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On February 2nd and 3rd, The Hunger project along with hundreds of youth delegates, NGO representatives and other stakeholders convened to discuss the areas of accountability, youth participation, gender equality and global and regional processes at the UN’s annual...

2015 has been declared the Year of International Evaluation--a year to promote evaluation and evidence-based decision-making at international, regional, national, and local levels. The year of evaluation declared at the Third International Conference on National...

2014 was an exceptional year for environmental efforts and nutrition in Peru. The 1,000 days nutrition strategy was piloted, teaching mothers about the essential nutrients needed in their children’s first two years of life, and communities came together to create a sustainable land management and conservation plan.

The National Postcode Lottery in the Netherlands, a lottery program that donates 50 percent of its proceeds to charities, announced yesterday a nearly €1.3 million three-year grant to The Hunger Project, to scale up its successful Moringa nutrition program in Benin to Uganda, Ethiopia and Malawi.

Above, President and CEO of the Hunger Project, Åsa Skogström Feldt, shows her support for gender equality.    We’ve talked about how 2015 is a monumental year. It’s one of the biggest opportunities we’ve ever had as a global community to impact the development...

The Hunger Project-Senegal empowered community members in 2014 through skills workshops, seed grants, a new preschool education curriculum and more.

"The year 2015 offers a unique opportunity for global leaders and people to end poverty, transform the world to better meet human needs and the necessities of economic transformation, while protecting our environment, ensuring peace and realizing human rights."  ...

The Hunger Project-Uganda focused on health and nutrition in 2014 with the opening of a new health center.

Hunger is not inevitable. It is not too big of a problem to solve. In fact, it has improved dramatically in just the last 30 years. Indeed, according to international agencies like the World Bank and United Nations, ending extreme poverty and hunger by the year 2030...

2015 is a big year. This year, two United Nations summits will take place that can bend the course of history. These meetings will give world leaders the opportunity to raise the ambition for humanity and deliver bold agreements that tackle poverty, inequality and...

The Violence Against Women campaign was spearheaded by nearly 3,200 elected women representatives in three states to raise awareness of the escalating violence against women, as well as highlight the legal resources available to combat gender violence.

In 2014, The Hunger Project-Bangladesh remained committed to strengthening local government, promoting voter rights, empowering women’s leadership, halting child marriages and engaging youth to end hunger and bring about change.

Our Executive Vice President, John Coonrod, gives his top 10 milestones of 2014 and what he sees coming in 2015.   Top 10 Milestones of 2014 Twenty-fourteen was an agonizing year for many – with Ebola as well as new and continuing violence in many parts of the...

2014 was an exciting, inspirational, challenging and fun year for The Hunger Project. Check out what you read the most, “liked” the most and watched the most on our social media channels in 2014.

In 2014, The Hunger Project-Benin participated in a number of monumental events, including the inauguration of Gohomey Epicenter in the presence of Dutch investors and staff of The Hunger Project-Netherlands.

1. Send an E-Card This holiday season, invest in The Hunger Project in honor of your colleagues, clients, employees, friends and family and send one of our personalized eCards or printed cards to let them know about your special investment!   2. Shop Through...

On the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, The State of the World’s Children report lays out an agenda for change. The report, recently published by UNICEF, calls for new thinking to address old problems that still affect the most...

The Hunger Project-Malawi worked tirelessly with communities to scale up nutrition programs and launch new initiatives.

"I call on States to honour their obligation to protect human rights every day of the year. I call on people to hold their governments to account. " UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Each year on December 10, we celebrate Human Rights Day to bring global attention to...

One year ago, it was difficult to access reliable, safe drinking water at many villages in Namayumba Epicenter in Uganda. Today, the community has access to safe water as a result of The Safe Water Enterprise (SWE), a program implemented in collaboration with The Hunger Project (Uganda, Australia and Germany), Siemens Stiftung and SkyJuice Foundation.

The Hunger Project is proud to announce that we’ve joined the BabyWASH Coalition, a team of organizations focused on an integrated approach to child health.

Every year, ThinkSocial selects a list of socially responsible, mission-driven non-profits and asks the public to vote for their favorites.

The Hunger Project is honoring World Malaria Day by raising awareness of the disease while also highlighting the progress we’ve made.

The UN Global Compact is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative with nearly 12,000 business and non-business participants in over 170 countries, committing participants to sustainable development and good corporate citizenship.

The Hunger Project-Ethiopia and WeForest, a Belgian nonprofit, have formally launched a collaborative, community-led forest restoration and land rehabilitation program. Environmental degradation is a crucial challenge in Ethiopia. To restore the land, The Hunger Project-Ethiopia and WeForest plan to work with community partners to plant 3 million trees.

The Hunger Project celebrates Earth Day on April 22, 2017. Earth Day is a call to action for the global community to address climate change, foster a sustainable, healthy environment and protect our planet for future generations. This year, the Earth Day theme is “Environmental and Climate Literacy.”

Mother’s Day is right around the corner! We encourage you to take this opportunity to thank all of the strong women in your life. Today, despite being the primary caregivers for their children and families, women still account for over 60% of the world’s hungry. Lack...

At The Hunger Project, we believe that engaging community members with data is crucial to setting priorities and monitoring outcomes. By involving the local communities through data, The Hunger Project-Mexico is able to not just raise awareness, but provide our partners with the information needed to take charge of projects in their region and ensure they meet the needs of their community.