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Operation Sharehouse is a program of Stop Hunger Now in which volunteers package high protein, dehydrated meals for use in crisis situations and as a highly nutritious food product used in school feeding programs and orphanages around the world. The meals are a fortified rice-soy mixture that also includes dehydrated vegetables and chicken flavoring with 21 essential vitamins and minerals. Each package contains six nutritious servings at a cost of approximately 25 cents per serving. Stop Hunger Now works with international partners that ship and distribute the meals in-country.<ref name="ia">{{cite web |url= http://www.interaction.org/members/detail.php?id=178 |title=Interaction information page about SHN |accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref> |
Operation Sharehouse is a program of Stop Hunger Now in which volunteers package high protein, dehydrated meals for use in crisis situations and as a highly nutritious food product used in school feeding programs and orphanages around the world. The meals are a fortified rice-soy mixture that also includes dehydrated vegetables and vegetarian chicken flavoring with 21 essential vitamins and minerals. Each package contains six nutritious servings at a cost of approximately 25 cents per serving. Stop Hunger Now works with international partners that ship and distribute the meals in-country.<ref name="ia">{{cite web |url= http://www.interaction.org/members/detail.php?id=178 |title=Interaction information page about SHN |accessdate=2009-08-09}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:03, 30 June 2009
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| Abbreviation | SHN |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1998 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Legal status | 501(c)(3) |
| Purpose | To provide food and life-saving aid to the world's most destitute and hungry in the most efficient, effective and sustainable manner. |
| Headquarters | Raleigh, NC |
Region served | Scores of countries worldwide |
Budget | $13.2 million USD annually[1] |
| Website | stophungernow.org |
Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief organization that coordinates the distribution of food and other life-saving aid around the world. The organization is driven by a vision to end world hunger in our lifetime and a mission to provide food and life-saving aid to the world’s most destitute and hungry in the most sustainable, efficient and effective manner.[2]
Stop Hunger Now's Operation Sharehouse program is a volunteer-based effort through which participants package high protein, dehydrated meals for use in crisis situations and which provides a highly nutritious meal to support school feeding programs in schools and orphanages around the world.[2]
In its efforts to respond to emergency needs around the world Stop Hunger Now receives and distributes significant donations of in-kind aid. These donations are large quantities of food, medicines, medical supplies and other such items as may be of use in fighting hunger and providing relief in a crisis.[2]
Mission
Stop Hunger Now's mission is to provide food and life-saving aid to the world's most destitute and hungry in the most efficient, effective and sustainable manner.[3]
Funding
Stop Hunger Now receives its funding primarily from church organizations, individual donations, and corporate sponsorships. Stop Hunger Now has already provided more than $100 million USD[4] to more than 70 countries of great need.[5]
Stop Hunger Now has the coveted 4-star Charity Navigator rating[6], having exceeded industry standards and outperformed most charities in the cause.[7].
Partners
Stop Hunger Now partners with organizations worldwide to help them locate and to distrubute aid. Partners include:
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Programs
Operation Sharehouse is a program of Stop Hunger Now in which volunteers package high protein, dehydrated meals for use in crisis situations and as a highly nutritious food product used in school feeding programs and orphanages around the world. The meals are a fortified rice-soy mixture that also includes dehydrated vegetables and vegetarian chicken flavoring with 21 essential vitamins and minerals. Each package contains six nutritious servings at a cost of approximately 25 cents per serving. Stop Hunger Now works with international partners that ship and distribute the meals in-country.[8]
Gift In-Kind Program
Through the gifts in-kind program, Stop Hunger Now works with partners to identify donors and needy recipients of in-kind aid. In-kind aid is a donation in the form of goods: we often receive food, clothing, medical supplies and medicines, vocational supplies and more. At times, we work with other nonprofit organization, such as MAP International and Gleaning for the World, who help locate donors and/or recipients of in-kind donations. In other instances, we will receive a request for aid directly from a recipient organization, or an offer of donation from a donor organization. Stop Hunger Now carefully screens the in-kind donations to be sure that they comply with our mission to provide food and lifesaving aid to the world’s most destitute and hungry in the most efficient, effective and sustainable manner, as well as our purpose and programs. We also carefully follow The Association of Evangelical Relief & Development Organization’s (AERDO) guidelines for relief organizations that receive gifts in-kind, including consideration of a product’s appropriateness, detailed recording, documentation and disclosure. [8]
Grant Program
Stop Hunger Now supports partner organizations in developing countries by providing direct financial assistance to support ongoing programs that provide food, medicines or other basic necessities to impoverished populations. This program enables Stop Hunger Now to respond to crises immediately by working with organizations already on the ground. It also supports local economies in developing areas and promotes self-reliance.[8]
History
Since 1998, the organization has coordinated the distribution of food and other lifesaving aid to children and families in countries all over the world.[9]
Stop Hunger Now created its meal packaging program, Operation Sharehouse, in 2005. The program perfected the assembly process that combines rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and a flavoring mix including 21 essential vitamins and minerals into small meal packets. The food stores easily, has a shelf-life of five years and transports quickly for delivery to remote areas for school lunch feeding programs and crisis situations.[9]
In 2007, more than 3.5 million meals were assembled. Surpassing projections, another 5.9 million meals were packaged in 2008.[9]
Timeline
- 1998: Stop Hunger Now was founded.
- 1999: Co-founder Ray Buchanan moved to Raleigh, NC for access to international corporate community and an airport.
- 2000: Stop Hunger Now developed a $250,000 relief project for Sierra Leone that will focused on holistic care for children affected by poverty and war.[10]
- 2001: Organization operated in more than 30 countries.[11] and received more than $900,000 in contributions.[12]
- 2003: Stop Hunger Now campaigns for peaceful resolution of Middle East situation[13][14][15]
- 2004: SHN helped to raise $8 million to feed and clothe the people of Afghanistan.
- 2005: Stop Hunger Now launches Operation Sharehouse program[16].
- 2006: Rod Brooks joins the organization as CEO.[17]
- 2007: SHN had provided more than $6.8 million in aid to crisis areas. Operations Sharehouse had at this point packed a total of 5.2 million meals with over 15,000 volunteers. SHN provided direct relief to crisis areas in forms such as digging wells and providing medicine.
- 2008: SHN packed 5.9 million meals this year alone, and holds record-breaking meal packaging event of 1,010,374 meals.[18]
External links
- Stop Hunger Now at stophungernow.org
- The Face of Hunger is the official Stop Hunger Now blog.
- Stop Hunger Now YouTube Channel
- Stop Hunger Now on Facebook
Notes
- ^ "Stop Hunger Now 2008 tax form 990" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ a b c "Stop Hunger Now homepage". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Stop Hunger Now mission page". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "NC Mission page about SHN". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Stop Hunger Now FAQ's". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Charity Navigator page about SHN". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Charity Navigator FAQ: How do I interpret your star system?". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ a b c "Interaction information page about SHN". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ a b c "SHN "about" page". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Stop Hunger Now to reach children in Sierra Leone". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Raleigh Group Works To Help Displaced Afghan Refugees". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Group Seeks Blankets for Afghans, Raleigh Organization Links with Church, Tries to Relieve Suffering". Charlotte Observer. December 3, 2001. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "United Methodists to participate in peace mission to Iraq". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "United Methodists among those requesting meeting with Bush". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "White House Vague on War Cost Estimates". newsmax.com. Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "VolunteerMatch information page on SHN". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "GuideStar information page on SHN". Retrieved 2009-08-09.
- ^ "Stop Hunger Now provides more aid than ever in 2008". Retrieved 2009-08-09.