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By supporting Feed the Hungry San Miguel, you are contributing health, hope, and opportunity to disadvantaged communities in the San Miguel de Allende municipality. Learn about the many ways you can make a difference.

Meet the volunteer driver who, over the years, has delivered enough food for one million meals! “We can buy the food, volunteers can pack the food, but without drivers like Dan, that food would never make it to the plates of the school children, who eagerly await deliveries,” says Chip Swab, Driver Coordinator.

We are proud to provide examples of how Feed the Hungry San Miguel has embraced Environmental, social inclusion, and governance (ESG) principles and sustainability-oriented guidelines.

Many school children have a difficult time staying alert in class because they are hungry, but also due to dehydration. Our Student Hydration Program provides clean water for children in the classrooms and for food preparation in the school kitchens. Each month, purified water in large refillable jugs is delivered for nearly 2,500 children in 19 communities.

The Extended Alimentation Program aims to eradicate malnutrition within entire families by providing bags of food to households that present extreme cases of impoverishment and malnutrition. Currently, there are 45 families in 5 communities benefiting from the program, which also includes home visits where we can observe living conditions.

Clavellinas, also known as Coyotes Clavellinas, is one of the most populated communities within the San Miguel de Allende municipality, with 1,425 inhabitants in 296 homes. Our school kitchen there, opened in 2007, serves meals every school day to 300 preschool and elementary school students.

Valentin Patlan and Ana Laura Rojas were “Feed the Hungry kids” many years ago, receiving “Comida de los Gringos” at their schools. Now they play important roles as Feed the Hungry San Miguel staff members. Their stories are inspirational.

Feed the Hungry San Miguel recently hosted guests of our popular “March Magic” tour, held March 28 through April 3. Attendees got to experience the wonders of San Miguel de Allende and surrounding areas, as well as the kind of transformative work we are able to do thanks to the funds raised by the event.