Project overview

ShareTheMeal is WFP’s fundraising app that allows people all over the world to provide children with vital nutrition through a simple tap of the phone. In 2022, Share the Meal raised over US$ 28 million globally. Since the launch of ShareTheMeal, over 175 million meals have been shared with people in need.

The project has completed its life cycle with the WFP Innovation Accelerator - please visit sharethemeal.org

The Problem

Around the world, 690 million people go to bed hungry every night. With a record number of global crises emerging – many fueled by conflict and the effects of extreme climate – humanitarian needs are on the rise.

The Solution

ShareTheMeal is an app from the World Food Programme that enables people to "share their meals" with children in need. It costs just US$ 0.80 to feed one child for a day.   

The 80-cent Proposition

Even though we produce enough food for everyone, one in nine people is hungry. At the same time, there are 20 times more smartphone users than hungry people in the world. ShareTheMeal makes fighting hunger accessible to anyone with a smartphone, and gives them the ability to help end one of the greatest challenges of our time.

ShareTheMeal’s fundamental proposition is this: If everyone with a smartphone “shared their meal” with a simple tap and a $0.80 donation, we could help end global hunger.

The ShareTheMeal app has a community of more than 1.3 million users who have, as of August 2020, shared over 80 million meals with children in need. These donations have helped some of WFP’s most critical operations, including those in Yemen, Syria, and South Sudan.

Through different app features, ShareTheMeal gives its community the ability to connect both with the impact of their donations and with their friends and family. Over 37,000 people have joined The Table; a monthly subscription programme where members receive personalized updates about the families they’ve helped. Users can also create customized “teams” in the app, enabling them to set goals and challenge their friends, family and followers to join them in fighting hunger.

ShareTheMeal

 

We have dozens of apps on our phones, but one app keeps us grounded—reminding us to count our blessings, and think of others who have nothing and ask for nothing in return. ShareTheMeal, for me, is a daily inspiration and reminder that a child out there is smiling and dreaming of a better tomorrow.”
-Reem Nada, WFP Regional Communications Officer, Cairo
Easy to give any amount when you can. Wonderful app. This is what we should be making smartphone apps for!”
-Graeme, ShareTheMeal user
Where We Go From Here

ShareTheMeal will continue to develop into a community that leverages technology to broaden the fight against hunger. While remaining at the forefront of mobile giving, ShareTheMeal plans to further grow its user base and its contribution to WFP’s private sector fundraising efforts.

What We Still Need

Supporters to donate and help spread the word about ShareTheMeal, corporate partners who are eager to engage with WFP and the ShareTheMeal team, and even public figures who want to create a cause for their community to rally around.

 

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Meet the team

ShareTheMeal is an initiative of the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP) and is developed by the team in Berlin, Germany.

Last updated: 19/05/2023