Canadian Feed The Children

Our little secret

Starting on Giving Tuesday (November 28) choose a gift from the Best.Gift.Ever catalogue and your donation will be matched by a generous donor.

That means that your gift will have double the impact! Mark your calendar and get ready to check everyone off your list.

3 fall foods we love

These fall favourites aren’t just tasty – they’re helping families become food secure

Leonia is the proud matriarch of a large, close-knit brood. She recently joined a farmer field school where she learned to grow her new favourite crops.

Find out why we love these three fall foods.

“If a girl is educated, she can fight for her rights.”

Annet champions her granddaughter’s education

Annet hopes that Resty will avoid the fate of many of her peers who are forced to leave school. Resty shares that goal, because she knows an education will help her achieve her dreams. Read more.

Welcome to Ghana, Minister Bibeau!

Women farmers share stories of empowerment

Minister Bibeau visited the women farmers of Canadian Feed The Children’s RESULT project in Ghana on July 8. Women shared how earning extra income has helped them feed their families year round – and has given them a stronger voice in their community. Learn more.

Celebrating Women Farmers for World Environment Day

Helping the environment and feeding families

One key way the Government of Canada demonstrates its commitment to climate change action is through partnerships with organizations like Canadian Feed The Children that help farmers address climate change. Read more.

Thank You

You helped children thrive in 2016!

As we spring forward together through the challenges of 2017, we invite you to journey back with us through 2016 to celebrate all of the positive change in children’s lives that you made possible. View your 2016 Impact Report.

Planting seeds of love and equality

Life wasn’t always this way for Misku and Dawud

This past Valentine’s Day we couldn’t help but be touched by Misku and Dawud’s love story – the foundation upon which their three small children will grow up healthy, well fed, and in school. Find out how gender equality training and agricultural support transformed this family’s dreams for the future.

Impact of donations on kids

You gave Tigist a safe space to learn and grow

We are so grateful for your generosity over the past year and throughout the holiday season. Check out one of our latest reports from the field about Tigist, whose life has been fundamentally changed because of generous Canadians like you. Read Tigist’s story.

Your gifts change lives

Children and families share their stories

With the Best.Gift.Ever gift catalogue you can have a huge impact on the lives of children and their families in Canada and around the world! From giving the gift of a goat to a family in-need, to providing children with hand washing stations at school, the gifts you give are truly the best, ever. Hear from the children and families whose lives have already been changed.

Communities cultivate change

“Debo” tradition pulls community and donors together

“It is traditional culture to help one another,” Zemu told us, explaining how a local tradition called “Debo” propels local community members to help the single grandmother cultivate her fields. With neighbours’ and Canadian Feed The Children donors’ support, Zemu is working her way out of poverty. Read more about Zemu’s family.

“Sponsorship changed my life”

Yovani dreams of a better future

At age fourteen, Yovani was at a crossroads facing two very different paths towards the future. One was to chase his dreams of becoming a teacher by pursuing education, and the other was a life of poverty and (he believes) becoming vulnerable to drugs and alcohol. Hear directly from Yovani about how sponsorship changed his life.

Growing food (and love)

Improving food security and keeping families together

This past year families learned how to grow food in the dry season – helping to improve food security and keep families together. Hear from three farmers about what they learned and how it changed their lives. Read more.

Helping women farm better

Boosting women’s agricultural productivity is the key to feeding children – and with the impacts of climate change growing ever more severe, it’s more important than ever to ensure that women can gain equitable access to farming resources, training and markets. Read more about CFTC donor support is helping women get more from the land. Read more.

World Water Day 2016

How does water – or the lack of it – affect children?

March 22nd is World Water Day. Water is at the core of sustainable development, and is essential to human and environmental health and well-being. We see the impact of water – or the lack of it – on the lives of children every day in the communities in which we work. Read more.