Welcome to Welthungerhilfe

Children in India. © LohnesWelthungerhilfe provides help from one set of hands: from immediate emergency aid in the wake of a disaster to long-term projects carried out in cooperation with local partners. For Welthungerhilfe, overcoming hunger goes hand in hand with overcoming poverty. We support people living in deprivation and poverty, irrespective of the colour of their skin, their religious beliefs or their world view. But helping does not mean providing handouts. Effective aid means helping people find new ways to determine their own lives and future free of hunger and deprivation – we help them help themselves.

Welthungerhilfe

• is a private, non-profit-making, politically independent and non-denominational relief organisation which works under a voluntary Board of Directors and the patronage of the German President
• has supported some 5,500 projects in over 70 countries with 1.9 billion Euro since its foundation in 1962
• funds its work with private donations and public grants, e.g. from the EU or the Federal Government
• is a member of Alliance2015, a network of European relief organisations
• is subject to regular controls by the independent German Central Institute of Social Issues (DZI).

Welthungerhilfe has received the seal of approval from the German Central Institute of Social Issues (DZI) every year since it was founded for the efficient and transparent use of its funds.

Over 5,500 projects in 70 countries since 1962

In 2007, Welthungerhilfe had at its disposal a total of 135.5 million Euro. 31.7 million Euro it received in private donations, the rest in public funds, including grants from the World Food Programme (WFP), the European Union (EU) and the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Administrative expenses accounted for 1.8 percent of the total budget, advertising and public relations for 4.9 percent. With these funds, Welthungerhilfe carried out 325 projects in 46 countries. In 2007, Welthungerhilfe mainly focused on projects for rural and regional development, followed by projects to restore basic infrastructure and emergency aid projects.

More information

Annual Report 2008 (pdf download)

Welthungerhilfe in brief 2008 (pdf download)