feeding the hungry
Nourishing the needy
Feeding the hungry is the act of providing food to people who lack it, whether through charity, social programs, or personal generosity.
The phrase appears in religious and humanitarian contexts as a fundamental moral obligation: Feeding the hungry is one of the corporal works of mercy.
It can describe individual acts or organized efforts: The shelter has been feeding the hungry for thirty years.
- nourishingPromoting health through food
- soup kitchenFacility feeding the poor
- food bankNonprofit distributing free groceries
- meal programOrganized food provision service
- breadLeavened flour product
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- ministrypreaching, pastoral care, teaching, chaplaincy, youth ministry
- benevolencealtruism, benevolence, charity work, generosity, giving
- charitycharity, charities, donations, donation, donating
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