MDG: Alleviate hunger
Save hungry children and their mothers from eating trash and living on garbage heaps. Give children living in trashdumps food to fight their hunger.
We have found that the children and mothers who are at the trash dumps in the cities of developing countries are very malnourished. They look through the trash for bits of food to eat, and only eat the equivalent of perhaps a meal a day. The children are rather small for their age. Many children who eat food from the dumpsites suffer from diseases such as diarrhea.
We discussed this issue with school principals when enrolling the children in school. Principals have shared that this is a common problem. Students often faint in school from not having eaten in days. It is hard for the children to pay attention in class when they are hungry.
As a result, The Unforgotten also provides meal supplements to the children whom we support. In addition, in Yemen and Nepal subsidies are provided to the families as well to prevent the children returning to wastepicking instead of studying.