MERITAS FAMILY OF SCHOOLS AND FEEDING CHILDREN EVERYWHERE ANNOUNCE FIVE-YEAR PARTNERSHIP
Organizations Pledge to Pack Millions of Meals to Feed Children Worldwide(Northbrook, Ill.) January 19, 2012 – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates 925 million people are undernourished; more people are going hungry than the populations of the U.S., Canada and the European Union combined. More alarming, FAO reports, “Every five seconds, a child dies from hunger-related diseases.”
Recognizing the scope of this global issue, The Meritas Family of Schools and Feeding Children Everywhere today announced a five-year partnership in an effort to help put