Mission Statement
The National Association for the Prevention of Starvation (NAPS) is a 501(c)3, non-profit volunteer relief organization founded in 1978 and registered in the state of Alabama in 1993. Its mission is to eliminate hunger, poverty, and disease, and to improve education and food security among suffering people, both nationally and internationally, regardless of race, religion or nationality. The organization provides humanitarian aid and educational support in the areas of emergency relief, skilled volunteers, healthcare professionals, agricultural technology, and social comfort. NAPS operates independently of all governmental, institutional, or political influences.
The National Association for the Prevention of Starvation (NAPS) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, volunteer, relief organization primarily comprised of college students and graduates from around the world, whom God has blessed to travel nationally and internationally to places such as Zimbabwe, Costa Rica, Sudan, Madagascar, Haiti, and many other countries conducting medical relief, children’s programs, and evangelism.
Nationally, we have responded to disasters such as the California fires, various hurricanes like Katrina, Harvey, and Gustave, the unfortunate Sandy Hook shooting, Oklahoma tornadoes, and has received awards from FEMA, NASA, city and state governments, and even at the United Nations for nearly 40 years of global service for humanity.
NAPS is a member of Adventist-laymen’s Services & Industries (ASI) and in recent years has expanded its ministry to include NAPS Abundant Life Academy (NALA), a weekly Pre-K to 8th grade boarding school whose inspiration was gained from the book Education by Ellen White, the NAPS – Abundant Life Wellness Institute (ALWI), a lifestyle centered designed to help those struggling with common lifestyle issues and to improve their quality of life through exercise, nutrition, hydrotherapy, massage, and other methods and the Global Evangelism and Medical Missionary School (GEMMS) a 12-month Gap Year Program, where individuals are trained in effective medical missionary methods.