Our Impact
Our work spans across multiple countries in five continents and we are serving people in over 100+ cities today.
ASIA
ACT 4 Hunger activities occur in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, UAE, Qatar, Iran and Turkey. In 2020, ACT 4 Hunger served over 100,000 meals, supplied groceries to thousands of people and provided tons of food to animals and birds. This food was a lifeline to so many homeless and daily wage earners whose situation had deteriorated from bad to worse and for whom just one meal a day was a blessing.
The Act 4 Hunger team set up kitchens in Maharashtra state and a leprosy colony in Delhi through the Livelihood project. Today, ACT 4 Hunger is supporting many families through these kitchens & feeding thousands of people on the streets of Delhi and Maharashtra as well as the sick, injured and abandoned animals at Sanjay Gandhi Animal Centre in Delhi.
Currently in India ACT 4 Hunger activities are occurring in many towns and cities in 16 states, Jammu, Delhi, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Goa, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Punjab.
Future plans include expansion to all states in India, setting up a large kitchen in Delhi, start serving food through mobile food vans and serving daily nutritious meals to children in the Mohanji Ka Aangans (children’s homes).
Act 4 Hunger volunteers are regularly serving freshly cooked food to the poor people and pilgrims at the Kali temples in Dhaka and the ashrams at Barudi & Cumilla. Groceries are also regularly supplied to many poor families in rural areas.
This service activities of serving food to the needy is bringing positivity, happiness and fulfilment to both the recipients and the volunteers who are serving tirelessly.
Our volunteers have been active in the districts of Matala and Kurunagala and are about to start in Kegale district. Volunteers are serving dry rations and food packages to sick, disabled, elderly and underprivileged people along with their families. Clothes donation has also been conducted at the same time. Most of these poor families are headed by women or are disabled, elderly or sick members who have been having difficulty providing for themselves.
Cooking Up Change with Community Kitchens
In a world that often forgets its most vulnerable, ACT Foundation has launched Community Kitchens to address food insecurity in Sri Lanka. These kitchens are a lifeline for countless individuals and families facing hunger on a daily basis. By serving nutritious, hot meals, the foundation ensures that no one goes to bed hungry.
But ACT Foundation’s impact goes beyond filling empty stomachs. It provides comfort, hope, and a sense of belonging to those who need it most. These kitchens are places where people find not just food, but also a community that cares.
Nurturing the Future with School Nutritional Meal Program
Education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty, but learning on an empty stomach is a challenge too many children face. ACT Foundation recognized this obstacle and launched the School Nutritional Meal Program.
By providing wholesome meals to schoolchildren, the foundation not only fuels their bodies but also nourishes their dreams. These meals are an investment in the future of Sri Lanka, ensuring that children have the energy and focus they need to excel in their studies and create better lives for themselves.
Locations:
Hatton (Nuwara Eliya District), Kotagala (Nuwara Eliya district), Kayts (Jaffna district), Velanai (Jaffna district)
250 school children fed every school day, total of 6000 meals a month on average.
AUSTRALIA and SE ASIA
ACT 4 Hunger is currently active in Australia, Malaysia, Phillipines and Singapore.
Act4Hunger activities are happening weekly in the Philippines in Roxas city and the surrounding areas as well as seven localities in the coastal cities of Cogon, Culasi, Libas, Gabu-an and Pontevedra.
After a period of regular activity in the areas, the kids are behaving better, showing up clean and wearing their donated T-shirts. They come on time and are happy to participate in the activities. Friendships are developing between volunteers and the community who are developing a greater awareness of hygiene, cleanliness and the benefits of plant based food.
Needy families are being supplied with food essentials and children being fed regularly in and around Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Sabah. A number of animal shelters in and around Kuala Lumpur and Penang are being supplied with dog and cat food regularly.
In Australia food and grocery items are being donated to Asylum Seekers Resource centre across both Sydney and Melbourne. The support extended has benefitted hundreds of people and allows them to live with dignity.
EUROPE
Currently ACT 4 Hunger is active in Albania, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Russia and the UK.
In Serbia ACT 4 Hunger teams direct most of their activities to help socially disadvantaged families living in difficult conditions, especially those with many children. Through direct visits to these families and by donating food that will cover their food needs for at least a week, the ACT 4 Hunger teams aim to support and inspire these people. They are offered hope for a better life in which they can seek a permanent solution to their problems and always be hopeful.
In addition to families, ACT 4 Hunger in Serbia supports people with disabilities by providing food that is served in their centers. Currently the Serbian teams continues to donate food to centers for people with disabilities in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Sremska Mitrovica, Kragujevac and Valjevo. Given that these cities are mostly in the north of Serbia, the goal in the future is to provide help to the southern region of the country as well. The ACT 4 Hunger team has already been formed in the city of Niš in the South and is working towards reaching the stated goal.
The Russian ACT 4 Hunger team started its regular activities in September 2020. Since then they have delivered hundreds of kgs of food to people in need. The volunteers have visited homeless and disabled people at homes and shelters in St.Petersburg as well as various places in Siberia including Khakassia and Krasnoyarsk. The teams have been serving vegan food like rice, pasta, beans, fresh vegetable and fruits. It makes a huge difference in the lives of the single mothers who temporarily stay there and try work towards independence and self sufficiency.
In the UK, ACT 4 Hunger activities are mainly occurring in and around London. Cooked food and rations are being provided regularly to poor families, the homeless and rough sleepers in various locations. The UK team is also supporting local food banks and homeless shelters by providing food rations and food packages. They also working closely with an animal sanctuary and rescue centre a couple of hours away from London where they regularly donate food to the animals as well as providing voluntary support to plant fruit bearing tress which is a sustainable way to provide food long term for the residents and animals.
AFRICA
Act 4 Hunger has conducted activities in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritius and South Africa.
South Africa is leading on a number of different projects in different states of South Africa. Currently the team is providing ongoing weekly support to over 300 children in Shumbasbha, 500 children in Sandown High School and four baby shelters in Pretoria including the Rock of hope shelter which is a place of safety, a nursery and loving home for abandoned babies and toddlers. The babies are served with baby food and the older children with fresh food.
Weekly activities also occur in Hillbrow and KZN (KwaZulu-Natal) where the homeless are served in kitchens and at Olievenhoutbosch Disability home serving the disabled.
Monthly ACT 4 Hunger activities occur at a Cerebral Palsy shelter home in West Rand by serving fresh fruit and vegetables, in Forsburg where over 200 homeless people are regularly served food plus further activities in Lenasia, Eikenof Homes, Inqolobane Children’s Home and the House Group in Cyrildene. Other places where ACT 4 Hunger occur include a number of schools, community centres, clinics, children’s homes and homeless shelters in a number of different places in KZN, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban.
Every month up to 200 home cooked meals have been served to the homeless since 2019. Most of the activity is carried out in Addis Ababa and the neighbouring areas such as Entoto, Hawasa and Sodere where ACT 4 Hunger volunteers serve food to the children, orphans, homeless as well as animals.
NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA
ACT 4 Hunger activities are occurring in Canada, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, USA and Venezuela.
The main focus of the activities are food and education. The Canadian team are working with different food banks and homeless shelters in Toronto, Brampton, Orangeville and Sherburne. The volunteers collect and donate non-perishable food as well as freshly cooked food to the homeless, women’s shelters, youth shelters, food banks and low-income families in these areas. Food for wild birds and animals is also offered each day.
The of donation of food is greatly needed and has quite an impact, especially during the pandemic times where there is a loss of income for many people. For the birds and animals, the food served is very much needed due to the scarcity of food in the harsh cold Canadian winter.
In addition to the above activities, the Canadian team have extended a helping hand to ACT 4 Hunger teams outside Canada like India, Venezuela, Philippines, Peru by providing much needed funds for the ACT 4 Hunger activities.
The ACT 4 Hunger teams are active in Connecticut, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Iowa, Maryland, Virginia, Houston and Frisco, Texas and California’s Bay Area. Recently they added two new locations Chattanooga TN and Los Angeles, California. The teen volunteers in CA have been raising money through 3D printing workshops and have helped to serve local communities. The volunteers in Texas have been helping victims of the hurricanes in the region. The volunteers serve food in homeless shelters, soup kitchens, animal sanctuaries and community centres. During the year 2020, the USA team donated approximately 6000 kilos of food.
ACT 4 Hunger USA team also actively supports initiatives in multiple countries in South America such as Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil.
The ACT 4 Hunger teams in Peru are supporting the Saving Lives project to help the indigenous people in the Cuncani region near Machu Picchu. It is an empowering project, providing sustenance to more than 600 people. Our teams will be helping to build two greenhouses and also supply Coherent water to grow vegetables in this drought hit region.
ACT 4 Hunger volunteers have been serving the Yawanawa tribes in the Brazilian state of Acre by providing rice, flour, cooking oil, pasta, fruits such as apples, mangoes, tangerines and melon. They were also supported by providing cooking gas to cook their food. In addition, they are provided with hygiene products and pharmacy supplies.
In relation to the future ACT 4 Hunger activities in Brazil, the team is currently in the process of understanding the needs of a small school in the poor neighbourhood of Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Initially the idea was to help them with school material but considering the deteriorating health and economic situation it has become evident that the requirement will be mainly for food. As of now, most of the donations for activities in Brazil are coming via ACT Foundation USA.
