How can I become part of the Burn to Give community?

You just have to download the Burn to Give App, available on Android and IOS, and start donating your calories. It’s that easy to become part of our community!

Is there a maximum number of calories I can donate?

Definitively not! You can donate as many calories as you can burn exercising.

How many calories represent a meal?

500 calories = 1 meal

How does a Calorie Challenge work?

We establish a calorie goal, a period of time to reach that goal and carefully choose the children who will receive these calories. Then it is up to everyone’s exercise to reach this goal!

What happens if the calorie-goal is reached before the end date of a Calorie Challenge?

Great! This means a lot of people were motivated to exercise inspired by their desire to help others. However, for each challenge there is a maximum amount of calories we can purchase and deliver given it’s what has been committed by our sponsor companies for each challenge.

Is Burn to Give a non-profit organization?

No, Burn to Give is a Social Enterprise or an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being, rather than maximizing profits for external shareholders. Social enterprises ultimate goal is the impact they create on solving a particular social issue, in this case hunger.

There are many similarities between a social enterprise with a non-profit but also differences. The main difference between them, is the revenue model.

Non-profits rely primarily on charitable contributions, public funding and foundation grants to support their programs, whereas social enterprises operate like a for-profit business by selling a product or service to the public and acquire funds through sales, to ultimately support a cause.

Though technically social enterprises and non-profits differ, the two are becoming more and more aligned in today's world. In the end, both types of organizations operate to create a better world.

What is your ultimate goal?

Motivate millions of people around the world to become active and live healthily, inspired by their desire to help those in need. Providing nutrition to help fuel the minds and bodies of children so that they can grow healthy, think clearly and learn efficiently in school.

What happens when there are no active challenges? Can I continue donating my calories when there are no active challenges?

Yes! You can continue donating your calories which will later be delivered to children around the world. For these periods between active challenges we have a monthly limit (”CAP”) for the maximum amount of calories that we can finance until the next challenge begins. This CAP is 10 million calories.

What happens if we don’t reach the monthly CAP? What happens if we surpass the monthly CAP?

If the Cap is not reached at the end of each month, we will deliver the equivalent meals to the total calories burned during that month. If the CAP is surpassed we will deliver 20,000 meals, equivalent to 10 million burned calories.

Can I connect wearables or fitness tracking devices to the App?

Yes, through Strava and Runtastic.

What wearables and fitness tracking devices is Burn to Give compatible with?

All the ones that connect to Strava and Runtastic, including Garmin, Polar, Suunto, Tom Tom, Fitbit and a large list of smartwatches (Samsung, Apple, LG, etc.).

Do I need a wearable or fitness tracking device to track my calories?

No, it is not necessary. You can just use our App to track your calories, with no need of a wearable or fitness tracking device.

Do I have to use my phone to track my activity?

This will depend on the sport you choose. For some sports you can use your phone, wearables or any kind of fitness tracker. For the sports you can’t practice with a phone or wearable, the app has a manual calorie calculator of its own.

How can I see my activity history and shares?

You can see your previous activities on your profile, where you will have a summary of completed workouts and calories donated.

Why do you multiply x 2 the calories shared in Social Media?

The more people join the Burn to Give community, the more children we can feed. So it’s basically an incentive to spread the word and the impact we are doing!

Why Hunger?

There are over 800 million people suffering from chronic hunger in the world today. This means that 11% of the global population – or 1 out of 9 people – go to bed at night with an empty stomach. Even more – one in three – suffer from some form of malnutrition. Hunger and malnutrition are the number one risk to health worldwide — greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

What is Zero hunger?

Zero Hunger is Goal #2 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. SDG #2 aims to end all forms of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, making sure all people – especially children – have access to sufficient and nutritious food all year round.

What are the Sustainable Development Goals?

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the global challenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice. The Goals interconnect and in order to leave no one behind, it ís important that we achieve each Goal and target by 2030.

On 1 January 2016, the 17 SDGs of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic United Nations Summit — officially came into force. Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind

Fore more information please visit http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html

How are the calories (meals) delivered?

We partner with NGOs or non-profits fighting hunger around the world to support us in this important matter. They are the experts in feeding those in need, so we provide them with the resources to get this very important job done. Each non-profit works in different ways, so how meals get delivered depends basically on which cause we are currently working on.

For our first challenge for children in Haiti, our strategic impact parter is Leche para Haiti

For our second challenge for children in Chile, our strategic impact parter is Red de Alimentos

How can I help spread the word?

Join our community, share your stories and workouts on social media, and inspire millions of people around the world using #BurnToGive

The more people know about Burn to Give, the more people join our community and the more children we can feed. So tell everyone about #BurnToGive!