Feeding Hope & Hunger helps refugee children stay in school by providing free meals. Goal: $117,000

In July of 2022, Bret and his son Dexter Gundersen joined a group of volunteers to help build a chicken farm to provide jobs and food to refugees in Malawi. They met and became dear friends with people who are hard working, honest, and looking for ways to feed their families. Since that time, worldwide inflation and currency fluctuations caused food prices in Malawi to spike, in some cases doubling or tripling in cost. For refugees already struggling to put food in their stomachs, this created a life-and-death crisis.

One elementary school in the refugee camp saw that families were keeping their children home to earn money for food, while other children left school during the day, hoping to find food at home. In an effort to keep these children in school, and healthy enough to learn, we started Feeding Hope and Hunger to provide a nourishing school lunch to each of these kids, every day they're in school.

Now over 650 children are receiving a meal and snack every day. The food is sourced partially from farms staffed by refugee women and teachers receive a basic stipend to support their family's needs.

For just 65 cents one child can eat a meal. For $400 USD the entire school can eat lunch. Help these children stay in school by providing a meal, thus building their hope for the future through education.