Students take action
Students take action for Indigenous food rights “Words mean nothing if the actions don’t follow,” Aleena Ahmed told us, reflecting on the week of fundraising she helped lead with peers at Stephen Lewis...
View ArticleGrowing food (and love)
When the rains leave northern Ghana, so too do the men. Smallholder farm families who depend on rain-fed crops often send the men south in the dry season to find work – leaving children and wives – so...
View ArticleWomen reel in success
When aquaculture was introduced through Canadian Feed The Children’s (CFTC) food security project RESULT, women enthusiastically joined knowing they could cultivate high-protein food and earn money at...
View ArticleWhere are we now?
It’s been three years since the passing of South African activist Nelson Mandela (often remembered by his traditional Xhosa clan name ‘Madiba’) but his legacy lives on. Despite the challenges he faced...
View ArticleSponsorship changed my life
Yovani, age 14, is a sponsored child from Uganda. “My name is Yovani. I am 14 years old and I am in senior one at high school. I joined Canadian Feed The Children’s child sponsorship program when I was...
View ArticleTaking Responsibility
We recently brought you the story of the rebuilding of a school in Kpachelo, Northern Region, Ghana – a project brought to fruition with thanks to significant funding from the Ipsos Foundation. In this...
View ArticleGrowing in Garden Hill
CFTC is proud to announce that we have formally signed an agreement with a new partner, Aki Energy, which is involved in some exciting agricultural and food security work in Garden Hill, Manitoba – a...
View ArticleAid4Agriculture
Agriculture for Clean and Inclusive Economic Growth CFTC has joined the Aid4Agriculture Coalition to advocate for Canada’s support for sustainable agriculture and climate change adaptation for...
View ArticleCommunities cultivate change
Zemu carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. At only forty-six years old, she is the breadwinner for her grandchildren, their single mother Fatima, and her adult son who has a disability. The...
View ArticleA behind-the-scenes look
Each year Canadian Feed The Children’s local partners check in with sponsored children to make sure they are healthy, happy and progressing well in school – and to update all of the caring Canadians...
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