Humundi

Humundi, formerly known as SOS Faim, is a Belgian international non-governmental organisation that has been fighting hunger, poverty and inequality since 1964. Its mission is to build food systems that respect farmers, eaters and the planet, with the fundamental right to healthy and nutritious food as its absolute priority. The organisation describes itself as working alongside more than 70 partner organisations on three continents to support the agroecological transition, guarantee better incomes for farming communities, and promote healthy, accessible and sustainable food worldwide. Humundi operates in nine countries across Europe, Africa and Latin America: Belgium, Peru, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Working closely with local partners, it provides support tailored to each context. Its work is organised around four levers of action: accelerating the agroecological transition, improving access to finance, supporting civic engagement, and advocating sustainable agricultural and food policies. In 2025, the organisation reported working with over 1.6 million farming families, supporting rural youth, empowering women through access to credit, strengthening farmers' incomes and improving access to agricultural information. The organisation frames its work against a backdrop of persistent global hunger, noting that 735 million people suffer from hunger while 2.5 billion are overweight, including 890 million who are obese (2022 figures). It links these figures to the malfunctioning of food systems and to interconnected challenges including climate change, biodiversity loss, pesticide impacts, pollution, rural poverty and migration. Humundi celebrated 60 years of action and solidarity in 2024, marking six decades since its founding under the SOS Faim name. It publishes an annual report and maintains a public presence through its website, where it shares articles, action updates and ways to get involved.

Humundi was founded in 1964 under the initial name SOS Faim. From its beginnings, the organisation described itself as an NGO fighting hunger, poverty and inequality through agroecology and partnership. Over the decades it developed a model based on working alongside local partner organisations rather than operating directly, and it expanded its activities across Africa, Latin America and Europe. By the 2020s, SOS Faim had grown into an international organisation working with more than 70 partner organisations on three continents. In 2024 it celebrated 60 years of action and solidarity, marking six decades since its founding. Around this period the organisation adopted the name Humundi, while continuing to be known as formerly SOS Faim. Under the Humundi name, it continued to pursue its mission of building food systems that respect farmers, eaters and the planet, with the fundamental right to healthy and nutritious food as its absolute priority. In 2025, Humundi reported that despite global challenges such as climate and food crises and reduced development funding, it and its partners continued to act in solidarity. Across Africa, Latin America and beyond, they supported rural youth, empowered women through access to credit, strengthened farmers' incomes and improved access to agricultural information, working with over 1.6 million farming families toward fairer food systems. The organisation remained active in nine countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America: Peru, Bolivia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Mali, Senegal, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It published its 2025 annual report under the title 'Together, more than ever!' and continued to frame its work around four levers: accelerating the agroecological transition, access to finance, advocating sustainable agricultural and food policies, and supporting civic engagement.

• 2025

  Published annual report 'Together, more than ever!', reporting work with over 1.6 million farming families.

• 2024

  Celebrated 60 years of action and solidarity.

• 1964

  Founded under the initial name SOS Faim.

An international solidarity NGO positioning itself as a partner-driven advocate for fairer, agroecological food systems, working with local organisations across three continents.

1. 1Homepage -humundi.org
2. 2Who are we ? -humundi.org
3. 3Qui sommes-nous ? Humundi lutte contre la faimhumundi.org
4. 4Wikidatawikidata.org