Covid-19: Hunger Relief
Support Child Aid’s Operation White Flag Hunger Relief
Help Us Raise $150,000 to Feed Families Facing Catastrophic Hunger in Guatemala
Thousands of children and their families in Child Aid school communities face a severe hunger crisis due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. You can help! Join our campaign to provide emergency food relief.
Every $50 we raise feeds a family for a month with life-saving food and supplies.
About the Campaign
Central America is fast becoming the next epicenter of the COVID-19 crisis, and the ripple effect of Guatemala’s national shutdown on the poor communities where Child Aid works is devastating. Curfews, quarantines, workplace closures and soaring inflation on basic goods guarantees that entire communities will struggle. Before the global pandemic, many Guatemalans suffered from food insecurity; now these same families face possible starvation. White flags signaling extreme hunger hang from thousands of doorways.
Children we know and love in Guatemala are suffering the terrible and life-long effects of slow starvation.
We must act fast to save lives. Child Aid is mobilizing all our resources to raise $150,000 to rush life-saving food to up to 10,000 of those people suffering most in the communities where we work.
In any other year, Child Aid would be delivering books to schools in Guatemala as part of our long-term literacy mission. But this year, as the global pandemic shuts down whole nations, our staff in Guatemala is distributing food boxes with beans, rice, vitamins and more necessities to stave off catastrophic hunger during this unprecedented crisis. We’ll get back to teaching these children how to read and write later. Today, we’re working to ensure their survival.
Over the course of Child Aid’s six-week emergency operation, we will feed as many as 10,000 Guatemalans, many of them the very same children who attend Child Aid schools. We make this effort possible by converting public elementary schools, located in some of the most remote and poverty-stricken communities, into food distribution centers. Our organization purchased high-quality food boxes through United Way Guatemala and partnered with them to reach people in desperate need.
We know the people of Guatemala and the challenges of their daily lives. But this crisis is without precedent. The Guatemalan people we know and love face the double indignity of battling a global pandemic AND a catastrophic hunger crisis at the same time. Our goal is simple: make sure these families survive the summer and past this pandemic-fueled emergency. Please help!
How You Can Help
Give A Box
Every $50 you give feeds a family for a month with life-saving food and supplies.
Start A Fundraiser
Start your own hunger relief campaign, and invite your friends and family to help you reach your goal.
Spread the Word
Share our campaign with your community on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter!
STAY UPDATED
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