Why the Global FoodBanking Network Matters

Hunger kills. It is the number one contributor to high mortality in the world¹.

Each year, the death toll from hunger and related diseases exceeds that of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined².

For those who survive, hunger and malnutrition undermine all other humanitarian and development goals.

¹ World Health Organization, The World Health Report, 2002
² World Food Program, 2005