Students supporting Safe Schools for Girls & Her Choice – Bagerhat Union, Bangladesh 2019. The Hunger Project-Bangladesh has been implementing the "Safe Schools for Girls" campaign in partnership with Independent Television Service, a United States Agency for...
Cathy Burke, CEO of The Hunger Project-Australia, will join The Hunger Project’s global team as Global Leader, Partnerships. In this role Burke will focus on building key partnerships and creating collaboration opportunities with international leaders, entrepreneurs and corporations.
The reservation of 50% of the seats for women for local assemblies in Rajasthan has led to a new generation of local female leaders. The Hunger Project has been working to train these women to become effective leaders in their communities.
2015 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 2015.
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! Send a holiday card now! 2....
The Millennium Challenge Account – Malawi (MCA -Malawi) has awarded The Hunger Project a three-year US$519,000.00 grant to implement the “Environment and Natural Resources Management” project aimed at sustainability and increasing the efficiency of Malawi’s hydropower generation.
In the U.S., we have one day to celebrate and give thanks. We have days for “special sales” — Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Now, we also have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving. On Tuesday, December 1, charities, families, businesses, community centers...
Tuesday, December 1 is World AIDS day. There is no better time than World AIDS Day to recommit ourselves to achieving an AIDS-free generation.
The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence is an international campaign to highlight the prevalence of violence against women globally. Read more about the campaign and what you can do to halt violence against women globally.
"The 2030 Agenda calls on us to renew our efforts in providing access to adequate sanitation worldwide. We must continue to educate and protect communities at risk, and to change cultural perceptions and long-standing practices that hinder the quest for dignity." -...
In the last year, The Hunger Project-Peru and Chirapaq have restructured their focus with a plan of action to better address the needs of the communities in which we work. Read on how The Hunger Project and Chirapaq are now emphasizing the importance of food security and sovereignty, and prioritizing the recovery of ancestral knowledge and traditional biodiversity levels.
The Hunger-Project Bangladesh celebrated National Girl Child Day in 420 locations around the country. Read more about the massive celebrations.
On October 17, Hunger Project investors, partners, activists and friends gathered in New York to celebrate our Annual Fall Gala.
Lauren Taber (UCSB ‘17) and Ashwini Bhide (UC Berkeley ‘14) traveled to Ghana as part of an investor trip with The Hunger Project in August. The Hunger Project partners with FeelGood as a Commitment 2030 Fund Partner, a youth-managed initiative dedicated to end...
The Hunger Project announced today the launch of their Women’s Empowerment Index (WEI), the first of its kind to measure women’s empowerment across sectors.
According to the World Bank, rural women comprise 43 percent of the agricultural labor force, and produce, process and prepare much of the food available. Indeed, women have the primary responsibility for food security. Despite this, they are often given little...
On October 16, join The Hunger Project in celebrating World Food Day—a day to heighten public awareness about the interconnection of agriculture, food security and world hunger. The theme, “Social Protection and Agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty,”...
This Day of the Girl Child we focus on the progress of the last 15 years, and what needs to be changed to create fully equality for girls by 2030.
Renowned indigenous rights activist, Dr. Myrna Cunningham, has been appointed as the newest member of The Hunger Project’s Global Board of Directors.
In order to help educate the public and promote female condom use in Malawi, The Hunger Project facilitated the third annual Global Female Condom Day on September 16, 2015. Read on to see how the important day was celebrated.
The world’s most powerful change agents are committed young people who adapt faster and adopt fully. On October 11, celebrate the power the 600 million girls in the world for International Day of the Girl.
As the global community continues to adjust to the daily challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, we at The Hunger Project remain committed to mitigating its impact. The core tenets of our work are as relevant as ever. We continue to support...
No movement in modern history has succeeded without the active participation of youth. For 15 years, The Hunger Project has partnered with FeelGood, a youth-led movement focused on mobilizing university students across 11 college campuses in the United States to...
SOFI 2020: Transforming Food Systems for Affordable Healthy Diets. The 2020 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report released in July 2020 explores the ongoing rise in global hunger. Since the world committed to ending food insecurity and malnutrition...
The Trump Administration has sent a letter to the United Nations withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO). The Hunger Project, in its commitment to the global goal of ending world hunger by 2030, strongly urges the Administration to...
The Hunger Project is pleased to welcome prominent business leader, Koosum Kalyan, as a newly appointed member of our Global Board of Directors. A South African citizen, Ms. Kalyan is a dedicated changemaker in Africa. She served as a Senior Business Development...
May 28, 2020 is the 10th Annual World Hunger Day and The Hunger Project is bringing awareness to the more than 820 million people living in chronic hunger during an unprecedented global crisis.
The lines between chronic hunger and acute hunger, known as famine, are blurry. Especially now, as the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are rapidly changing conditions in communities around the world.
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting life in every part of our world and we are seeing, first hand, how critical is to leverage ingenuity and strength at the local level. Learn how Hunger Project communities are responding.