PROBLEM: 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.
In Haiti, 5.4 million people, nearly half the population, are struggling to feed themselves and their families, facing acute food insecurity – a still-worsening situation stoked by years of political instability, natural disasters, government neglect, and trade policies that undermine agricultural production. Haiti was once again ranked in the world's top 10 worst hunger hotspots (WFP).
Guatemala has the highest level of chronic child malnutrition in the Western hemisphere, with 46.5% of children under 5 suffering from chronic malnutrition. Indigenous Mayans make up 40% of the population and are disproportionately affected by poverty and food insecurity, with an 80% poverty rate and 40% in extreme poverty.
HRI IS RESPONDING: 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.
As HRI continues to expand, its programs increasingly address the urgent needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs), particularly women and children in Haiti. In the South, we are working collaboratively with the World Food Program to alleviate the pain and suffering of tens of thousands of children and families facing severe malnutrition.
HRI works with more than a dozen orphanages in Haiti to improve access to nutrition, education, sanitation, medical care, psychosocial support, and more. Our goal is to ensure that children living in orphanages no longer suffer from the
HRI works with more than a dozen orphanages in Haiti to improve access to nutrition, education, sanitation, medical care, psychosocial support, and more. Our goal is to ensure that children living in orphanages no longer suffer from the
HRI works with more than a dozen orphanages in Haiti to improve access to nutrition, education, sanitation, medical care, psychosocial support, and more. Our goal is to ensure that children living in orphanages no longer suffer from the
School feeding programs improve health, school enrollment, attendance, academic performance and gender equity. HRI provides the nutritious food and nutrition education while the schools take on ownership by maintaining and executing meal programs.
School feeding programs improve health, school enrollment, attendance, academic performance and gender equity. HRI provides the nutritious food and nutrition education while the schools take on ownership by maintaining and executing meal programs.
School feeding programs improve health, school enrollment, attendance, academic performance and gender equity. HRI provides the nutritious food and nutrition education while the schools take on ownership by maintaining and executing meal programs.
Adequate nutrition in the earliest years of a child’s life prevents stunted growth, chronic illness and is vital for healthy physical and cognitive development. HRI partners with SESAN (Guatemalan Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security) to provide nutritional support to children from 6 months to 5 years of age in the villages we serve.
Adequate nutrition in the earliest years of a child’s life prevents stunted growth, chronic illness and is vital for healthy physical and cognitive development. HRI partners with SESAN (Guatemalan Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security) to provide nutritional support to children from 6 months to 5 years of age in the villages we serve.
Adequate nutrition in the earliest years of a child’s life prevents stunted growth, chronic illness and is vital for healthy physical and cognitive development. HRI partners with SESAN (Guatemalan Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security) to provide nutritional support to children from 6 months to 5 years of age in the villages we serve.
When disasters strike, HRI is there! HRI was founded to provide emergency food and water support when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010. Today, we are providing emergency food distributions to extremely vulnerable families impacted by chronic poverty, natural disasters, political insecurity and more.
When disasters strike, HRI is there! HRI was founded to provide emergency food and water support when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010. Today, we are providing emergency food distributions to extremely vulnerable families impacted by chronic poverty, natural disasters, political insecurity and more.
When disasters strike, HRI is there! HRI was founded to provide emergency food and water support when the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti in 2010. Today, we are providing emergency food distributions to extremely vulnerable families impacted by chronic poverty, natural disasters, political insecurity and more.
