Rise Against Hunger India

Works with a mission to end hunger by providing food and help to underprivileged communities and encouraging them towards sustainable food security

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About

  • Headquarters

    Bangalore, Karnataka

  • Since

    2015

Rise Against Hunger India works to provide food and nourishment to underserved communities besides mobilizing necessary action from stakeholders to en Read mored the issue of hunger altogether. It is a part of Stop Hunger founded by Ray Buchanan, a United Methodist Minister in the US Government. It was renamed to Rise Against Hunger now an international organisation fighting to end hunger in the world. The organisation is registered as a charitable Trust in India and its efforts are directed towards not just distributing meals to the needy, but also mobilizing community resources to help them achieve a sustainable and secure level of food and nutrition.

Impact

Rise Against Hunger India has impacted the Food and Nourishment space with 50,674 volunteers and 23.2 million meals.

Vision & Mission

Rise Against Hunger India is driven by the vision of a world without hunger. Our mission is to end hunger in our lifetime by providing food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable and creating a global commitment to mobilize the necessary resources.

Donor History

1. VMware Software India Pvt. Ltd
2. SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd
3. SanDisk India Device Design Centre Pvt. Ltd
4. Salesforce Com India
5. FactSet Systems India Pvt. Ltd

Programs

  • Emergency Response

    Rise Against Hunger India responds to rapid onset disaster to meet immediate needs to affected populations and support the transition towards recovery and rehabilitation. In building the resilience of vulnerable people, we work with hand

  • Nourishing Lives- Provision of Meals

    Rise Against Hunger India provides nutritious fortified meals to the underprivileged and vulnerable population for ensuring adequate nutrition and food security since its inception. Through its volunteer engagement Rise Against Hunger India packs meals to serve the needy.

  • Empowering Community- Livelihood

    District

    Rise Against Hunger India bolsters agricultural production and income through programs that promote improved methods, business skills and market access. With training and access to quality seeds and fertilizers support to farmers it increases production and harvest a variety of nutritious crops. By supporting livestock production, we provide ways to diversify diets and improve nutrition.

Impact Metrics

  • Served Healthy Meals

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2015-16 887000
    • 2016-17 973858
    • 2017-18 1906992
    • 2018-19 2641525
    • 2019-20 3500492
    • 2020-21 4582515
    • 2021-22 4993375
  • Nourished Lives With Food and Support

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2015-16 144000
    • 2016-17 185911
    • 2017-18 185915
    • 2018-19 269878
    • 2019-20 217279
    • 2020-21 692806
    • 2021-22 626820
  • Number of Meals Served (Mil)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 3
    • 2020-21 3
    • 2021-22 5
  • Number of People Served

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 40561
    • 2020-21 680789
    • 2021-22 229280
  • Number of Volunteers Engaged.

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 13660
    • 2020-21 476
    • 2021-22 1139
  • Number of Meals Supported (Mil)

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 2
    • 2020-21 3
    • 2021-22 3
  • Geographical Area- No of Districts

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 4
    • 2020-21 38
    • 2021-22 73
  • Number of Household Reached

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 507
    • 2020-21 2507
    • 2021-22 1584
  • Number of Farmers Reached

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 1020
    • 2020-21 3507
    • 2021-22 2905
  • Geographical Area- District

    Year-wise Metrics
    • 2019-20 4
    • 2020-21 6
    • 2021-22 14

Theory of Change

Driven by a vision of a world without hunger Rise Against Hunger (RAH) is growing a global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives and responding to emergencies. The organization has a long history in aid distribution work through its meal packaging program, bringing dehydrated, high protein, and highly nutritious meals to crisis situations and educational and health programs in the developing world. RAH has a growing portfolio of programs aimed at eliminating chronic hunger and malnutrition through sustainable community development that builds resilience against the drivers of food insecurity.
Under the Sustainable Development Goals formalized through the United Nations’ Division for Sustainable Development in September 2015, the world has committed to achieving food security for every man, woman, and child on earth by 2030. Food and nutrition security is achieved through the confluence of a complex and dynamic set of conditions, and sustainably ending hunger means eliminating not only chronic undernutrition, but also ensuring that vulnerable communities are resilient to shocks and stresses - which are set to increase in frequency and intensity as population increases and conflict and climate change exacerbate vulnerabilities.5 RAH is dedicated to playing a major role in ending hunger over the next 12-15 years, requiring growth as a global organization and scaling up of efforts to empower people to address food insecurity in their lives. Rise Against Hunger development efforts will directly contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 2: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.”

Milestones & Track Record

In 2022 a total of 4.99 million nutritious meals were served to those in need. Of this, 2.87 million meals were part of the COVID-19 second wave response for which we were able to
mobilize Rs 32 million from various sources. Our partnership with NGOs / Voluntary Groups
increased to over 270 because of the wide outreach in our COVID response covering 73 districts in 17 states. Virtual Volunteering which was initiated during the COVID first wave continued to pick up pace and in this year we had 279 virtual volunteers registering with us,
which included group events with Corporates too.

In 2021, 2.87 million meals were served to 229,280 beneficiaries in 73 districts of 17
states, economically affected by the second wave of COVID-19. Of this, 376,488 meals were served to 2,313 crematorium/cemetery workers who were working around the clock to help with last rites of those deceased due to COVID-19. These low-paid workers were always in the background and their needs were going unnoticed as they were putting in extra work with no extra payment as the death rate was so high.

Project Shield-Up was implemented in mid-2021 to remove COVID-19 vaccine
hesitancy, using 33,302 IEC materials, which resulted in 6,971 people coming forward
on their own for COVID vaccines

After the Yaas cyclone in 2021, a unit was set up in the Sundarbans area of West Bengal,
which provides drinking water to 300 households in an area where all water sources had
contaminated because of the cyclone.

In 2020, 3.3 million meals were served to 652,263 beneficiaries in 36 districts of 9 states,
economically affected by the first wave of COVID-19.

Leadership Team

  • Dolamani Mohapatra

    Executive Director

  • Naomi Joshua

    Director- Operations

  • Henry Rozario

    Finance manager

  • Samit Kumar Pal

    Program Manager- East Region

  • Dinesh Yadav

    Cluster Coordinator

Demographics & Structure

  • No. of Employees

    51-100

  • Strength of Governing Body

    7

  • Diversity Metrics

    49% women

M&E

  • Internal, External Assessors

    Yes

Policies

  • Ethics and Transparency Policies

    Yes

  • Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy

    Yes

Political & Religious Declarations

  • On Affiliation if any

    No

  • On Deployment Bias if any

    No

Organisation Structure

Organisation Structure

Yes

Awards & Recognitions

Rise Against Hunger India was awarded the Mahatma Award for social good and impact
towards Zero Hunger on October 1, 2022
Rise Against Hunger India was also awarded in the category of Top 20 Best NGOs of
2022 at the Indian CSR Awards.

Registration Details

  • PAN Card

    AAOTS9834N

  • Registration ID

    BMH-4-00371-2014-15

  • VO ID / Darpan ID

    KA/2017/0157171

  • 12A

    AAOTS9834NE20180

  • 80G

    AAOTS9834NF20180

  • FCRA

    094421733

  • CSR Registration Number

    CSR00001137

Location

Other Details

  • Parent Organisation

    Rise Against Hunger

  • Type & Sub Type

    Non-profit
    Trust

Financial Details

 Income / Expenses
  • 2019-20

    Income
    Rs.103,500,000
    Expenses
    Rs.51,600,000
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.7,224,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.44,376,000
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  • 2020-21

    Income
    Rs.91,900,000
    Expenses
    Rs.49,100,000
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.5,892,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.43,208,000
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  • 2021-22

    Income
    Rs.136,300,000
    Expenses
    Rs.77,900,000
    Admin Expenses
    Rs.6,232,000
    Program Expenses
    Rs.71,668,000
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Government Partnerships

We are working with govt. to support TB patients under Nikshay Mitra scheme.