News

Sara Wettergren, CEO of The Hunger Project Sweden, shows us how incredibly close we are to ending global hunger, and invites us all to take on the challenge in her talk for TedxStockholmWomen.

When discussing an imagined future for a baby boy in their communities, women from the Sierra Mazateca of Oaxaca all agreed that he would probably not learn how to make tortillas. In early June, The Hunger Project-Mexico program staff visited community partners in the...

A group of young leaders in Bangladesh establish an advocacy project to give equal rights and opportunities to individuals with disabilities.

Over the last few months, we’ve been engaged in our Rethink World Hunger campaign — challenging you to shift your perceptions and overcome any resignation that world hunger is inevitable. The end of hunger is possible, and we are making tremendous progress. Indeed,...

The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso led food security workshops on new farming techniques and spearheaded two new women’s empowerment trainings.

The Hunger Project’s programs in Bangladesh, Uganda and Burkina Faso are helping end child marriages through legislative changes, advocacy, and educational initiatives.

Four organizations came together to present broad perspectives and specific methods for empowering communities to take charge of their own development.

Childhood undernutrition and incidences of underweight children under the age of five can have detrimental effects not only on the children themselves but on the social and economic wellbeing of their communities. Early childhood nutrition is a key factor in creating...

Learn about how The Hunger Project-Benin expanded educational resources, empowered women, and created new ways to track and improve childhood nutrition in 2014.

Daisy Owomugasho, The Hunger Project Country Director of Uganda was selected to be a respondent for the UN interactive hearings on the Post-2015 development agenda. She spoke of the need to localize the Sustainable Development Goals and to ensure the process is bottom up.

In 2014, The Hunger Project-Bangladesh made great strides in the advancement of women’s rights and the promotion of local leadership.

Join The Hunger Project in celebrating our fifth annual World Hunger Day on Thursday, May 28, 2015. Read on to find out more about the day and what you can do.

Universal water access is vital for food security and nutrition. When people do not have access to safe water resources, their health, success and well-being are at stake. They are more susceptible to water-borne diseases and chronic intestinal infections; they tend...

The Hunger Project and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are hosting a high-level dialogue on achieving the forthcoming Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa by 2030 in Johannesburg, South Africa tomorrow, May 12.

UN Women recently released their report on the progress of women, which calls for the transformation of economies to make women’s rights and gender equality a reality. The report, “Progress of the World’s Women: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights," calls for...

From April 27 – May 1, The Hunger Project staff and more than 420 Live Below the Line champions spent a $1.50 a day on food and beverage to change the way people think about extreme poverty and hunger. Staff explain why the took on the challenge.

Hunger Project Board Member and Global Head of Shared Services at Citi Bank, Sheree Stomberg, takes on The Live Below the Line Challenge in support of The Hunger Project. "Will I be able to eat enough to mentally perform at my work, a work that relies on my...

For the Live Below the Line campaign--the challenge where participants spend only $1.50 a day on food and drink for five days to raise funds and awareness for global poverty--The Hunger Project produced a cookbook, which includes recipes from well-known and talented...

The Hunger Project released the Live Below the Line 2015 Cookbook, which features healthy, complete meals for under $1.50 that have been created by Ikea; FIKA Coffee; Abigail Kirsch Catering; award-winning food blogs and more.

In an effort to increase the resilience of rural populations and cope with climate change, The Hunger-Project Uganda co-launched a Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA). Check out how this alliance is increasing the resilience of rural populations to protect the planet.

The Hunger Project celebrates International Youth Day 2017, which this year focuses on “Youth Building Peace.” Learn more about our work empowering youth!

The Hunger Project celebrates World Breastfeeding Week from August 1-7, a time to galvanize a variety of actions and engage with a wide range of actors around the promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding.

It is with great sadness that The Hunger Project family around the world mourns Prof. Dicko, our Vice President of Africa Programs and beloved staff member for more than 20 years.

From July 12-18, a group of visionary young girls will travel from India’s state of Bihar to Rajasthan to raise awareness of child marriage.

The Hunger Project- Benin is using theater and community outreach to raise awareness of women’s empowerment issues, including child marriage.

This year, The Hunger Project joins the global community in marking World Youth Skills Day, on the topic of “Skills for the Future of Work.”