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Creating Change with
Community Giving
49 percent of households receiving emergency food are families with children.
37 percent of those who ate food from an emergency food box last year were children.
Early childhood hunger and malnutrition can result in permanent irreversible health problems, such as hypertension, diabetes, as well as kidney and heart disease later in life.
One in four women have experienced domestic violence in their lifetime.
Studies suggest that between 3.3-10 million children witness some form of domestic violence.
1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime for an average duration of two years.
