CHILD HUNGER


More than one third of food bank users in Canada are children.

While providing food to children in need is important, it’s not a permanent solution. Real change can only come through action in other areas. Which is why Food Banks Canada has developed various programs and policy and advocacy initiatives to tackle child hunger, head on.

Here’s how
we are working
toward a Canada
where no child
goes hungry.

POLICY AND ADVOCACY

Over the last decade, Food Banks Canada has worked hard to advance sound government policies targeting the root causes of childhood food insecurity.

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POLICY AND ADVOCACY

AFTER THE BELL

Many school-directed child food support initiatives are closed down during the summer months. In order to fill the hunger gap during this time, the After the Bell program was created.

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AFTER THE BELL

Communities across Canada coming together
to feed children

With children representing 400,000 visits to Canadian food banks each month, there is still a long road to go in our journey toward ending child hunger. Yet with your help, we may just get there a little sooner.

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP