Global Food Initiative

Join Us in Feeding Hope and Building Futures

The Global Food Initiative (GFI) is the Church of the Brethren's primary way of responding to hunger and helping communities achieve lasting food security. Since 1983, faithful supporters like you have helped raise more than $8 million for life-changing projects in countries around the world.

Testing out a GFI-funded well in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with Lake Tanganyika in the background. 

Every gift makes a difference. Through GFI, families gain access to clean water, sustainable agriculture training, and tools to grow their own food. Projects include small animal microbusinesses, grain mills, aquaculture (fish farming), and emergency food security funds. In the U.S., GFI supports community gardens, nutrition education, food pantries, and church-based programs that bring neighbors together around healthy meals. 

Globally, income-generating projects—such as raising chickens, pigs, or bees—empower families to feed themselves and earn income for essentials like medicine and school fees. These efforts also strengthen our global church partners, enabling them to meet food needs and sustain vital ministries.

Reconciled to God through Jesus and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we are called to continue the work of Jesus in our world: feeding the hungry, empowering those in poverty, making sure everyone has safe water to drink (see Luke 4:16-21; Matthew 25: 31-46).

➡ Read and share the latest GFI newsletter or explore how your gifts have been used in link.

Together, we can turn hunger into hope. Will you join us as we seek to be "Jesus in the neighborhood"?

A gift to a restricted fund such as Global Food Initiative includes a Ministry Enablement Contribution of 9 percent to help cover the cost of carrying out the intended purpose of the gift.