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World Central Kitchen

Fighting nutrition insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hunger has been a pressing global issue for years due to factors including economic shocks, poverty, war, conflict and more. The United Nations estimates that between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020.

In 2010, Chef José Andrés founded World Central Kitchen with a mission to be the first to the frontlines and provide meals in response to humanitarian, climate and community crises. Now, over a decade after it was established, the organization continues to provide hunger relief in communities around the world.

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Three workers in a kitchen, prepping to serve food to people in need.

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