The Hunger Site

Founded in 1999 by an Indiana software programmer called John Breen, the site aims to help alleviate world hunger. A simple click of the mouse allows you to make a free donation, and you pay absolutely nothing - the corporate sponsors provide the food in exchange for free advertisements and links. It has been hugely successful and in order to continue meaningful growth, Breen has handed the running of the site over to GreaterGood.com, who also ensure that 100 percent of donations are forwarded to the United Nations World Food Programme. Move around the site using the menu strip at the left side of the page, but on a daily basis all you need to do is click on the Donate Free Food button underneath the map. The layout is simple and the text is clear, and statistics come from internationally-recognised institutions and relief organisations.



Shop and give more from a wide range of worthwhile causes that don't only include food programmes but also allows you to click and give free mammograms to help prevent breast cancer, give free child healthcare, fund free books for children on the literacy site, help protect the endangered habitiat of the rainforest and support animal rescue shelters.



Special Features



Donate Free Food Clicking on this icon and waiting for the confirmation to come up is all you need to do to make your free donation. Bear in mind that only one click per day is counted. All food is distributed through the United Nations World Food Program.



World Map A country dims on the map every 3.6 seconds, signifying a death from hunger in that country.



Donation Totals Daily updates of how much food has been donated. At the time of writing, typical daily figures were between 20 and 60 metric tonnes of food. The number of corporate sponsors per day ranged from six to twelve.



Hunger Facts Information about world hunger problems. Although the figure of deaths caused daily by hunger are down on ten and twenty years ago, it is estimated that around 800 million people in the world suffer from hunger and malnutrition, and about 8 million people die from it every year.



Odds and Ends Relevant bits that don't fit elsewhere, such as literary quotes and extracts from thank-you letters.



Other Features



Resources, FAQs, press reviews, sponsorship information, translation of information into several languages, contact information. There are links to sites able to supply information about world hunger, plus the larger hunger and relief organisations and some associated non-profit-making organisations.