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Sponsorship of a school-kitchen provides donors with a more personal connection to where their donations go. It is also a great way to do something meaningful as a family, groups of friends, or coworkers. Kitchen Angels receive regular updates on progress at their sponsored schools and, if they like, tours of the schools as well. Hundreds of […]

How to Make a Donation Help Put A Smile On A Child’s Face Generosity is what brings people of all races, faiths, and political views together across the globe. Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of others and is a fundamental value anyone can act on. The right

Feed the Hungry operates school kitchens in 35 communities in the San Miguel de Allende municipality, and one school kitchen in Misión Chichimeca, near San Luis de la Paz, which is outside of our self-imposed parameters. However, when we responded to their plea for help, the poverty of the community and the condition of the

To achieve our goal of addressing community hunger beyond schools and early childhood, we explore how we can join efforts with other charitable programs in our community to leverage each other’s resources, such as a synergistic relationship where we can combine another organization’s kitchen and distribution network with Feed the Hungry’s immense channels for acquiring

Family Nutrition workshops are conducted for the mothers of the children we serve. Individualized counseling is provided to the mothers of children identified as severely malnourished or obese. The health and nutrition of each individual child served by Feed the Hungry San Miguel is evaluated on a semi-annual basis to identify improvements or deficiencies in

As Feed the Hungry’s scope expanded to address the dire circumstances affecting our community during the COVID-19 pandemic, we became even more familiar with the hardships many of our rural citizens face every day. In 2015, 44.3% of the greater San Miguel de Allende population was in a situation of moderate poverty, and 4.26% in

In the small rural communities in the San Miguel municipality there are no daycare centers. This is primarily because the mothers do not have “outside” employment; they stay at home to care for their children, although some do participate in cottage industry activities. After around eight months of age, the children are fed essentially the

When schools are in session, Feed the Hungry San Miguel operates kitchens attached to 40 preschools and primary schools in the poorest communities in the San Miguel de Allende municipality. The majority of them are in rural villages. In most of the communities, cooks are hired, trained, and paid a year-round salary and benefits, while in