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,”...
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International Day of the Girl Child 2015
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 Joins Hunger Project Board of Directors
Renowned indigenous rights activist, Dr. Myrna Cunningham, has been appointed as the newest member of The Hunger Project’s Global Board of Directors.
Community Members Celebrate the Importance of Female Condoms in Malawi
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.
Doberman and The Hunger Project Host Event on Self-Reliance and Social Innovation
Experience Design Firm Doberman and The Hunger Project held an energizing, inspiring discussion around how their organizations are using social innovation and developing self-reliance to influence change around the world.
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.
Prominent business leader Koosum Kalyan joins the Global Board of The Hunger Project.
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...
World Hunger Day 2020
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.
COVID-19 Resilient Communities: Addressing Food Security
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.
Community Response to COVID-19
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.
Our Response to COVID-19
As a civil society leader, The Hunger Project has put strict measures in place to protect the health and safety of our program partners and staff around the world.
International Women’s Day 2020: Generation Equality
On March 8, 2020, The Hunger Project recognizes International Women’s Day, a day that calls on our global community to take innovative action for equality.
Mourning the Loss of Honorary Board Member, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Remembering the life and impact of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, long-time Honorary Board Member for The Hunger Project.
New Leadership on Global Board of Directors
On October 10, 2019, Steven J. Sherwood completed his ten-year term as Chair of The Hunger Project’s Global Board, to be succeeded by long-time board member, Sheree Stomberg.
Orange the World: 16 Days Of Activism Against Gender-based Violence
November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, marks the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.