Delivering food, shelter, and hope to the poorest of the poor
Food Program Impact
Your Gifts Fed the Hungry and Nourished the Souls of the Poor
Cross Catholic Outreach has been working hard to feed the hungry and heal bodies already affected by severe malnutrition. By funding global feeding programs and shipping hearty meals to impoverished communities, our donors have played a vital role in this mission, saving lives and nourishing souls. Supplying food is important because it also frees up a poor family’s limited resources to be used on other important things, including medicines, house repairs and their children’s education.
In 2019, your generosity helped us donate food supplies and funded nutritional costs for poverty relief projects in 16 countries. This included cash grants to 27 projects and the shipping of 31.3 million nutrient-rich Vitafood meals to six countries. Your efforts met the immediate nutritional needs of the poor, including nearly 4,000 school children, while playing a vital role in the Church’s efforts to holistically nourish bodies, minds and souls.
For example, in Guatemala, you helped Hope of Life rescue severely malnourished children from starvation and nurse them to complete health. In Kenya, you provided daily meals to Maasai children at Baraka Catholic Kindergarten.
2019 Food Facts
2019 Food Facts
Grants
provided to:
provided to:
27
projects
14
countries
Food
shipped to:
shipped to:
23
partners
6
countries
Vitafood Meals
shipped:
shipped:
31.3
million
Students
fed through feeding grants:
fed through feeding grants:
3,932
Elderly Feeding
programs supported:
programs supported:
10
Total Countries
served:
served:
16
We Fed the Hungry and Nourished the Souls of the Poor
Cross Catholic Outreach has been working hard to feed the hungry and heal bodies already affected by severe malnutrition. By funding global feeding programs and shipping hearty meals to impoverished communities, our donors have played a vital role in this mission, saving lives and nourishing souls. Supplying food is important because it also frees up a poor family’s limited resources to be used on other important things, including medicines, house repairs and their children’s education.
In 2019, your generosity helped us donate food supplies and funded nutritional costs for poverty relief projects in 16 countries. This included cash grants to 27 projects and the shipping of 31.3 million nutrient-rich Vitafood meals to six countries. Your efforts met the immediate nutritional needs of the poor, including nearly 4,000 school children, while playing a vital role in the Church’s efforts to holistically nourish bodies, minds and souls.
For example, in Guatemala, you helped Hope of Life rescue severely malnourished children from starvation and nurse them to complete health, and in Kenya, you provided daily meals to Maasai children at Baraka Catholic Kindergarten.
| grants provided to: (does not include projects categorized as education) |
27 projects in 14 countries |
|
| Vitafood Meals shipped: |
31.3 million servings |
|
| Students fed through feeding grants: |
3,932 | |
| food shipped to: |
23 partners in 6 countries |
|
| Total Countries served: |
16 |
Highlighted Food Project
Hope of Life Rescue Center
In 2019, Cross Catholic Outreach funded a year’s worth of baby formula and food staples for Hope of Life’s rescue center and covered salaries for emergency care workers. This project has had a huge impact on poor families in the mountains of Zacapa, Guatemala, where our ministry partner identifies starving children and transports them via ambulance to its rescue center for extended care. In just one year, as many as 4,000 children received critically needed milk or formula through Hope of Life!
Fast Facts
Fast Facts
Children
With support from Cross Catholic Outreach, Hope of Life provided as many as 4,000 hungry children with milk or formula.
With support from Cross Catholic Outreach, Hope of Life provided as many as 4,000 hungry children with milk or formula.
Critical Staff
Cross Catholic Outreach covered the salaries of 3 caregivers.
Cross Catholic Outreach covered the salaries of 3 caregivers.
Funding
Cross Catholic Outreach funds provided $36,440 to this project in 2019.
Cross Catholic Outreach funds provided $36,440 to this project in 2019.
Long-term Change
Hope of Life worked closely with families to ensure that rescued children do not relapse into malnutrition.
Hope of Life worked closely with families to ensure that rescued children do not relapse into malnutrition.
In 2019, Cross Catholic Outreach funded a year’s worth of baby formula and food staples for Hope of Life’s rescue center and covered salaries for emergency care workers. This project has had a huge impact on poor families in the mountains of Zacapa, Guatemala, where our ministry partner identifies starving children and transports them via ambulance to its rescue center for extended care. In just one year, as many as 4,000 children received critically needed milk or formula through Hope of Life!
Children
With support from Cross Catholic Outreach, Hope of Life provided as many as 4,000 hungry children with milk or formula.
Critical Staff
Cross Catholic Outreach covered the salaries of 3 caregivers.
Funding
Cross Catholic Outreach funds provided $36,440 to this project in 2019.
Long-term Change
Hope of Life worked closely with families to ensure that rescued children do not relapse into malnutrition.
*The number of projects includes activities funded in fiscal year 2019. The detailed outputs are activities completed during fiscal year 2019; uncompleted activities were carried over into the next fiscal year.
