Help fill the hunger gap
Donate today to have your gift matched* and provide DOUBLE the life-saving food and aid to hungry families.
Photo: Kesha with her two-year-old son. © Plan International
Kesha’s family is starving.
They came to a displacement camp in southern Ethiopia in search of food and water, but there isn’t enough to go around.
In February, governments around the world began making sudden, drastic cuts to humanitarian aid programs that could help families like Kesha’s.
Now there is a dangerous shortage of life-saving support and too many lives are at risk.
Will you please donate to help fill the hunger gap?
Your generous gift can help bring food and aid to families like Kesha’s so they don’t have to face this crisis alone.
If you act quickly, your gift will be matched by Plan International’s Equality Leaders to DOUBLE your impact for hungry families.
Help fill the hunger gap
Cuts to global aid are putting children’s lives and futures at risk
At the start of 2025, Ethiopia was already experiencing severe food shortages.
Conflict and climate crises have driven millions of people from their homes to seek food and safety in displacement camps.
Cuts to government humanitarian aid have seen much of the support they rely on scaled back. Support programs have shut down, life-saving supplies like food and medicine are harder to access, and children are suffering.
Hunger hurts children’s bodies and brains. It makes them too tired to play or concentrate in school. And their immune systems are weakened, putting them at risk of infection, disease, and even death.
Too many mothers have already lost children to this crisis. And they can’t rely on the government aid that should help them.
Every gift, every dollar, makes a difference. Your donation will help bring life-saving food, and hope of survival, to families in urgent need.
Photo: Kesha, 25, with two of her children. © Plan International
Your gift doubled by Plan’s Equality Leaders
Help fill the hunger gap
We sat down with Plan International Australia’s Deputy CEO of Impact, Mudasser Siddiqui to talk about hunger.
Take a listen and discover:
- Why food shortages are so prevalent around the world
- The impact foreign aid cuts are having in Ethiopia
- Why Plan International has a particular focus in Ethiopia
- How you can help fill the hunger gap
How Matched Giving works
*The first $80,000 received will be matched by Plan International Australia’s Equality Leaders. Any gifts beyond that amount will be gratefully received and used to improve the lives of girls around the world.
