Last month I had the opportunity to visit the LA headquarters of the Children’s Hunger Fund and tour their immersive experience, Poverty Encounter. My husband and I had never experienced anything like it before.
(Image source: Children’s Hunger Fund)
Poverty Encounter includes a 75-minute guided tour, followed by a 30-minute service activity in their volunteer center. After my husband and I signed our waivers, we joined a tour group and walked through four different exhibits. Each exhibit immerses you in a different country, where you get to hear stories of hardship and extreme poverty.
Poverty Encounter is a very moving experience that allows you to listen to people explain their circumstances while immersed in a physical setting that mirrors their living conditions.
Those stories include:
- A young child living near a trash dump in Guatemala and rummaging through garbage to find food.
- Jasmine, a young Haitian girl who was displace by the 2010 Port-au-Prince earthquake.
- Underage workers dealing with harsh conditions at a brickyard in Nepal.
- Romanian children living in underground sewers.
Throughout the Poverty Encounter experience our guide explained how Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF) helps kids in need, both in the United States and abroad.
At the very end of the tour, we stepped into CHF’s Volunteer Center, where we made food paks for families in need.
Packaging Lentil Stew Ingredients
If you live in Southern California, I encourage you to visit the Poverty Encounter immersive experience in Sylmar and learn more about CHF. Our tour included families of all ages, a mother-daughter duo, plus me and my husband. It’s an eye-opening experience, one that I will encourage my own daughter to visit when she is home from college.
Would you like to give back and help? Here’s how:
- Become a CHF Volunteer at one of their centers in Los Angeles, Dallas or San Antonio
- Collect money donations
- Donate supplies to fill a food pak
Thanks Children’s Hunger Fund for inviting me and my husband to tour your headquarters and learn more about your non-profit organization!
LOCATION
Children’s Hunger Fund
13931 Balboa Blvd.
Sylmar, CA 91342
Phone: 800-708-7589
To learn more about Poverty Encounter and Children’s Hunger Fund, visit their website here. Don’t forget to follow their Instagram and Facebook page to get the latest updates!
Disclosure: No monetary compensation was received for this post. I was invited to tour CHF as a member of the media which helped facilitate this review. All images are my own unless otherwise noted. As always, my opinions are 100% my own.
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I love this because it cements an idea into a reality in people’s minds. Everyone should visit if they can and then donate.
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This is so beautiful. The initiative is amazing and everyone should be supporting it.
So many children and families are living in conditions like these or even worse, but it’s an academic idea to most of us. I love this experience because it makes it real.
Wow, what an experience. And an education. It’s so good to be aware of what life is like for others not as fortunate as ourselves – and then to volunteer to help is such a great thing.
What an eye opening experience and read, so lovely to help families who are less fortunate
Wow! This is an unforgettable experience for sure. It feels happy to help other people.
What a fantastic cause to bring awareness too. Thank you for sharing this information.
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What an emotional experience this must have been. Such a lovely thing to do and then make up food packs at the end, I bet you’re so glad you did this x
It must be a different experience visiting there. It’s an amazing cause to bring awareness. It’s always good to help people.
Poverty Encounter is a very moving experience for sure. I am glad to hear that you joined in packing food packets for the people in need.
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It really does sound like a very immersive experience and very emotional too. This would be such a worthwhile thing to get involved with.
It’s heartbreaking to hear about the conditions kids face, but it’s also inspiring to learn how Children’s Hunger Fund is making a difference. This is such an important reminder of the impact we can all have in helping others.
This sounds like such a great charity to support, they do some great work around the world.