NOVEMBER 2007

Partners in Making History!

Hunger Project investors and village leaders during an investor trip to India.

Stakeholders in a New Future

Charity from the “haves” to the “have-nots” will never end hunger.

Hunger arises from deeply entrenched social conditions. Hungry people are at the forefront of confronting this injustice and reclaiming their dignity, equality and basic human rights. Those of us who are not hungry have the opportunity to stand with them in partnership — to invest in their leadership and success.

The Hunger Project is unique in having trained and supported more than 180,000 committed, village-level leaders who are mobilizing millions of people to end hunger on a sustainable basis. When we invest in The Hunger Project, our money leverages the energies of these courageous women and men.

The return on our investment is immediate and lasting. We have the satisfaction of knowing that our money is improving the well-being of so many of our fellow human beings. Through our money, we are seizing a historic moment: the opportunity for one of the greatest expansions of human rights in world history — a social transformation that is unleashing the creativity and productivity of one billion hardworking problem solvers, most of whom are women.

Could there be meaning or purpose in life greater than this — to channel our love and interconnectedness into opportunities for one billion people to build lives of self-reliance and dignity? Could there be a legacy greater than this — to have pioneered the strategies that lead to a healthy and productive life for all in harmony with nature?

Hunger Project Investing: 2007/2008

Hunger Project-Netherlands investor Tina Reisman in Mozambique.	Hunger Project Leadership Investors Glenn and Patsy Perkal.	Hunger Project Global Investor Trudy Anderson.

Our global movement of Hunger Project investors includes people of all ages, from every continent, at every income level. Our investors include young students and retirees, entrepreneurs and major corporations. The average Hunger Project investor has been investing for 15 years! Sustained investment through multiyear pledges and the Financial Family is more important than ever as we grow to meet the challenges of scaling up our programs. We expand by reaching out to our friends, family and colleagues with the following investment opportunities:

The Global Investment Group (GIG). Individuals investing US$5,000 or more each year provide 80 percent of Hunger Project funding.

The Financial Family. Individuals invest a fixed amount — often US$100, US$200 or more — each month.

Epicenter Underwriters. Individuals, organizations or small groups of individuals invest US$400,000 over five years or less, to empower a specific cluster of villages in Africa to make the journey from abject poverty to self-reliance.

Millennium Leadership Campaign. This is a call to action for individuals to make a high-level financial commitment to The Hunger Project over multiple years. Pledges to the campaign must be at least US$100,000 payable over three years, with at least US$25,000 paid in the current year.

Robertson Challenge. In 2006, The Robertson Foundation committed US$5 million over five years to launch the scale-up of our Epicenter Strategy in Ghana — with the proviso that years two to five must be matched. The 2007 match has been met. Individuals and organizations willing to commit at least US$25,000 per year for three years starting in 2008 are invited to join the match.

Fall Event Sponsors. Each year, individuals and organizations step forward as sponsors of our annual Fall Event in New York, at the level of US$5,000, US$10,000, US$25,000 or more.

Funding Partners. A growing number of businesses are either raising money or directing a percentage of their sales to The Hunger Project.

Faith and Spiritual Communities. Churches and other groups include Hunger Project investment in their annual budget, as an expression of their commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Click on Get Involved for details.

Recent Highlights

Roger Hamilton and Jim Whitton.	XL Results Foundation Commits US$5 Million at Clinton Global Initiative XL Results Foundation, one of the world’s leading networks of entrepreneurs, committed US$5 million over five years to expand The Hunger Project’s programs in India. This was one of three antipoverty commitments publicly announced at the first working session of the recent Clinton Global Initiative, at which The Hunger Project was represented by our president, Joan Holmes, and by Roger Hamilton, founder and leader of XL Results Foundation.
Jamie Henderson on his walk in Scotland.	Jamie’s Walk Raises US$4,000 Jamie Henderson, a Financial Family member from Illinois, recently raised US$4,000 for The Hunger Project by having his friends contribute to The Hunger Project in honor of his walk across Scotland, 70 miles from Inverness to Ft. William. Jamie paid all his own expenses, so 100 percent of the funds he raised went directly to The Hunger Project.
Rowlands Kaotcha (fifth from left) with investors in Germany.	Rowlands Kaotcha Speaks in Europe On his way to this year’s Fall Event, Rowlands Kaotcha, country director of The Hunger Project-Malawi, visited five Partner Countries in Europe — Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, the Nether-lands and the UK. In each country, he spoke about the work of The Hunger Project in Africa and was an effective catalyst for increasing our visibility and raising funds. Rowlands met with long-time investors and potential investors, school children and activists, high-level investors and the media. Everywhere he traveled there were friendly meals, engaging questions, renewed partnership, and a greater appreciation of what it takes to mobilize people ending their own hunger.

Planned Giving at The Hunger Project

Your legacy. A world without hunger.

You can make a significant investment in the end of hunger through a planned gift or bequest! Here’s how:

Name The Hunger Project in your will. The most common planned investment is through your will, as a bequest. You can arrange for it to be a specific amount, a percentage, or all or part of the residual of your estate. Sample wording is available on our Web site, at www.thp.org/pg/bequest.

Name The Hunger Project in your retirement fund or life insurance policy. Naming The Hunger Project as a beneficiary of a retirement fund or life insurance policy is an easy and effective way to ensure that your commitment to The Hunger Project will continue until the job is done.

Establish an annuity or trust that benefits The Hunger Project while providing income to you during your lifetime.

Inspire others! We would like to honor your commitment to include The Hunger Project in your estate — and inspire others to do the same — by listing you as a member of our Legacy Circle on our Web site. Please let us know your plans!

For more information, contact our Director of Planned Giving, Jim Goodman, at 215-248-2211 or jg@thp.org. Or visit our Planned Giving Web site at www.thp.org/pg.

Jennifer Watt, Legacy Circle member Tom Lemons, and Jim Goodman, director of Planned Giving.	Legacy Circle member Dorothy Stingley (right) in Mozambique.