Who we are Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest private aid organisations in Germany, with no political or religious affiliation. It was founded in 1962 under the umbrella of the UN Food and Agricul...
Who we are Welthungerhilfe is one of the largest private aid organisations in Germany, with no political or religious affiliation. It was founded in 1962 under the umbrella of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). At that time, it was the German section of the ‘Freedom from Hunger Campaign', one of the first global initiatives for the fight against hunger. What we do We fight for the eradication of hunger and poverty. Our aim is to render our work unnecessary. We provide aid from a single source: From rapid disaster relief to long-term development cooperation projects. Since its establishment, Welthungerhilfe has supported more than 8,120 overseas projects with around 3.03 billion Euro, 5,746 of which have been self-help projects (more facts and figures in the latest annual report on our website). How we work Help to self-help is our guiding principle; together with local partner organisations we strengthen structures on a grassroots level and ensure a long-term success of our projects. Moreover, we inform the public and advise politics – nationally and internationally. We thus fight for change of the circumstances that lead to hunger and poverty. Our 2017-2020 strategy The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have added a very concrete goal to our work. We believe that the worldwide eradication of hunger is possible and that we can contribute to making it happen. We have a clear aim: Everywhere we work, we aspire to the eradication of hunger by 2030 (#ZeroHunger). In Welthungerhilfe's 2017-2020 strategy we have defined how we want to achieve this goal in the coming years. You can find our strategy on our website.