Too many families struggle every day to feed their children – something, anything, let alone a nutritious meal. These families endure immense stress daily. Many resort to leaving their children at orphanages, not understanding the devastating long-term impact orphanages have on children. All of HRI’s programs support the fundamental goal of ending chronic hunger and resolving food insecurity for the long-term while keeping families together.

HRI programs focus on improving child survival and long-term outcomes by expanding access to nutrition; healthcare; education; clean water; sanitation; hygiene; psychosocial support; and other essential services for children and women.  These programs all work together to ensure children and families no longer suffer from various effects of hunger and malnutrition and that they receive the basic nutrition they need to learn, grow and thrive.

A key objective in our work is building family and community resiliency and household self-sufficiency by equipping at-risk mothers and orphaned youth, utilizing a culturally relevant, needs-based approach including small business training, vocational / technical schools, development programs and micro-grants to single mothers and orphans aging out of orphanages to ensure self-reliability for the future.

NEW PROJECTS:

As HRI continues to expand, its programs increasingly address the urgent needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs), particularly women and children in Haiti. In south Haiti, we are working collaboratively with the World Food Program (WFP) to alleviate the pain and suffering of tens of thousands of children and families facing severe malnutrition.

In Guatemala, we recently concluded a grant in collaboration with RTI and USAID and are actively seeking funding to continue the program in the northern Highlands. This program ensures children remain in school by providing school supplies, nutritional support, hygiene kits, and parent training.