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Operation Hunger was started by Dr Selma Browde with a group of caring organisations who saw the need to combat malnutrition in South Africa. Operation Hunger then registered as a fund-raising organisation in 1980 and has a history of concern for the Nutritional condition of people in South Africa.
During 1994/95, Operation Hunger broadened its approach from relief work to include more focus on development work.

During 1999, Operation Hunger registered with the Department of Welfare in terms of the Non-profit Organisations Act No. 71 of 1997, and has become one of a growing number of NGOs that meet the criteria required to partner with government departments in the alleviation of poverty.
Operation Hunger works with local communities to initiate locally specific development programmes designed to create an environment conducive to optimum child growth.
The organisation has strengthened its capacity in the areas of water supply, environmental sanitation, health/hygiene education, income generation, small-scale agricultural projects and goal oriented food support to provide much needed assistance to vulnerable communities throughout the country. Operation Hunger has also extended its work to include HIV/AIDS prevention and AIDS home-based care projects as well as TB projects. This is because both diseases have devastating consequences with regard to poverty and malnutrition.