Millions of people across the globe face hunger while nearly a third of food is lost or wasted. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Food banking is key to the solution.
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Our
Community-Led Approach

Our mission is simple: We advance and unite food banks to nourish the world’s hungry.
Mobilizing food systems change
We provide the information, space, and connections necessary to ensure the world’s food banks have a voice in global conversations, moving us toward lasting food systems change.
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Food bank leaders from around the world join a panel at the Food Bank Leadership Institute in Mexico City. (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Ken Jones Photography)
Advancing food banks
We ensure food banks have the resources they need to operate optimally, expand responsibly, and respond to unexpected shocks that come their way.
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In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, staff members from Kechara Soup Kitchen distribute food packages to community members facing hunger. The packages contains prepared hot meals, beverages, fruit, and baked goods. The food bank also provides basic medical services, and welfare aid to the homeless and urban poor populations. (Photo: The Global FoodBanking Network/Annice Lyn)

Food Banks: The Building Blocks of Civil Society

GFN research found that for every US$1 invested, food banks return between $4-7 in long-term social benefits.

Explore this first-of-its kind research that shines a light on the community-building effects of food banks across economic mobility, education, health, job training and more broadly, self-sufficiency and economic potential.

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Our
Stories

Data That Delivers: The App Transforming Food Recovery in Thailand
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Colombian Food Bank Helps Venezuelans Start Again
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How a Turkish Food Bank Helped a Syrian Refugee Rebuild Her Life in Istanbul
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Food Banking Kenya worker unloading fresh vegetables from a refrigerated truck in Kamae, Kenya.
How GFN Helps Food Banks Source More Fresh Fruits and Vegetables from Farmers
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Our
Impact

38
Million People
accessed food through a GFN member food bank in 2024.
1.9
Million metric tons of CO2e
were prevented by GFN members in 2024.
GFN’s time-tested approach to food banking has been essential to helping us build the model and better serve our communities.
Elijah Amoo Addo
Founder and Executive Director
Food for All Africa
59,000
Community Organizations
were supported by a GFN member in 2024.

Our Global Network of Food Banks

Find GFN members across six continents and more than 50 countries.
See Our Global Reach

The boundaries, names, and designations used on this map or other materials on this website does not imply official endorsement or opinion of The Global FoodBanking Network or its partners.

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Our Work

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