Stop Hunger Now

Some facts about hunger in South Africa
• 3.3 million South African children experience food insecurity
• 405 000 children in Gauteng alone show signs of hunger such as feinting and lack of concentration at school
• 104 out of every 1 000 children die before they are 6 years old
• 35% of South Africa’s population live on less than R20 a day

Statistics SA and the Development Bank of South Africa (2010) Children’s Institute

Stop Hunger Now SA is an organization that provides nutritious, well balanced meals to children at schools and early-childhood development centers that do not qualify for government feeding schemes.

Stop Hunger Now promotes school attendance by insisting that children be at school

in order to receive these meals. There has been a marked improvement in school attendance where a Stop Hunger feeding scheme has been implemented. The motivation behind this is to attract children off the street and into schools and places of safety.

Their ultimate aim is transformation through education.
Providing the child with the right nutrition, gives him the foundation for learning; and because he has the ability to learn, he has a higher chance of

becoming an educated, contributing-member of society.

To find out more about Stop Hunger Now Southern Africa, please click visit their website.