The Mean Bean Challenge is a chance for you to put your faith into action to help people who face a daily battle against hunger and poverty. You’ll be raising money for people like Nida, who works 11 hours a day, but still struggles to feed her family.But hope is coming, in the unlikely form of waste management. Pakistan produces around 20 million tonnes of waste each year; half of which remains uncollected. Nida and her family live their life set amongst a backdrop of rubbish. ‘When the children come in contact with some dirty place it leads to skin diseases,’ says Nida. As well as increasing her income, working at the hub would save Nida precious hours – more time to spend with her children, care for her husband and look after herself. The family could eat a balanced diet, they could pay for the medicines they need, and the children would not have to miss out on school. But training people to work at the hub takes money.

Tearfund partner Pak Mission Society (PMS) aims to change all that by training local people like Nida to collect and treat waste products at new community recycling hubs, enabling them to earn an income from selling on recyclable waste and compost.   

Every pound you raise through the Mean Bean Challenge could make a difference for people like Nida.

Together, we can beat hunger. Together, we can help turn lives around.