Thirty years ago, I met a Haitian boy named Jerry. He asked me for a few pennies to buy a piece of bread. He hadn’t eaten all day.

What neither Jerry nor I realized right away was that his simple request would eventually help change the lives of millions of children around the world.

My encounter with Jerry that day opened my eyes to the extreme and needless poverty endured by children around the world.

Here was a boy starving for food—in a country just hours away from the U.S.—while farmers in America had a surplus of grain that was literally rotting from lack of demand.

Feed The Children was born from my encounter with Jerry—and from the realization that in a world of plenty, no child should go hungry. Not Jerry, not any child.

Thirty years later, we carry on our mission to ensure that hungry children around the world receive the food and care they need to live healthy, vibrant lives. Last year alone, we were able to supplement over 800,000 meals every day for hungry children and families.

The legacy of Jerry’s story endures in the work we do every day—work that you make possible.

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