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Student Center

Credit: Susana Vera
Credit: Susana Vera

Welcome to Action Against Hunger’s Student Center! This is where students and educators can learn more about global hunger, how hunger is affected by current events and what young people across the nation are doing to fight deadly hunger. Get involved today!

Contact our Student Team if you're interested in hosting an Action Against Hunger representative at your school. We would be happy to give a presentation, facilitate a panel discussion, and/or inform students about ways to get involved in the fight against global hunger.

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Students in Action

Recent News for Students & Teachers

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June 5, 2013
Introducing Action Against Hunger's complex international work to American children is an ongoing challenge in my job leading our Race Against Hunger program, an initiative to teach kids about global hunger and philanthropy (I wrote about some recent Race events earlier this week)....  Read
NYC Race
May 29, 2013
Throughout the month of May, students from New York City, Chicago, and the San Francisco Bay Area participated in community-wide events for our Race Against Hunger, a service learning initiative that unites students around the world in the fight against global hunger. On May 4th nearly 1,000 students came together in Chicago and New York City to kick off our 2013 Race Against Hunger....  Read
September 24, 2012
The school year is officially underway, which means our Race Against Hunger initiative is back in action! The Race is our service learning program, uniting middle and high school students across the country in the fight against global hunger and malnutrition....  Read
September 23, 2011
In today’s world of technology, receiving updates about our work in the field is even easier. Through different forms of social media, we are able to share much more recent details about what we are doing. There are many different follow ACF as work across the globe. By subscribing to these different media outlets, we promise you that you will be in the loop of our work. Here are some ways to learn more:...  Read