Learn About the World Food Program

If you're devoted to helping end world hunger, start with breakfast. Find out how free breakfast programs are working to solve hunger and poverty issues around the globe.

Compiled by Amy Zerello
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Having breakfast is linked to higher grades, better nutrition, and an overall healthier lifestyle. In developing countries, school breakfast programs are an incentive for attendance, but also a means to improve society.

The World Hunger Series' Hunger and Health bulletin explains that free breakfast programs "eliminate hunger, result in better health, promote social equality, and increase the effectiveness of other investments in human capital."

Learn about the WFP's free breakfast program in Cambodia.

About the World Food Program (WFP)
WFP is an organization that works internationally to help the United Nations end world hunger. By collaborating with other branches of the United Nations, WFP focuses on keeping the battle against hunger at the top of the international agenda. WFP does this by advocating for food assistance strategies for the poor and hungry in developing countries.

How You Can Help Support School Feeding
WFP is financed by donations exclusively. The links below provide more information on how to lend your support to the organization or its school feeding program.
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