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• WHAT WILL I BE DOING?
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The Danforth Center community of nearly 3000 volunteers created 523,000 meals for a small community in crisis in Africa. Thank you to all of our volunteers and sponsors!

To see photos of the event, visit out Flickr page

What is World Food Day at the Center? On October 14-15, the Center opened up its doors and enlisted nearly 3,000 volunteers to package nutritious rice/soy protein meals for people facing critical food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa. Much of the Danforth Center's scientific research involves finding long-term solutions to the scourge of hunger and malnutrition in this developing part of the world. We chose to commemorate World Food Day – a day marking the founding of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization – by increasing awareness and understanding of the challenge of global malnutrition and encouraging informed, year-round action to alleviate hunger through scientific and humanitarian efforts.
We chose to commemorate World Food Day – a day marking the founding of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization – by increasing awareness and understanding of the challenge of global malnutrition and encouraging informed, year-round action to alleviate hunger through scientific and humanitarian efforts.

A child dies every six seconds from malnutrition and related illnesses:

• The response from the heart is to help immediately.
• The response from the head is to seek long-term solutions.

This World Food Day event addresses both types of solutions, long and short term. Volunteers from all walks of life, some as young as seven years old, will have the opportunity to help package these nutritious meals and potentially save lives. While at the Center, volunteers will have the opportunity to learn about the work that the Center is undertaking to improve the human condition and preserve our environment every day of the year.