A care package for Mother’s Day | Opinion - PennLive

For Mother’s Day in 1948 a club in Washington D.C. came up with an idea. They asked everyone to send CARE packages of food and clothing to impoverished mothers in war-torn Europe. This was just three years after World War II and Europe was suffering in hunger as it tried to rebuild.

Recovery would be impossible without feeding the mothers and infants of the war devastated countries. For Mother’s Day of 1948 people could mail donations and the newly formed charity CARE would send these packages that gave hope to the war weary. Imagine a mother struggling to care for her infant while living in the poverty that war leaves behind. A package of food and clothing arrives at her door. What a life-saving Mother’s Day gift.

Mrs. Whitehurst of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs said, “Here is an opportunity to make Mother’s Day of 1948 a day that will long be remembered by the unhappy, undernourished mothers in many countries. It will also give evidence of our good faith and intentions toward the stricken peoples throughout the world.”

That Mother’s Day of CARE sent life-saving aid to the most vulnerable of war victims. The CARE package was a symbol of American humanitarianism that built a post war peace. Today, we need an even bigger plan to feed mothers and children, as malnutrition is stalking them at unprecedented levels. The war in Ukraine is a new hunger emergency on top of the many existing ones. But the ripple effect of Ukraine’s war reaches far since that country is a major supplier of wheat.

With Ukraine’s food supply disrupted, food prices are going up even higher worldwide. That means more mothers and children at risk of deadly malnutrition. The UN warns, “The war in Ukraine has increased the risk of a “massive malnutrition crisis” for millions of children in other emergencies because of its already huge impact on global food prices.” Relief agencies are drastically short on funding to tackle global hunger emergencies. This was the case even before the war in Ukraine began. Now, the situation is much worse as hunger and malnutrition is threatening more mothers and children.

Malnutrition in small children can cause lasting physical and mental damage, or death. Many of the children in danger can be saved if enough people get involved and take action. On Mother’s Day, you can help by sending a donation of lifesaving food to a child.

You can donate to the World Food Program, CARE, UNICEF, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children, Action against Hunger and other charities that fight hunger. Edesia, a non-profit in Rhode Island, produces Plumpy’Nut and other peanut pastes that treat child malnutrition. If there is enough donor support, these packages of food can reach small children and save their life. That is the best present a mother could receive on Mother’s Day.

William Lambers is an author who partnered with the UN World Food Program on the book Ending World Hunger.

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