ARK partners with rural communities who want to secure their food, kids' schooling and a self-sustaining future.

 

When the pandemic hit, countries like the Philippines had one solution: a lockdown. Farmers - who feed us the food we cannot live without - lost their jobs, income, and access to food that led to hunger, and their existing hardships became more severe.

 

To solve this and WITH its partner communities, ARK created Feed Back, an 8-week vegetable basket program that gifts fresh vegetables to families at risk of hunger. Each weekly basket provide a family of 4 at least 3-4 meals.

 

Here’s the catch. The program buys 100% of the vegetables from participating families. By creating a market for vegetables, the farmers and fisherfolks created gardens in their backyards. This gave the family food. The excess they sold to the program.

 

The impact has been incredible. Communities like Traciano are obliterating hunger in just 5 weeks! Fishing communities like Bogtong and Borac are proving that fisherfolks can farm! Families now have food with many having supply beyond 2020 which they sell to each other and to nearby villages and towns. They are healthy, secure and happy.