Food for thought

Charlton's fixture with Preston North End on Saturday (3pm) will see the Addicks show their support to the Professional Football Against Hunger campaign.

The programme, which will encompass hundreds of clubs and millions of supporters across European football, is intended to raise awareness of the plight of the 963 million people who suffer from hunger and malnutrition and are without adequate access to food.

The campaign was launched in October by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), of which The Football League is an associate member.

Funds raised during the football weekend will help to finance anti-hunger micro-projects around the world, that have been designed to provide immediate and lasting solutions to poor families and communities by enabling them to produce their own food.

The micro projects, which are funded to a maximum of 7,000 euros each, are used to finance tangible resources such as fishing equipment, seeds and agricultural implements.

They vary enormously, from helping families raise pigs in Venezuela, to creating school gardens in Cape Verde and Mauritania and providing school lunches in Uganda.

As well as matches in The Football League, the Professional Football Against Hunger weekend will also include major games in the Premier League, Italian Lega Calcio and Pro Lega, German Bundesliga, Spanish La Liga, Portuguese League, Dutch Eredivisie, Scottish Premier League, Bulgarian League and Welsh Premier League.

To find out more about the campaign, click here.