Annual Report 2025.

October 14, 2026

2025 was a year of headwind. Worldwide, the scope for civil society fell, and this development was also felt in the Netherlands: Here, too, substantial cuts were made to international cooperation, and long-term financing for structural change was put under pressure. That affects our work every day.

Just now, results show themselves

Just in a year like this, results show themselves. We saw progress in our programs: communities increased their food security, local organisations collaborated with governments and partners, and women took the lead. And after years of increase, the number of people hungry fell slightly: from 733 to 673 million. Still way too much, but for us the evidence that lasts works.2025 also marked 45 years of The Hunger Project Netherlands, and the last year of our five-year Right2Grow program. Our annual report shows what we have achieved despite the headwind, and above all what the people in our programme countries themselves managed to achieve.

Highlights from the Annual Report 2025

Almost 12.7 million people reached.
We reached nearly 12.7 million people in the poorest areas of 13 countries in Africa, South Asia and Latin America, spread over 7,533 villages.
Local Leadership
We trained 25.697 new animators: local volunteers who are starting change in their own village.
Right2Grow completed.
We finished the five-year Right2Grow program. In six countries, government budgets for food and water increased by 319%, from €794 million to €3.3 billion. In Bangladesh, the local budget for nutrition and WASH grew from 1.45% (2021) to 18% (2025).
Female leadership in India
Since 2001, almost 200,000 female village council members in India followed our leadership program. In 2025 we accompanied 4.812 in more than 855 village councils.
Self-reliance
1.4 million people in 90 epicenters have been declared self-reliant.
Marked difference
96% of the people in our programme countries believe that the quality of their lives has improved since cooperation. 92% experience better access to healthy meals and 97% see greater involvement of local government.
€15.4 million for our mission
We raised €15.4 million for our mission; Most went directly to the programmes in our programme countries.

Intheannual report you readalsomore about community-led development and how communities themselves take the lead. You will read about our approach to food security, gender equality, climate resilience and peaceful communities. We also provide insight into how we measure our impact, our finances, and the investors that make this work possible.Curious about the stories behind the numbers? You will find them in the full annual report.

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