Children all around the world love football—and in the Bukavu region of the DRC, it's an especially meaningful way to find joy and build community amidst difficult circumstances. A few weeks ago, WCK and our partner Good News For Africa organized a football match for kids and staff at one of our distribution sites. Events like this offer a moment of celebration and connection for the children and team members who show up together every day. Alongside GNFA, we are serving thousands of meals daily to communities impacted by ongoing violence. #ChefsForDRC #FoodIsLife

Team WCK's story begins with @chefjoseandres in Haiti in 2010. In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, he traveled to Port-au-Prince and realized that a hot meal could remind people that they hadn't been forgotten. Since then, Team WCK has served more than 600 million meals worldwide—including in 19 of the countries taking the pitch this summer in the biggest football tournament on earth. Everywhere we respond, we see the same thing: people showing up for their neighbors, chefs cooking for strangers, and communities coming together around food the same way the world comes together around this game. Disasters don't know borders. Neither does hunger. And neither does the will to help. That's the spirit driving our Food Is Life campaign this summer. While you cheer for your team, we hope you'll join our efforts to ensure meals reach families impacted by disaster. #FoodIsLife #ChefsForTheWorld

As the world's eyes turn to Los Angeles for the beautiful game, WCK has been here—long before the first whistle blew. When wildfires tore through the region in January 2025, our teams were on the ground within hours, serving more than 1.6 million meals to displaced families and first responders. But we never left. Today, WCK is still working alongside LA communities—restoring school kitchens, building community gardens, supporting local chefs who lost their restaurants to the flames, and running free farmers' markets for families still recovering. LA opened its arms to the world this summer. WCK is proud to have been part of this city's story long before the tournament began—and we'll stand with Angelenos long after it ends. We're grateful to be marking this moment Chef Corps members Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger and their Border Grill team, who were among the very first partners to show up for LA when the fires broke out. That's the spirit that defines this city. #FoodIsLife #ChefsForTheWorld #ChefsForCalifornia

⚽️ WCK Chef Corps member Marcus Samuelsson (@marcuscooks) has a message this summer: Football unites the world. So does a shared meal. Chef Marcus reminds us that no matter where we're from or what team we support, we have more in common than we realize—and that this summer, we can channel that energy into something bigger. Join Team WCK at WCK.org. Because food is life. #ChefsForTheWorld #FoodIsLife

The Donetsk region is one of the most dangerous places in Ukraine. Drawing on deep local knowledge built over years of response, our #ChefsForUkraine team knows how to adapt to quickly shifting conditions so food reaches the people who need it most—because they know the region's roads, its communities, and its people. Every week, we deliver thousands of food kits and hot meals to frontline communities, families fleeing dangerous areas, and people forced from their homes. For many of them, a hot meal or clean drinking water isn't a comfort. It's survival. #FoodIsLife

Los Angeles! WCK's first Food Is Life event is THIS FRIDAY. Here's how to find us: 📍 Ocean Avenue, by the Santa Monica Pier watch party 🕞 Starting at 3:00 PM PST 👀 Look for the WCK tents Stop by for complimentary snacks prepared by our friends at Border Grill—the popular LA restaurant founded by Chef Corps Members Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger. From feeding frontline workers during COVID to serving communities impacted by the LA wildfires, the Border Grill team has been with us every step of the way. Come for the football. Stay for the food. See you out there. While you’re at the WCK table, have some fun with us! Share your experiences on social media using the hashtag #FoodIsLife to help amplify awareness around food insecurity and WCK's mission. #ChefsForTheWorld

🌍⚽ Introducing Food Is Life—WCK's first-ever campaign at the world's biggest football tournament. This summer, WCK is showing up at fan events across four U.S. host cities—starting in Los Angeles this Friday alongside our longtime partners at @bordergrill. Stop by to enjoy complimentary snacks prepared by local chefs, and join Team WCK. As our founder @chefjoseandres says: "We all have our different teams this summer. But we're all on the same team when it comes to feeding people." Football brings the world together. So does food. Come find us and help us spread the word.  Learn how you can get involved: wck.org/news/food-is-life #FoodIsLife #ChefsForTheWorld

For families in Gaza, WCK bread deliveries are more than food—they’re reliable access to a comforting cultural staple. That’s why the teams at our mobile bakeries produce hundreds of thousands of fresh loaves of bread every day. Since the beginning of our response, we have distributed nearly 100 million loaves of bread to displaced families as access has become more and more difficult. The demand for bread is growing across Gaza, and our bakeries are a critical part of our efforts to support Palestinian communities in need. #ChefsForGaza

When Mount Mayon erupted in the Philippines last month, WCK teams had already built a robust network of community members—we had been in the country 3 times in the previous 7 months. With the support of these incredible partners, our teams served meals and, most importantly, smiles, to families impacted by the ashfall and ongoing danger from the eruption. Wherever we are in the world, we know that the WCK community will show up for its neighbors in need. #ChefsForPhilippines

Hot meals. The beautiful game. And a way for you to join WCK's mission. Stay tuned. ⚽ #FoodIsLife #ChefsForTheWorld

When 95-year-old Adel (blue shirt) arrived to Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine after evacuating from Zaporizhzhia, one of her first questions was: “Where is the garden here?” With the support of WCK's #ChefsForUkraine seed kits, Adel can pursue her passion for growing food this year, even after being forced to leave her hometown. Last year, she tended to marigolds outside the care facility she stays at. This year, she spends plenty of time in the facility's greenhouse, tending to dill, radishes, and other vegetables and herbs that the staff can soon use to cook delicious meals for its residents. For people like Adel, the familiar rhythm of gardening means the ability to foster life in one's own hands, providing comfort even before a meal begins cooking. WCK's seed kits are designed to help families do just that: provide comfort, promote tradition, and create new beginnings.

When hungry people need meals, every second counts—and sometimes small changes make the biggest difference. That’s why WCK’s #ChefsForGaza team is using a new onion slicer in the kitchen, which allows the prep team to slice one kilogram of onions in seven seconds instead of the two minutes it usually takes by hand. This means our chefs can get more hot, comforting meals to families in need as quickly as possible—when they matter most.

In Ukraine, many families have long kept home gardens—harvesting fresh produce every year as a cornerstone of daily life. But after Russia launched its full-scale invasion, maintaining those gardens became nearly impossible for thousands of families. That's how WCK's seed kits were born. Learn the story behind our #ChefsForUkraine Seeds of Hope program 👇️🌱

Just one year after WCK and @HASHaiti began cooking for Haitian families impacted by violence, our teams on the ground have served their 10 millionth meal. Our 100% local WCK and HAS teams are committed to serving Haitians with dignity, care, and meals they love as they navigate this difficult time. Read more: miamiherald.com/news/nation-… #ChefsForHaiti

One year after lighting the first stove, WCK and HAS Haiti have served more than ten million meals across the Artibonite region—even as displacement reaches levels not seen since the 2010 earthquake. 10 million meals didn’t happen by accident. It happened because hundreds of local team members arrive before dawn every day to light fires, sort rice and beans, chop vegetables, and cook for their neighbors. Working alongside local farmers and producers, we’ve prepared tens of thousands of hot meals every day—meals that taste familiar, bring comfort, and remind people that they are not alone. Read more about our efforts in Haiti: wck.org/news/haiti-10-millio… #ChefsForHaiti

Today is the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. We wish we did not need a day like this. We do. Every day, children living through conflict wake up without the things every child deserves—safety, school, a meal, the ability to just be a kid. Instead, they are dodging airstrikes, fleeing homes, losing parents, and going hungry. Not as a consequence of war. As a target of it. That is what WCK teams see on the ground every single day. In Gaza. In Ukraine. In Lebanon. In the DRC. In Haiti. We are there. And in every one of these places, it is the children who carry the heaviest weight. We show up because every child caught in the middle of conflict deserves to know that somebody, somewhere, has not forgotten them. That is why we cook. That is why we keep going. #ChefsForTheWorld