Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Romans 12:12
A Word from Our CEO
Dear Ministry Partners,
Our global outreach revolves around stories of how God is being glorified in the lives you are changing. These stories include a family in desperate need of food after a hurricane in Jamaica, a persecuted Christian in Mali who needs a Bible, and a girl who needs to be rescued from a brothel in Bangladesh. There are many stories to share with you, and this Annual Ministry Report provides just a few of these snapshots.
The Apostle Paul told the Roman Christians (and tells us) to “be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Romans 12:12). Our global network of strategic partners points people to Christ so that they can embody these attributes in the midst of life’s challenges.
One day, the Lord will return and bring an end to hunger and hardship. Until then, let us keep partnering together for God’s glory so that more stories can be written that will live on for eternity.
Serving with you,
Joseph Williams, CEO
PS: Please scan the QR code or visit feedthehunger.org/2025recap to view a special 2025 reflection video we shared earlier this year.
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By stewarding God’s provision wisely, we strive to maximize every dollar for food, Bibles, and life-changing outreach so supporters can give with confidence, knowing their generosity is making an eternal difference. Thank you for giving.
The Experience PACKATHON 2025
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One of the most powerful events of the year occurred at the Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center in Taft, Oklahoma, arranged by our church partner Crossings Community Church in Oklahoma City. What began as a meal-packing event became an opportunity for dignity, purpose, and hope for incarcerated women, who are often overlooked. As they packed meals for hungry children and families around the world, participants were reminded that their lives still have value and meaning.
Working side by side, the women experienced the joy of serving others for the first time in years. This simple act replaced shame with purpose and transformed the atmosphere within the prison walls. Hands once marked by hardship became instruments of compassion and care. One participant said, “It makes my heart so full. Today I find that I have a purpose and can make an impact.”
This event demonstrated that compassion and transformation can flourish in even the most unexpected places. Scan this QR code to watch a video reflecting on all three of the 2025 prison Packathon events or visit this link: youtube.com/watch?v=0mYcRlEAjyw
465,832 MEALS were distributed domestically
Intergenerational ministry and a culture of discipleship are two core values of Lawndale Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. Hosting a Packathon brought multiple generations together in meaningful service and marked a fresh emphasis on outreach to the global community.
“We’re very thankful for our new partnership with Feed the Hunger. We hosted our first Packathon and saw two church goals come to life. Hundreds of church members attended. From young kids to 80-plus-year-olds, everyone had fun. We look forward to seeing reports of our boxes being delivered by their global Christian partners involved in long-term, relational discipleship.”
—Nathan
Morrison Children’s and Family Director
Feed the Hunger was honored to host the Leadership Greensboro Class of 2025 at our headquarters for their Nonprofit Service Day. As participants worked together to pack life-sustaining meals for children in need, it became a powerful exercise in teamwork and servant leadership. The meals they packed will not only bless schoolchildren but will also leave a lasting impression on participants, demonstrating that true leadership is rooted in charity, humility, and action.
Feed the Hunger is proud to offer service opportunities that meet critical needs and equip teams to grow together, lead with empathy, and create change that extends far beyond the walls of our warehouse.
. . .AND RECEIVE
The Central Destitute Infirmary in Bekwai, Ghana, serves individuals who have no family ties, have been abandoned because of medical conditions, or suffer from memory loss. The center has faced many challenges, including the need for adequate food, but thanks to your support, residents now receive three nutritious meals a day.
Oredupudin is a resident at the center. He was lured from the Ivory Coast under false pretenses and coerced into participating in violent rituals. When he realized what was being demanded of him, he fled in fear. He was captured, brutally beaten, and left for dead in the forest. Thankfully, he was found and taken to the home where he now receives care. The Feed the Hunger meals YOU provide extend help, healing, and care for those who have been neglected or cast aside.
For a hungry child, learning is difficult. The ache of an empty belly silences curiosity and steals focus. But when a nutritious Feed the Hunger meal is served at school, everything changes. Attendance rises, attention sharpens, and children are reminded that they matter. Each meal becomes an invitation to learn and believe that tomorrow can be better than today. Energy replaces exhaustion, and classrooms fill with renewed participation and hope. Families feel the relief of knowing their children are cared for during the school day. In this simple act of nourishment, a foundation is built for confidence, resilience, and lasting opportunity.
In August 2025, a land dispute escalated into a tribal conflict between the Gonja and Brefo people groups in Ghana’s Savanna Region. The violence claimed several lives and forced many families from their homes. In response, the government established a camp in Sawla to provide care and shelter for those who were displaced. Our partner received an urgent appeal from the Mother and Child Support Centre. The ongoing conflict had deeply impacted the orphanage, with additional children being sent there for safety and care. Nursing mothers and their infants were also in need of refuge, but limited resources and food shortages made it difficult to offer adequate support. In response, Feed the Hunger provided 30 boxes of Beans and Rice meals to the orphanage, helping ensure consistent meals for the children and easing the burden on caregivers.
Among the beneficiaries at the orphanage is a young boy named Paul (right), a Fulani child who was abandoned by his family. He was born prematurely in the bush, where his mother tragically died after giving birth. His father brought him to the orphanage a few days later and never returned.
Like Paul, many of the children at the Mother and Child Support Centre come from extremely challenging backgrounds. We are grateful that the food you helped provide arrived at a critical moment, bringing much-needed relief to the center. We have added the Mother and Child Support Centre to Feed the Hunger’s regular feeding programs to ensure a consistent and reliable food supply.
Feed the Hunger feeding programs are often the lifeline that keeps children and families hopeful. For orphans and for children who have been rescued from brothels, the nutritious meals that you provide replace feelings of abandonment, loneliness, and insecurity with love, compassion, and the realization that they are seen and cared for.
In Phoenix, South Africa, people are burdened by poverty and deepening food insecurity. Supplying Feed the Hunger meal packets to Mounthaven Primary School’s kickstart program (left) is just one of the many ways you help break cycles of hunger and open doors to education, faith, and lasting transformation. At this school, 420 children receive prepared meals, and the meal packets are also sent home with the children to help feed their families.
Sharing God’s Word Around the World
Thank you for providing funds to purchase and distribute Bibles in some of the world’s most remote areas. Because of your support, partners like Jonathan and Esther in Kenya have been able to reach isolated villages with God’s Word.
Bible distribution strategically includes impoverished and underserved church leaders and congregations. One of the churches in Machakos County, which borders Nairobi, has extremely limited resources. With no roof on their church (above), the congregation gathers to worship under the open sky on sunny days. Despite difficult circumstances, their faith and commitment to the gospel are unwavering. Your support continues to bring hope and encouragement to leaders and believers in some of the most difficult-to-reach communities.
“I thank God with all my heart. Before this year began, I did not have my own Bible. I used to borrow from others, and sometimes I would go days without reading the Word of God. When I received my own Bible, it brought great joy into my life. Now I can read the Scriptures every day, pray with understanding, and grow in my faith. The Word of God has given me hope, peace, and direction. I truly feel closer to God, and my desire to live for Christ has increased. May God bless everyone who made this possible.”
—Martha Karenja Bible recipient
Distributing Bibles is both powerful and challenging. While many of our faithful ministry partners face the threat of persecution, they remain faithful, and their impact is profound. Each Bible shared helps spark church growth and often leads to new house churches, especially in rural communities. Whether it’s sharing the hope of Christ with brothel women and rescued girls in a safe house or providing comfort to those who have been brutalized at the Mexican border, God’s Word brings spiritual peace to the marginalized and overlooked.
With your help, 300 solar audio Bibles were delivered throughout eleven remote communities in Mali, giving people with no access to Scripture a chance to finally hear it in their own language. In Mali, the average household includes six people; however, when extended family members are considered, as many as 15 or more may live together. If just six people listen to each audio Bible, approximately 1,800 individuals would hear the gospel in just a few days. Praise the Lord! Your generosity is making a tremendous impact, reaching thousands of lives with the hope of Christ.
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Beyond Basic Needs
It takes more than food to keep children healthy. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, Feed the Hunger distributes Hygiene Packs filled with essential supplies that help prevent disease and promote healthier communities. Each pack is assembled by participants at a Hygiene Packathon and includes a bar of soap, a washcloth, a toothbrush, and bandages. These simple items make a powerful impact in personal cleanliness and overall well-being.
Children in the tea garden region of Sylhet, Bangladesh, are among the recipients of our Hygiene Packs. Many families in this region live below the poverty line and have limited access to hygiene education and basic personal care items. The children here are so grateful to receive the supplies included in each pack. One of the recipients, a girl named Sushmita, said, “Feed the Hunger, I will always pray to God for you. The gifts you sent are very precious to us, and I thank you so much for sending them.”
In addition to food and Hygiene Packs, Feed the Hunger provides Edu-Packs to schools in Cuba, Jamaica, Ghana, Kenya, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Cambodia. The majority of the schools we serve are in disrepair and lack the most basic of school supplies. That’s where our supporters come in. At Edu-Packathons, participants fill pencil pouches with the basic supplies a student needs for day-to-day work: pencils, an eraser, a pencil sharpener, crayons, index cards, and chalk. And, although not essential, we add stickers for joy!
Guided by Christ’s call to love and serve others, Feed the Hunger works to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of vulnerable communities around the world. While food is essential for survival, true care goes beyond a meal. In places like Bangladesh and beyond, our partners distribute Hygiene Packs and Edu-Packs as a way to build healthier communities and reflect God’s love in tangible ways.
Your GenerosityAt Work
Born with a disability, James (right) has never been able to walk and has spent his life crawling from place to place. When our partner in Ghana made an appeal for help, Feed the Hunger responded by providing a handpedal wheelchair. This gift has brought him tremendous relief and dignity and marked a turning point in his faith journey.
For many years, James believed that God did not love him. He had followed traditional beliefs and had only visited a church once before. But through this simple yet powerful act of kindness, James experienced God’s love in a personal way. After receiving his wheelchair, he accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior and began attending a church in his village. Although James is not yet attending regularly, his life has been deeply impacted. He now knows that he is seen, valued, and loved by God.
Your support of Children’s Outreach allowed us to send funds to Nairobi Language Institute in Kenya, a faithful partner since 1996. Headmaster Charles serves students in the Kawangware slum, providing both a quality education and spiritual guidance from preschool through eighth grade.
When Charles reached out to us, it was clear the school had some very practical needs. Teachers were doing their best without enough textbooks for grades 7 and 8 and were short on classroom supplies like paper, chalk, rulers, crayons, and workbooks. The students were also missing simple joys because they lacked recess equipment. Something as basic as a soccer ball can bring joy and make a big difference in a child’s day. Because of your support, we were able to purchase everything that was requested and even Bibles for students who didn’t have one. Thank you for equipping these students with the resources they need to learn well, grow in faith, and move toward a brighter future.
Thank you for walking alongside us with our partners through our Spiritual Needs program, especially during the Christmas season. Because of your generosity, we’re able to bless our ministry partners, both here in the US and around the world, with a meaningful Christmas gift to support special outreaches in their communities. These moments, often planned months in advance, bring families together over a shared meal and extend our partners’ ministries in a special way.
RIght: “I am very happy this morning because I can prepare food for my children to eat at this festive season. My husband is not there and nobody cares for us. Please, transmit all our thanks to the people in America for their kindness.”
— Nana Joanna food recipient in Togo
Top: “With your support, we have preached to the poor and sent Christmas gifts to poor children in many places in Vietnam and Cambodia. Thank God for hundreds of believers everywhere during this Christmas season when we came. God miraculously opened the door for us to preach Christmas and give gifts to a high school, especially when we were not free to preach the Gospel there. Thank God that 1,700 students believed in Lord Jesus. Thank God and thank you for working with us for Jesus.”
—Pastor M,
Feed the Hunger partner in Vietnam
Called to Respond
Thank you for supporting Aid and Relief, which provides timely assistance to our partners when needed most. Whether it’s responding to a natural disaster, an urgent medical need, or suffering caused by persecution, your generosity makes this immediate help possible.
In October 2025, Hurricane Melissa struck Feed the Hunger partner countries in the Caribbean. It was the strongest storm on record to directly hit Jamaica, leaving homes, schools, and other structures damaged or destroyed. In addition to the annual container of Feed the Hunger food, you helped send 271,008 meals and other essential items specifically for hurricane relief.
Around the same time, many families in the US faced additional hardship when their SNAP benefits were paused, making it even more difficult to put food on the table. Your packing efforts during the government shutdown provided 160,362 Feed the Hunger meals to food pantries and other ministries. Because of your compassionate response, we were able to simultaneously help communities recover from a hurricane and ensure that families had the food they urgently needed. We are grateful that God shows up for those in need through you and through your involvement with Feed the Hunger.
The LOVE of GOD Transformational
Feed the Hunger’s outreach along the Mexican border serves individuals and families who are seeking to cross legally but find themselves trapped in prolonged uncertainty. Life in this waiting place is often harsh, and while the reality cannot be softened, it must be met with compassion. For our team, witnessing this firsthand was deeply impactful.
During their visit, the team encountered stories that revealed both profound suffering and remarkable resilience. One woman from Colombia shared how her husband was forced by guerrillas to dig his own grave before being killed. A mother and daughter clung to one another in tears as the mother struggled with the pain of being unable to protect her daughter, who had been assaulted just weeks earlier. Another mother, who had fled Honduras with her young son, described a perilous 1,200-mile journey to escape an abusive husband, hiding between a bus engine and toilet to survive the trip.
The team also visited two schools started by our partner church that were created to serve dozens of migrant children who otherwise would have no access to education, structure, or hope for the future. In the midst of fear and instability, these schools offer the sense of normalcy and care they crave. And through it all, Feed the Hunger meals have helped sustain families and students during this season of waiting. People are hurting, and because of you, our faithful partners, we are able to help. It’s just that simple.
Called to New Places
EXPANDING Outreach THE
Expanding our outreach requires faith to move beyond human limitations and follow where God opens the door. Now headquartered in a facility with space to do more than ever before, Feed the Hunger is equipped to reach new places and unengaged people not only with practical help in times of need but also with the lasting hope found only in Christ. Pakistan, South Africa, Cuba, and Mexico are all home to new partnerships for Feed the Hunger, and areas of Central America are now within reach.
When visiting Pakistan, our team learned that many of the families working in brick factories cannot read or write, which makes them especially vulnerable to exploitation. Most families carry debts and are forced to work to repay what they owe. Tragically, these debts are often passed down to their children, creating a cycle of servitude that seems impossible to break. Children have no access to schooling, and most are married by the age of 13 or 14, leaving little room to imagine a brighter future. Yet even in the midst of such hardship, God’s hand is at work.
During our visit, one urgent need became clear: families had no safe place for toileting or bathing. Through your generosity, a communal washroom has been fully funded, bringing dignity, improved health, and a meaningful reminder of God’s care into daily life.
We also met a woman who was seriously injured during childbirth. She lives in constant pain and cannot stand upright. It is believed her back may have been broken. Because of your faithful support, arrangements have been made for her to receive the medical care she desperately needs, offering not just physical healing but encouragement as well.
Advancing the Mission from Within
At Feed the Hunger, expansion is not only about reaching new places. It is also about strengthening the spiritual foundation in Christ from which all ministry flows. That conviction is expressed in the creation of the new prayer room in our headquarters.
Prayer has always been foundational to Feed the Hunger, but as the ministry has grown, we wanted to make prayer even more central and visible. The prayer room is not more holy than the offices, conference rooms, or warehouse space because the work done in those places is holy too, but setting aside this space makes a clear statement about our ultimate dependence on God rather than on human effort.
The prayer room reflects three convictions. First, prayer is a priority. The fruitfulness of the ministry begins with the work of the Holy Spirit through prayer. Second, prayer is powerful. It is “the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.” Third, prayer is relational. God continues to meet his people in formative ways when they pray together.
As Feed the Hunger expands its outreach, it does so covered in prayer and seeking God’s guidance and sustaining grace.
Our new headquarters has become more than just a building. It’s a place where hearts and hands come together in service. Every corner of this space is filled with purpose. From planning life-changing outreach programs to hosting eager volunteers to welcoming community members, we now have a home where people can gather, collaborate, and serve others. This space is a tangible reflection of the kingdom work you make possible. Together, we are multiplying acts of love and spreading God’s hope to even more lives.
Although we’ve settled comfortably into this new space, we continue to work by faith, believing that God will call upon the hearts of others to help us make this place our own. For more information about how YOU can help expand the outreach, visit feedthehunger.org/eto
Covered in Prayer
As I reflect on this past year at Feed the Hunger, my heart is filled with gratitude. We have seen God provide in remarkable ways—opening doors in new countries, sustaining long-standing partnerships, and using ordinary acts of obedience to bring hope to hungry children and communities. Every story in this report points to the same truth: God has been faithful.
I am also deeply thankful for you. Your generosity, prayers, and encouragement are a central part of this ministry. You are co-laborers in the work God is doing through Feed the Hunger, and your faithfulness is bearing fruit in people and places you may never see this side of eternity.
As we look ahead, I am reminded that lasting fruit always flows from abiding in Christ. Before we pack meals, ship containers, distribute Bibles, or travel to new places, we come first to the Lord. This is what I often think of as the work before the work—cultivating a deep, dependent, prayerful life with God so that everything we do flows from him rather than from ourselves.
That posture is shaping the future of Feed the Hunger. It is why we have invested in spaces and rhythms that call us to prayer. It is why we are prioritizing spiritual care for staff and partners. And it is why we move forward with confidence, not in our capacity, but in God.
My prayer for the coming year is simple: that we would remain a ministry covered in prayer, rooted in Christ, and led by the Holy Spirit. May God continue to use Feed the Hunger to nourish bodies, awaken hearts, and reveal the transforming love of Jesus in every place he sends us.
With gratitude and hope,
Matt Smith
Spiritual Development Director
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