Feeding Children Everywhere (FCE), a nonprofit organization based in Florida was started after the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti, with the goal of providing meals to hungry people. Since its inception, hundreds of thousands of volunteers have helped provide healthy meals to people in 49 countries around the world.
The organization’s latest project, Fed 40, was launched in November 2016 in the form of a mobile app. At its core, the app allows users living in designated low-income areas to request 40 healthy meals delivered to their doorstep in one day at no charge.
After starting in Florida, Fed 40 has since expanded to Texas, Oklahoma, and Connecticut, and plans to scale nationwide by 2018. Started with a $2,600 donation from the community of Ellington Congregational Church, the program was opened to CT residents.
How it works
Previous projects saw FCE working its extensive volunteer base by hosting events that gather individuals who collectively mix, measure and package four basic ingredients of a red lentil jambalaya meal. Meant to be cost-effective, healthy, and easy-to-travel, these meals are an efficient way to deliver a large quantity of meals with a limited amount of resources. The Fed 40 app will allow residents who are hungry in the United States simply click a button and have 40 meals delivered to their residence within a day.
Organization milestones reached
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— 20 million people fed
— 100 thousand people empowered and mobilized
FCE’s mission
“We are committed to providing healthy meals to those in need. Our delicious Red Lentil Jambalaya is all-natural, non-GMO, gluten-free and vegan. We source our plant-based ingredients from farms right here in the United States.
We are committed to sustainability. Creating a hunger-free world will be possible if we have an awareness of our impact on the world around us. We have implemented sustainability goals to reduce our carbon footprint and to eliminate the utilization of harmful plastics. This commitment also includes helping to create self-sufficient and sustainable communities through our program areas.
We are committed to making your contribution truly matter! Financial efficiency and meaningful impact are the pillars of our commitment. We believe that financial transparency combined with a high-energy, tangible impact volunteer experience is the key to a contribution that makes a meaningful difference.”
Additional info
Click here to donate to Feeding Children Everywhere.
See this article from the New Haven Register (Kathleen Schassler, May 9th) for more information about this program.