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The drought in southern Africa continues to negatively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, especially those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture-based income.

The Hunger Project-Benin is taking a stand against child mortality and improving health follow-up strategies, such as encouraging regular clinic visits for children under five.

The Hunger Project-Burkina Faso held workshops in female leadership and the fight against the early and forced marriage of girls as part of it’s Women’s Empowerment Program.

With the facilitation of The Hunger Project-Malawi, World Vision-Malawi and Heifer-International Malawi, 18 national and international NGOs have established the Malawi chapter of the Movement for Community-led Development (CLD). This is the first international chapter...

On May 28, the global community joined The Hunger Project in honoring World Hunger Day to raise awareness about the 795 million people who suffer from chronic hunger worldwide.

The Hunger Project-Ethiopia gave a training on Agricultural Entrepreneurship for unemployed youth and young farmers.

In celebration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls, The Hunger Project-Ghana, on November 25th, in light of the United Nations Secretary General’s campaign, UNiTE to End Violence against Women, hosted a forum at the Atuobikrom Epicenter under the theme “Orange the world,” to symbolize a brighter future without violence.

The Hunger Project-Mexico opened a new leadership school that fosters an environment for collaboration among community members to resolve social issues.

Pictured: Åsa in Johannesburg in June 2015 during a meeting co-hosted by The Hunger Project and the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Last week I was a speaker and attendee at “Leading for What’s Next,” a day-long conference held at the Council on Foreign Relations in New...

Join The Hunger Project in celebrating World Hunger Day on May 28!

The Hunger Project-India is partnering to share their approach and build the capacity of Elected Women Representatives (EWR) in Buhtan.

More than 1,000 people are facing food shortages in Northern Peru after the Cachiyacu River flooded and destroyed their crops on April 27, 2016. Learn how you can help.

Tarcila Rivera Zea, Founder of Chirapaq, The Hunger Project’s partner organization in Peru, was elected to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the period 2017-2019.

Australian business leader Roger Massy-Greene has been appointed as a new member of our Global Board of Directors.

Megan Colnar, Director of Monitoring and Evaluation at The Hunger Project, recently traveled to Zuza Epicenter in Mozambique. She witnessed how community members explore and participate in understanding data about their communities. These forums provide an opportunity...

The Active Citizens Chittagong Regional Achievers Summit, held on March 27th, encouraged and motivated youth to promote and develop an improved society in their communities in Bangladesh.

At Machakel Epicenter in Ethiopia, a ‘Biofarm’ was constructed in a partnership between The Hunger Project and Bioeconomy Africa. The Integrated Bio-economy System, or IBS, is a community driven, holistic approach that aims to improve livelihoods, incomes and assets....

On April 22, Earth Day, The Hunger Project will join the rest of the world to celebrate the environment and mobilize the global community to foster a healthy, sustainable environment, address climate change and protect the Earth for future generations. Learn more!

We are thrilled to announce that three epicenters in Ghana — Atuobikrom, Akotekrom and Nsuta-Aweregya Epicenters — have achieved the targets they set for declaring their self-reliance.

Late last year, government officials and non-governmental organizations came together for the Bangladesh Parliamentary Caucus for Children’s Rights to advance their shared goal of advancing an agenda to combating sexual harassment, violence against women, and exploitation of children.

This week, a group of Dutch investors embarked on a special journey to Benin to celebrate 10 years since the founding of their investment network, Katakle, which has been partnering with The Hunger Project since 2008.

As part of the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) taking place at United Nations Headquarters on March 12-23, 2018, The Hunger Project is currently leading an international delegation of community-level trainers, advocates and women activists from Hunger...

March 8 is a day to honor the achievements of women and girls everywhere.

The Hunger Project-Ghana is partnering with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to train Community Health Nurses (CHN) as midwife assistants to address the shortage of midwives

Who would have predicted the chaotic situation facing us as we head into 2018? Yet the great untold story continues to be the progress made by hundreds of millions of families in their exodus from poverty and hunger. Here are the opportunities I think The Hunger...

During the Forum, The Hunger Project will highlight the contributions and concerns of young people around the world – particularly those living in rural communities – who every day work to end hunger and poverty in their communities.