Working to end hunger on World Food Day
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Cargill supports programs and organizations that improve the nutrition and health of people living in our communities where we operate around the globe. We focus our efforts on improving agricultural practices for farmers at every level of production, helping to improve incomes and livelihoods; advocating for functioning markets and open trade; and pursuing partnerships to find long term solutions to hunger and improving nutrition. Explore this interactive map to see examples of some of our efforts. On World Food Day and every day, Cargill is working to ensure everyone has access to safe, affordable and nutritious food that provides the foundation for an active and healthy life. |
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Ukraine
3% of the population of Ukraine lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2008)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill helped create the first-ever food bank in Kiev with a $50,000 grant and employee volunteers.
Romania
14% of the population of Romania lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2006)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill funds "Every Child in Preschool," which provides food coupons to families based on their child's school attendance.
Hungary
6% of the population of Hungary lives on less than $5 per day (Source: World Bank 2007)
What Cargill is doing
In Hungary, Cargill has been supporting the food bank for several years, providing employee volunteers and financial support to purchase a new van for food deliveries.
Poland
11% of the population of Poland lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2008)
What Cargill is doing
Since 2010, employees in Wroclaw, Poland have volunteered in their local TESCO supermarkets to collect over 900kg of food donations each year to support the “Share Your Meal Campaign” organized by the Wroclaw Food Bank.
Italy
1.7 million people relied on the Italian Federation of Food Banks in 2011 (Source: Italian Federation of Food Banks)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports a project called "Eat Healthy to Feel Fit," which teaches students about good nutrition.
Switzerland
6.8% of children in Switzerland are affected by child poverty (Source: UNICEF 2005)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill has supported local community organization Le Caré for 15 years, during which more than 400 employees have volunteered to serve meals to those in need.
Germany
More than 1.5 million people rely on food aid every week in Germany, a third of them children and adolescents (Source: Die Tafeln 2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports food banks across Germany, including funding that helps the Krefeld Food Bank serve hot meals regularly.
Belgium
In 2011, more than 117,000 people relied on the Belgian Federation of Food Banks for support (Source: Belgian Federation of Food Banks)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill provided funding to non-profit organization De Sprong to refurbish community kitchens that serve approximately 80 to 100 people a day.
Netherlands
More than 1 million Dutch people are living in poverty, including 380,000 children (Source: Dutch Federation of Food Banks 2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill employees in Rotterdam volunteered on a weekly basis to support the food bank with packaging activities. In Bergen op Zoom, Cargill supports the local food bank 'Goed Ontmoet' with transport resources, IT equipment and financial donations.
France
Each year, 750,000 people rely on assistance from the French Federation of Food Banks (Source: French Federation of Food Banks 2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill has provided more than $200,000 in funding and product donations to the French Federation of Food Banks, in addition to volunteer support.
Spain
In 2010, the Barcelona Food Bank provided assistance to over 100,000 people (Source: Barcelona Food Bank)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports a regional food campaign called "Gran Recapte" for which employees collected more than 1,000 tons of food in 2011.
United Kingdom
13 million people in the U.K. live in poverty, of which 5.6 million live in 'deep poverty,' making it hard for them to afford everyday essentials like food (Source: FareShare 2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports FareShare, a U.K. charity that combats food insecurity and food waste by gathering surplus food and redistributing it to those in need.
Indonesia
8.6% of the population of Indonesia is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill partnered with Institut Pertanian Bogor to build Indonesia’s first palm oil teaching farm to help smallholder farmers improve their productivity and standards of living.
Philippines
17% of the population of the Philippines is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports Food For Hungry Minds, an organization that provides meals to schoolchildren in poor communities.
Vietnam
9% of the population of Vietnam is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill collaborated with governments and others to create a Cocoa Project Management Unit and has trained more than 12,000 farmers on sustainable cocoa farming methods to help improve their livelihoods.
Japan
More than 650,000 people in Japan lack food security (Source: Second Harvest Japan)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill made a $250,000 donation to Second Harvest Japan, a Tokyo-based food bank, to support earthquake and tsunami survivors in the Tōhoku region.
China
11.5% of the population of China is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Across China, more than 2.5 million farmers have participated in Cargill's productivity-enhancing training programs.
Russia
11% of the population lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2006)
What Cargill is doing
Clean drinking water is essential to ensuring health and wellbeing. In Efremov, Cargill has provided $120,000 to provide clean drinking water to the rural farming community of Krugliki.
India
17.5% of the population of India is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Together with the Global Food Banking Network and Aidmatrix Foundation, Cargill helped establish the first food bank in India. Cargill also fortifies edible oils with essential vitamins that reach 25 million consumers.
South Africa
23% of the population of South Africa lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2006)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports Nana's Soup Kitchen, a local food bank that provides warm meals to more than 300 children each day.
Zimbabwe
32.8% of the population of Zimbabwe is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill works with over 40,000 smallholder cotton farmers to help improve their agricultural practices, generating higher yields and incomes.
Zambia
47.4% of the population of Zambia is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill is a partner of Cotton Made in Africa and the Competitive African Cotton Initiative, helping over 100,000 cotton farmers in Zambia to improve their yields and incomes.
Kenya
30.4% of the population of Kenya is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill donated 22 million pounds of rice to World Food Programme that helped feed one million people for one month in the drought-stricken Horn of Africa.
Ghana
29% of the population of Ghana lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2006)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports CARE's Rural Education Project, which to-date has helped 49,000 cocoa farmers and their families improve their farming practices and raise their standards of living.
Cote d’Ivoire
21.4% of the population of Ivory Coast is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Through Cargill's farmer training program for certified cocoa, 26,500 farmers have improved their productivity and standards of living.
Egypt
22% of the the population of Egypt lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2008)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill donated more than $200,000 to CARE Egypt to support smallholder farmer education that enables better market access and improved living standards.
Morocco
5.5% of the population of Morocco is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing:
Cargill supports community organization SAMU SOCIAL, which provides food for the homeless.
Argentina
10% of the population of Argentina lives on less than $5 per day (Source: World Bank 2010)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill is working on a logistics project to help 17 food banks with transportation costs, and helped develop a food bank in the city of Rosario.
Brazil
6.9% of the population of Brazil is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill supports the “de grão em grão” or "Grain by Grain" program, which teaches children about homestead farming and food safety.
Bolivia
24.1% of the population of Bolivia is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
In partnership with World Food Programme, Cargill’s Truvia® natural sweetener business is supporting school meals for more than 30,000 children in Bolivia each year.
Venezuela
29% of the population of Venezuela lives at or below the national poverty line (Source: World Bank 2009)
What Cargill is doing
In 2010, Cargill and TechnoServe launched an entrepreneur development program designed to identify promising small businesses and help entrepreneurs improve their livelihoods.
Costa Rica
6.5% of the population of Costa Rica is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Each month, Cargill donates much-needed protein to non-profit partners in Costa Rica.
Honduras
9.6% of the population of Honduras is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
Cargill employees helped build 27 kitchens in schools and each month Cargill donates much-needed protein to 70 non-profit partners in Honduras.
Nicaragua
20.1% of the population of Nicaragua is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
In partnership with Kids Against Hunger, Cargill employees in Minneapolis packaged nearly one million meals that were delivered to Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Guatemala
30.4% of the population of Guatemala is undernourished (Source: FAO 2010-2012)
What Cargill is doing
In partnership with Kids Against Hunger, Cargill employees in Minneapolis packaged nearly one million meals that were delivered to Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Mexico
Each month, more than 1.1 million people in Mexico are assisted by the 65 food banks that are part of the Mexican Food Banks Association (Source: Mexican Food Banks Association 2012)
What Cargill is doing:
Cargill funds a program for white corn farmers that, over the next 5 years, will help more than 300 farmers improve their productivity and standards of living. Cargill also supports non-profit organization Comedor Santa María, A.C., which feeds 3,200 poverty-stricken children each day in its 14 locations.
United States
In the U.S., more than 50 million people (1 in 6) struggle with hunger (Source: Feeding America 2012).
What Cargill is doing:
Cargill has supported Feeding America and its network of 200 food banks for more than 25 years, providing $7 million in funding and 15 million pounds of donated food.
Canada
Each month, close to 900,000 Canadians are assisted by food banks, and 38% of those helped are children and youth (Source: Food Banks Canada 2012)
What Cargill is doing:
Cargill has donated almost $215,000 to childhood nutrition non-profit Breakfast for Learning, and employees volunteer serving meals at schools across Canada.
