Our Mission
Hunger By the Numbers
Almost 1 in 6 people in the world suffer from lack of proper food
25,000 people die each day from hunger – more than tuberculosis, malaria and AIDS combined. Imagine 71, 747 passenger jets crashing every single day.
6 million children a year die from hunger
1 every 6 seconds
10 every minute
600 every hour
Here’s what keeps us up at night:
Enough food is produced in the world for every person to have 4.3 lbs of food every day. But the reality is, hunger and starvation continues to torment children, adults and families. Numana can help you make a difference.
Our mission is to empower people to save the starving by raising awareness, providing actionable solutions and encouraging advocacy.
Through volunteer-driven, hands on meal packaging events, Numana enables others to send meals to countries where intense food insecurity exists.
Numana wants to partner with you. Read the facts and share them with friends, investigate sponsoring an event, volunteer at an event near you or donate to Numana to help fund the on-going hunger relief efforts.
Will you join us?
Board of Directors
- Rick McNary, Founder, CEO, President
- Bob Dole, Honorary Board Member
- George McGovern, Honorary Board Member
- Dick A. Morris, III
- Michael J. Kriwiel
Partnerships
Salvation Army World Service Office delivers our meals throughout the world. Learn more at www.sawso.org.
Food For Children has provided logistical support and inspiration to help Numana get started. Director Lyle Mullins has been pivotal in providing a basic working knowledge for our vision. Learn more at www.hsminc.org.
Stop Hunger Now and its founder, Dr. Ray Buchanan, have been extremely supportive of our endeavors to save the starving. As a man who has traveled the world and seen the face of hunger up close, he believes there is great need for more people to be involved with hunger issues. Learn more at www.stophungernow.com.
Jajo, an advertising agency, has been incredibly instrumental in the branding of Numana. They helped invent the name, designed the very popular logo, and have been strongly supportive of our vision. Without them, we would not be where we are today. Learn more at www.jajo.net.
OutReach Africa has been a great source of encouragement and assistance in helping launch Numana. Floyd and Kathy Hammer are doing tremendous work in Tanzania. Learn more at www.outreachafrica.org.
Universities Fighting World Hunger, Dr. June Henton and Dr. Harriet Jiles of Auburn University are pioneering, with the assistance of the U.N., a drive to enlist educational institutions across the world to become active in the fight against hunger. Learn more at www.universitiesfightingworldhunger.org.