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FeelGood Success in 2013!

Generosity of spirit, perseverance, resourcefulness and creativity of the unleashed spirit are just a few of the attributes embodied by the students of FeelGood who participate with The Hunger Project. The presence of hundreds of youth on 21 college campuses, engaged...

2013 Human Rights Day and Action Against Gender-Based Violence

As Human Rights Day comes to a close, it also concludes the nation wide initiative known as 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. Our colleagues in India bring us this report of their 16 Days activities: This is the 20th anniversary of the passing of the...

Launching the Mexican Network for Family Farming

On November 22, The Hunger Project-Mexico, together with 20 other institutions including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), launched the Mexican Network for Family Farming. The network aims to promote the International Year of Family Farming, recently launched by the United Nations globally for the year 2014, through various government and civil society actions.

World Conference of Indigenous Women: “We are not a problem; we are the solution”

As the world convenes to decide the priorities for the international development agendas, indigenous women united in Peru to demand that their voices be heard. The World Conference of Indigenous Women (WCIW) took place October 28-30 at the Plaza del Bosque hotel in Lima, Peru with an indigenous women’s presence led by The Hunger Project’s Tarcila Rivera Zea.

The Hunger Project Mourns the Passing of Africa Prize Laureate Nelson Mandela

The Hunger Project mourns the passing of the greatest leader of our era – Nelson Mandela. President Mandela was the father of South Africa’s freedom and a beacon of hope to his nation, his continent and our world. He received The Hunger Project’s 1994 Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger at a ceremony with President Bill Clinton in Washington, DC.

Information is Progress: Visits to Chirapaq Communities

After meeting with OMIL (Organization of Indigenous Women of Laramate) leaders in Lima at the World Conference of Indigenous Women, a declaration they made stuck with me as we drove 10 hours to their mountainous villages: “An informed community is one that...

World AIDS Day 2013

As we celebrate World AIDS Day on December 1, see how our Partner Countries in Africa are taking steps to put an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in their communities and thriving with and without HIV.

Get Out the Give on #GivingTuesday!

The retail sector has benefited for years from coordinating national shopping days around the holidays. Everyone knows “Black Friday” or “Cyber Monday.” But this year, for the second year in a row, something unique will take place on December 3, 2013: #GivingTuesday....

The Best Investment Against Violence

Putting an end to the conditions of poverty and marginalization in which indigenous women live is the best way to eradicate violence. Statement by CHIRAPAQ Director Tarcila Rivera Zea for 2013 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Peru...