We fight for the world’s MVP (most vulnerable people).
There are over 3 million children and adults worldwide navigating the challenges of feeding tube dependency.
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Our mission is to provide support, education, and resources to children and families navigating the challenges of feeding tube dependency.
Since its inception, the Feeding Tube Foundation has served 3 million of the world’s most vulnerable people — including critically ill infants, children, and adults from over 30 countries and counting. We have collaborated with parents, teachers, medical professionals, churches, hospitals, nonprofits, and clinicians to ensure that every tube-fed individual receives the highest level of care, and we won’t rest until no family faces the challenges of feeding tube dependency alone.
A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER
Three years ago, our family fell to our knees as we were told our daughter might not survive the night she was born, and every time we tried to stand on our two feet, we were shattered with more limitations filled with uncertainty. Wherever you find yourself right now, I want you to know that you have an incredible community to lean on that is here for you through every hill and every step of your journey. You are strong, and you are never alone.
Meet our most vulnerable populations
Children
In the United States, 100,000 children, and counting, live with a feeding tube.
17,000 children will be diagnosed with cancer this year.
Many of the families in the feeding tube community are first introduced to a feeding tube while their child is in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Pediatric feeding disorders affect 1 in 37 children under the age of 5 in the United States each year.
1 in 12 children ages 3 to 17 has had a voice, speech, language, or swallowing disorder in the past 12 months.
Adults
In the United States, approximately 450,000 adults live with a feeding tube.
The most common reason a feeding tube is used in adults is cancer.
Depression is one of the leading mental health crises that adults with feeding tubes face.
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