N
Each food pack helps get food to people in need through life-changing food solutions,
which are carried out by our incredible impact partners and the local communities.
Food for Now™
Food for Future™
We fund immediate food relief for communities
As we see a great importance in empowering
where access to food is disrupted by famine,
community members to work towards building
drought, war or natural disasters.
their own futures, we fund long-term sustainable
solutions. These typically include education around
Domestic Food Programs
best practice agricultural techniques while teaming
We fund food programs in countries Thankyou
up with other farmers to increase productivity
operates in to serve the most vulnerable and
and innovative teamwork.
at-risk people groups who face regular
food insecurity.
“Give a man a fish and you’ll feed him. Teach a man how to fish
and he’ll be fed for a lifetime” – ANNE RITCHIE
Cambodia
Food for Future Program 2014–2015
IMPACT FACT SHEET: FOOD
T H E I M PAC T
Increased food security brings fundamental improvement to people’s lives.
Health
Economic
Adequate nutrition is a crucial factor in the fight to
Smallholder farmers, especially female farmers,
reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and
often are among the population segments with
combat AIDS, malaria and other disease (Copenhagen
the highest incidence of malnutrition. Malnourished
consensus, 2008).
farmers are less able to undertake strenuous
physical work both on and off farms, thus
G
lobal Security
substantially reducing labour productivity
Providing people with adequate nourishment can
(World Bank, 2016). Investments in preventing
bring peace to volatile situations, as food insecurity
and eliminating hunger and malnutrition can
often serves as motivation for rioting and violence
therefore have high economic benefits. Every
(WFP, 2012).
US $1 spent on interventions to prevent malnutrition
is estimated to generate US$16 in returns (Global
Nutrition Report, 2016).
MRS OUM SOPHEAK
Cambodia
Food for Future Program 2014–2015