Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Zero Hunger Trust Fund

What Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Zero Hunger Trust Fund does

The Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Zero Hunger Trust Fund (ZHTF-SVG) is a statutory non-profit trust fund established by an Act of Parliament (Act number 2 of 2016) on April 6, 2016, operating as the national mechanism for ending hunger and improving food and nutrition security in the small island state of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Headquartered in Kingstown at the NIS Building, Bay Street, the organization operates with a staff of seven and runs four interlocking programme lines: (i) End Hunger, comprising the Learning Enhancement and Nutrition Support (LENS) programme, the Resilient School Feeding Programme (serving approximately 1,600 students across 12-18 primary schools), the Adopt-a-Classroom initiative, and the Golden Years Nutrition Support Programme (reaching over 350 elderly beneficiaries); (ii) Food Security, anchored by the National Home and Community Garden Food Security Project (including distribution of seeds, seedlings, chickens, and tools under the 10K Gardens initiative targeting 10,000 gardens by 2030); (iii) Sustainable Livelihoods, delivered through the Youth in Agriculture Science Internship Programme (YASIP), which placed 45 young people across 23 host organizations in 2026, and Agricultural Science programme support in secondary schools; and (iv) the EU-CaN Cultivating Futures Project, an 18-month EU-funded regional initiative spanning SVG, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Dominica.

ZHTF does not operate proprietary technology platforms, software products, or commercial IP; its core capability is programme coordination, multi-stakeholder partnership management, and last-mile delivery of nutrition, agricultural inputs, and training. Distribution is conducted directly through schools, the National Insurance Services (NIS) pensioner network, community gardens, farmer host organizations, and government ministries (Education; Health, Wellness and the Environment; Agriculture; Social Welfare). The organization has no disclosed commercial revenue and does not charge beneficiaries.

ZHTF is financed through a hybrid model combining government allocation with grants and in-kind contributions from a diversified donor base: the European Union (via the EU Caribbean Fund for Nutrition), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Bank of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (BOSVG), St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited (VINLEC), the East Caribbean Group of Companies (ECGC), the Government of ROC (Taiwan), the SVG Conservation Fund, and Canada-based Still Kickin' Charity. Governance is exercised by an independent Board, with strategic direction set by a 2020-2023 plan and a newly validated Strategic Plan 2026-2030 that frames the next decade around systems-level food and nutrition security.

Name

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Zero Hunger Trust Fund

Legal name

Zero Hunger Trust Fund

Website

https://zerohungersvg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ZHTF-SVG is a parliamentary non-profit trust fund in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that finances and coordinates national programmes delivering school meals, elderly nutrition support, youth agricultural internships, and home/community gardens to vulnerable populations.

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Product category

Food Security and Nutrition Services

NAICS

Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Food & Nutrition Assistance Programs (BPAIAKAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nutrition & Food Security (Global Health) NGOs (HLAJAKAH), School Feeding & Child Nutrition Programs (BPADAJAD), School Feeding & Social Protection Partnerships (Conditional Cash Transfers, etc.) (EDADALAL)

Keywords

• School feeding programs
• Food security programs
• Nutrition support services
• Agricultural internship programs
• Community garden initiatives

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingstown

HQ country

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Trust Fund: ZHTF is established by Parliament as a national mechanism for ending hunger and improving food and nutrition security. It is financed through government allocation and coordinates delivery of food security programs. The Fund does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ZHTF finances, coordinates, and delivers a portfolio of free national programmes targeting hunger and food insecurity in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Its offerings span school feeding and educational support for vulnerable children (LENS, Resilient School Feeding, Adopt-a-Classroom), nutrition packages for elderly beneficiaries (Golden Years), youth agricultural training (YASIP), household and community food production (National Home and Community Garden Food Security Project, 10K Gardens), and regional resilience-building (EU-CaN Cultivating Futures).

Product overview

The Zero Hunger Trust Fund (ZHTF) is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines' national mechanism for ending hunger and improving food and nutrition security, established by Parliament in 2016. Rather than a unified technology platform, ZHTF operates as a coordination and financing body delivering multiple interconnected programmes targeting different vulnerable populations. The core product portfolio includes the Learning Enhancement and Nutrition Support (LENS) Programme (combining Adopt-a-Classroom and Resilient School Feeding components), the Golden Years Nutrition Support Programme for elderly beneficiaries, the Youth in Agriculture Science Internship Programme (YASIP), the National Home and Community Garden Food Security Project, and the EU-CaN Cultivating Futures regional initiative. These programmes work together to address hunger across all segments of Vincentian society—from school children receiving daily nutritious meals and educational support, to seniors receiving food packages, to youth gaining agricultural skills, to families establishing home gardens for food self-sufficiency.

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Learning Enhancement and Nutrition Support (LENS) Programme A comprehensive ZHTF programme encompassing the Adopt-a-Class and Resilient School Feeding components, providing educational resources, tutoring support, and nutritious meals to improve learning outcomes for students from vulnerable communities across 18 primary schools in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
• Resilient School Feeding Programme A strategic initiative providing daily nutritious meals to students at primary schools, integrating local farmers into the supply chain to strengthen food security while supporting small-scale agricultural production and community development.
• Golden Years Nutrition Support Programme A social protection initiative providing nutritional support and food packages to elderly and vulnerable individuals, ensuring access to adequate food for senior citizens across St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
• Youth in Agriculture Science Internship Programme (YASIP) An internship programme placing secondary school students with farms, agribusinesses, and agricultural institutions for hands-on training in sustainable agriculture practices, crop and animal production, and agri-entrepreneurship.
• National Home and Community Garden Food Security Project A food security initiative distributing chickens, seeds, seedlings, and gardening tools to families and communities to promote household-level food production and reduce dependence on food imports following Hurricane Beryl.
• EU-CaN Cultivating Futures Project An 18-month regional initiative funded by the European Union, implemented across St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Dominica, establishing ecological school gardens in vulnerable communities and improving access to nutritious locally-grown food within schools.
• Adopt-a-Classroom Programme An educational support programme providing textbooks, school uniforms, and essential supplies to students at primary schools in vulnerable communities, helping children attain educational skills necessary to rise out of poverty and hunger.
• Agricultural Science Programme Support Support for secondary schools offering Agricultural Science as part of the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) curriculum, including MOU partnerships, resources, and technical assistance to promote food sustainability education.
• National Backyard Garden Competition An annual competition organized with the Ministry of Agriculture to promote household food production, awarding winners with supplier contracts to provide produce for the national school feeding programme.

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 1,600 students across 12 primary schools receive nutritious meals through school feeding programme
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Still Kickin' Charity (Canada)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026Canada-based charity founded by Dwight 'Bongo' Anderson. Donated three barrels of vegetable, herb and flower seeds. Also supported recovery after La Soufrière eruption in 2021 and helped establish SVG-based Seed Sisters group.
• Ministry of Social Welfare and Community EmpowermentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026Received seed donation barrel for distribution to support community food security. Ministry focuses on agriculture as pillar of economy.
• Seed SisterscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026SVG-based group established through Still Kickin' Charity to support female farmers, boost food production, and help establish a sustainable seed bank initiative.
• Westcoast SeedsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 May 2026Canadian seed supplier whose donations were coordinated through Still Kickin' Charity for seed donation to SVG food security efforts.
• European UnioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026EU-CaN Cultivating Futures project funded by the European Union under its EU Caribbean Fund for Nutrition programme. An 18-month regional initiative across Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Grenada and Dominica, supporting ecological school gardens and sustainable school feeding systems.
• FIAP and Central Project Management Agency (CPVA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026Implementing partners for the EU-CaN Cultivating Futures project, managing project execution across four Eastern Caribbean countries.
• Ministry of EducationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026Government ministry partner for school feeding programs, School Feeding Unit collaboration, and educational support initiatives including Adopt a Classroom and LENS programme.
• Ministry of Health, Wellness, Environmental Health and EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026Nutrition Support Unit and Nutrition Support Programme within the ministry collaborate on school feeding programme, providing nutritional integrity and technical support.
• Girls' High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2025MOU signed to strengthen Agricultural Science programme. ZHTF provided resources for Home Economics Laboratory and supports farm-to-table integration.
• Farmers Support CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 February 2025Government entity collaborated with ZHTF for chicken distribution (3,650 chickens to 150 beneficiaries) as part of National Home and Community Garden Food Security Project.
• Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 January 2025IICA contributed over 7,000 baby chicks for Hurricane Beryl relief and food security. Support provided to families, students, small-scale farmers, schools, and households across SVG.
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 January 2025FAO provides technical support and agricultural supplies to ZHTF. Collaboration includes school feeding programme workshops, disaster relief support (Hurricane Beryl, La Soufrière eruption), and National Home and Community Garden Food Security Project.
• Embassy of ROC (Taiwan)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 January 2025Taiwanese Embassy donated garden tools through charitable organisation 'Do for Love' (Vincentian students in Taiwan). Donation supports school gardens and National Home and Community Garden Project.
• VINLEC (St. Vincent Electricity Services Limited)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 September 2024VINLEC partners with ZHTF to strengthen school feeding programs. Three primary schools (Spring Village Methodist, South Rivers Methodist, Fitz Hughes Government) benefit from enhanced feeding programs integrating local farmers into the supply chain.
• SVG Conservation FundcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 July 2024Co-funds the Youth in Agriculture Science Internship Programme (YASIP). Partnership enables expansion of agricultural internship program to all secondary schools offering Agricultural Science in SVG.
• Multiple Agri-Businesses (Host Organisations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 July 2024Host organisations for YASIP internship programme including Bu-te-ful Plants, CARDI, Dane Jack Farms, Hand2Earth Vetiver Project, Lennox Lampkin Farms, Orange Hill Biotechnology Company, Ranee's Food Supply, WindBlow Inc., Jay J's Farm, Farmers' Support Company.
• East Caribbean Group of Companies (ECGC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2024ECGC donated EC$1,000 worth of food products monthly for 6 months through Miss SVG 2023 Team CariGold Rye. Donation directed to the resilient School Feeding Programme.
• Intermediate High SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 August 2023MOU signed to support Agriculture Science CSEC curriculum. ZHTF supports school's Agricultural Science Programme and Farm-to-Table integration.
• Bank of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (BOSVG)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 August 2023BOSVG has partnered with ZHTF since 2021 on the Adopt A Classroom programme, providing EC$30,000 donation. Supports 12 primary schools including educational supplies, uniforms, and school feeding.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• World Central Kitchen (WCK): WCK is a globally recognised disaster-response organisation delivering emergency food relief and community resilience programmes, with active Caribbean operations following recent hurricanes. It overlaps with ZHTF's disaster-response role (Hurricane Beryl, La Soufrière eruption) and school feeding ambitions.

Direct peers

• Food for the Poor: Food for the Poor is a major Caribbean-focused humanitarian organisation delivering food aid, agricultural inputs, and community support to vulnerable populations across the region. It shares ZHTF's mission of providing dignified nutrition and is a key model for institutional school feeding and elderly support in Caribbean SIDS.
• The Hunger Project: The Hunger Project is a global non-profit working to end hunger through community-led, sustainable approaches including school feeding and food security programmes. It is closely comparable to ZHTF in mission and methodology, particularly its emphasis on national-level strategic mechanisms and community empowerment.
• Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA): CARPHA is the regional public health agency for the Caribbean and historically housed the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI). It addresses nutrition policy and surveillance in the same populations ZHTF serves, with comparable regional coordination mandates.
• Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI): CARDI is a Caribbean regional institution delivering agricultural research, development, and food security programmes across the same Eastern Caribbean states where ZHTF operates. Both organisations work directly with farmers, schools, and government ministries to strengthen food systems and address climate vulnerability.

Broad incumbents

• World Food Programme (WFP): The WFP is the UN's global food assistance agency and a major funder/operator of school feeding programmes worldwide, including in the Caribbean. It is the most influential institutional counterpart for organisations like ZHTF that operate national school feeding systems and is a potential upstream funder.
• PAHO (Pan American Health Organization): PAHO is the WHO regional office for the Americas and a key public health and nutrition policy actor across the Caribbean, including nutrition guidelines and school feeding standards that intersect with ZHTF's programmatic work.
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): FAO is an existing direct partner of ZHTF (providing technical support and disaster relief) and is the leading global agency on food security, agriculture, and nutrition. Its Caribbean sub-regional office works on many of the same themes as ZHTF — household gardens, school feeding, climate-resilient food systems.
• UNICEF Caribbean: UNICEF operates significant child nutrition, school feeding, and adolescent development programmes across the Caribbean and shares ZHTF's focus on primary-school-aged children's nutrition and learning outcomes. It is a natural potential partner or upstream funder.

Regional players

• Hands for Hunger (Bahamas): Hands for Hunger is a Bahamian non-profit focused on eradicating hunger through food rescue, distribution, and nutrition education. It is closely comparable as a small-island Caribbean national organisation addressing food insecurity through direct beneficiary programmes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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