The Sahel — a band of land south of the Sahara across Mali, Niger, and Chad — is in its third year of compounding drought. Crops fail before harvest. Markets thin out. Families ration what's left.

For children, it shows up first at school. Many still walk the same hours every morning. They still sit at the same desks. They still smile at the same friends. But by midday they're hungry, and that's the part the world doesn't see.

Across the region, welfare partners run school kitchens — turning one warm meal a day into a reason to keep coming back. Your gift supports Muntiv's work on this cause this month.