Caring Report 2025—Feeding the Hungry
As God sent manna to His children in the desert and Christ fed the five thousand, so The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints strives to emulate the Savior’s example by feeding the hungry throughout the world through:
- Supporting child nutrition: Through nutrition screenings, supplements, parent education, and self-reliance support, the Church seeks to alleviate hunger for children and mothers.
- Operating bishops’ storehouses: The Church grows, stores, and distributes food to members and all those in need through 121 storehouses across 6 countries. In 2025, 37,063,409 pounds of food from storehouses were donated to humanitarian organizations and food banks, which equates to around 30,886,174 meals.
- Addressing immediate hunger needs: The Church works to provide immediate relief to those with urgent hunger needs, whether because of disasters or other circumstances.
- Creating long-term food security: Across the world, the Church seeks to address the root issues of hunger through locally appropriate and sustainable means.
Global Feeding the Hungry Projects
Youth Gather to Feed Hungry Neighbors in North America
Many people across North America face food insecurity. In Utah, for example, approximately 415,000 people don’t have enough food, so youth from the Church gathered to assemble one million meals for the Utah Food Bank to distribute across the state. Gracie, a young woman who participated in the service project, said she hopes those who receive the meals will feel loved.
Interfaith Efforts to Feed the Hungry in Europe
According to the CEO of The Felix Project, 1 in 8 working families in London turn to a food bank for help on a weekly basis. To help alleviate this burden on struggling urban communities, the Church and Muslim Aid, a charity in the United Kingdom, collaborated to support The Felix Project’s mission to distribute 40 million meals in 2025 by helping to develop a new depot for the organization.
Promoting Nutrition and Community Food Access in Africa
A community in Gambia relies on the Bakau Women Horticulture Garden for essential, nutritious vegetables. The garden is managed by 525 dedicated women who faced several farming challenges, including post-harvest losses from crops that lacked water and suffered heat exposure. To support these women’s great efforts, the Church provided a new market infrastructure and a solar-powered cold storage that reduced produce loss.
Promoting Food Access in Communities Across Asia and the Pacific
The Ihwa Young Children’s Home in South Korea cares for children when their families are unable to. Local Church members often support the Ihwa center with donations, and in 2025, the Church agreed to provide food deliveries for the center year-round.
In remote islands in the Marshall Islands, the Church worked with the local government to establish aeroponic tower gardens with solar power systems to keep them irrigated. These gardens now provide nutrient-rich vegetables in places where fresh produce is expensive and hard to come by.
Food After Disaster in Latin America
When a rainstorm struck Bahía Blanca, Argentina, and resulted in severe flooding, many families were left with damaged or nonexistent homes. The Church distributed food and other essential supplies to those affected. In Bolivia, the Church delivered two thousand food and hygiene kits following forest fires that devastated the area.
Food and Answered Prayers
Cheryl, the owner of a nonprofit food pantry in Texas, posted on social media about her food pantry’s desperate need for donations so that the pantry could continue to support those experiencing food insecurity in her community. The Church responded with a truck from Salt Lake City with 20,000 pounds of food. Jackson said, “The need is great, but our God is so much greater—that He touches your heart to say, ‘Hunger is unacceptable in our community.’”
“Unity with our brothers and sisters in the body of Christ grows as we heed the second commandment—inextricably connected to the first—to love others as ourselves.”