Hunger at Home

It is estimated that more than 30,000 Bahamians do not have access to a nutritious and fortifying meal each day

The Bahamas doesn’t have a hunger problem right?

These Are Some Common Misconceptions about Hunger in New Providence- ask yourself if any of these sound familiar?

The Bahamas is the wealthiest country in the Caribbean- and while, other poorer countries in this region may face hunger challenges, that is not true for us.
Look around! With so many citizens that are obese or overweight, how can we have a hunger problem too?
The reason people are hungry is because they are lazy and won't look for a job.
Hunger is just another condition in life that is not fair- some people have food and others don't. There is nothing we can do about this.

Meet the partner agencies that we serve

How does Hands For Hunger Help to Combat Hunger?

Hunger and food insecurity is a significant problem facing our country and our community. But Hands For Hunger's resources and our community's collective ability to resolve the problem are also growing.
Six days a week, Hands For Hunger collects and redistributes high quality, fresh food that would otherwise be wasted at no cost to recipient agencies throughout the island.
Since our refrigerated trucks set out on the road in the Spring of 2009, Hands For Hunger has rescued more than 200,000 pounds of fresh food and helped to provide approximately 200,000 meals to Bahamians facing food insecurity.
Hands For Hunger's goal for 2010 is to increase the number of agencies we serve to 24 and the total food we collect to 300,000 pounds over the course of the year.

Did You Know?
We import more than 95% of our food.

Striking Stat
50% of Bahamians living in poverty are children.

H4H Poll of the month
Test Your Knowledge About Hunger & Food Security in The Bahamas

In school, children from food-insecure households perform just as well as children that have enough nutrition daily.
	True
	False