Richard Proudfit grew up in Minnesota and attended Merchant Marine Academy, sailing on cargo ships around the world. In 1974, while working as an engineer on a medical relief team in Honduras after a hurricane, he witnessed a starving child and was inspired to help feed hungry children. He started Kids Against Hunger to package and deliver highly nutritious meals worldwide through partnerships. The meals are inexpensive but nutritious, helping children not just survive but grow healthier according to evidence. Kids Against Hunger has partnered with other organizations to feed impoverished children in Nicaragua.
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Kids against hunger
1. Done By: Keith Tan (Leader)
Goh Lit Han
Titus Chan
Nathan Kok
2. Richard Proudfit
Born and raised in St. Paul,
Minnesota.
Father was a chef and resturant
owner.
He attended a private boarding
school.
After high school, he attended the
Merchant Marine Academy at Kings
Point majoring in enginerring and
business.
He completed his service in the
Merchant Marine sailing around the
world on cargo ships.
3. To continue setting up food packaging satellites in each
state of the USA.
Richard Proudfit started this organization is to hope to
end the hunger he is seeing in the world.
To spearhead community and youth volunteer
packaging of Kids Against Hungers highly nutritious
meals.
To deliver Kids Against Hungers food in the USA and
worldwide through partnerships with other
humanitarian organizations
These nutritional food is the results of the
experimenting of the food scientist to create food items
which are both inexpensive but nutritious enough to
meet the daily needs of the people.
4. During 1974, Richard's grand obsession with feeding the
starving children of the world began in Honduras.
After Hurricane Fifi killed and left homeless to thousands.
He went there as an engineer with a medical relief team
to help the survivors of that disaster.
Richard was too busy with his engineering and repair
works until a mother came crying, carrying her son near
dead child, pleading for help.
5. Richard was too busy with his engineering and
repair works until a mother came crying, carrying
her son near dead child, pleading for help.
That is when Lord broke his heart and he knew
that he had to go back and do something about
it.
6. Eye witness and photo evidences show the life-
saving effects of the Kids Against Hunger food for
the children who receive it. The standout difference
of the Kids Against Hunger food is that, by eating it,
starving children not only survive, but they begin to
grow healthier.
7. People Impacted
Kids Against Hunger teamed up with NiCE
(Nicaragua Christian Education)
Foundation to feed impoverished children
in Nicaragua sponsored by Highland Park
community church
Kids Against Hunger were in charged to
provide the package food for the Kids since
they were inexpensive meeting the
nutritional needs of the citizens