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President and CEO of The Hunger Project Addresses The United Nations on Ending Poverty and Hunger
President and CEO of The Hunger Project presented at United Nations Summit on the Post-2015 Agenda on Ending Poverty and Hunger. Read her powerful speech.
Update on iFormBuilder: Reflecting on Three Years of Implementation
The Hunger Project has been using iFormBuilder since 2012—starting first with a pilot exercise across a handful of project sites in Malawi and Ghana. As of July 2015, The Hunger Project has collected data on more than 7,000 households across nine countries using...
Celebrating the Power of Youth: International Youth Day 2015
The Hunger Project celebrates International Youth Day around the globe.
Hunger Project and Concern Host Panel on Financing Community-Led Development at UN Conference
During the UN’s third Financing for Development Conference (FfD3) held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, The Hunger Project and Concern Worldwide co-hosted a side event on financing community-led development.
Linking Grassroots Development and Evaluation: The Hunger Project-Mexico Participates in La Semana de Evaluación
The Hunger Project-Mexico participated in Semana de Evaluación (Mexico Evaluation Week 2015) to share our participatory monitoring and evaluation practices to a wider group of stakeholders.
The Hunger Project Sweden on Tedx: How We Can End Hunger
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.
Do Men Make Tortillas? Dialogues on Gender in La Mazateca, Oaxaca, Mexico
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...
Young People in Bangladesh Advocate for Individuals With Disabilities
A group of young leaders in Bangladesh establish an advocacy project to give equal rights and opportunities to individuals with disabilities.
Rethink The Hunger Project’s Role In Ending World Hunger
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,...
Burkina Faso Improves Leadership Capacity, Farming Techniques and Women’s Empowerment Workshops in 2014
The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso led food security workshops on new farming techniques and spearheaded two new women’s empowerment trainings.
Advances In Ending Child Marriage In Bangladesh, Uganda and Burkina Faso
The Hunger Project’s programs in Bangladesh, Uganda and Burkina Faso are helping end child marriages through legislative changes, advocacy, and educational initiatives.
The Hunger Project Leads Panel On Community-Led Development
Four organizations came together to present broad perspectives and specific methods for empowering communities to take charge of their own development.
The Cost of Childhood Undernutrition
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...
Benin Empowers Women and Youth And Moves One Step Closer To Ending Malnutrition in 2014
Learn about how The Hunger Project-Benin expanded educational resources, empowered women, and created new ways to track and improve childhood nutrition in 2014.
Hunger Project Country Director of Uganda Calls for Inclusiveness at the UN Hearings
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.
Bangladesh Emphasizes Women and Girls Rights and Awards Advancements in Leadership
In 2014, The Hunger Project-Bangladesh made great strides in the advancement of women’s rights and the promotion of local leadership.
Celebrate World Hunger Day
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.
Why Water Access Matters In Ending Hunger
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...
Major Stakeholders in the Global Effort to End Hunger and Poverty Gather in South Africa
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.
MDRT Members and The Hunger Project Pioneer Partnership Against Global Hunger
The MDRT Foundation celebrates 60 years of charitable partnerships by featuring The Hunger Project’s work to pioneer people-focused strategies around the world.
The Hunger Project Invests in Partnerships at InterAction Forum 2019
Suzanne Mayo Frindt, Global President and CEO of The Hunger Project, co-chaired the Forum this year as we celebrated our 35th year of InterAction Forum membership.
Highlights from Our 2019 Spring Gala
At our Spring Gala weekend June 8-9, Hunger Project activists, investors and staff joined together to Courageously Commit to the end of hunger. See photos, videos and highlights from the weekend.
New Study Shows Important Role of Community Involvement in Malaria Prevention
In light of regional progress in the reduction of malaria rates, a major international malaria study was conducted around the Majete wildlife park in southern Malawi between 2014 and 2018. The study went in search of the most effective malaria prevention method. And...
World Hunger Day Letter from the CEO: #SustainabilityIs Ending Hunger Through Community-led Development
The following is a World Hunger Day op-ed by Hunger Project Global President and CEO Suzanne Mayo Frindt. Read the full World Hunger Day statement here. Today, 821 million people live in chronic hunger worldwide. Hunger is not just about food. Hunger and poverty are...
World Hunger Day 2019: #SustainabilityIs
On World Hunger Day 2019, we highlight the importance of sustainability in ending hunger and poverty with the 821 million chronically hungry in the world. What does sustainability look like in your life?
Innovative Anti-Malarial Programs in Malawi
While progress has been made in limiting the scope of the disease in Africa, climate change is expanding the range of malaria-carrying mosquitoes, putting populations at risk that haven’t previously been exposed. Malaria remains one of the world’s leading killers,...
Earth Day 2019: Protect Our Species
On April 22, The Hunger Project will join the global community to celebrate Earth Day. We are issuing a world-wide call to action to address the effects of climate change.
Community Partners in Southern Africa Affected by Flooding
Of the areas where The Hunger Project is working in Malawi and Mozambique, it is the Chikwawa District in Malawi that has been the most directly affected.