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THP’s Young Professionals Committee and Partner Organizations Honor World Food Day!
This year's World Food Day theme is Food Prices: from Crisis to Stability. To bring light to the surrounding issues of global hunger, The Hunger Project’s (THP’s) Young Professionals Committee has partnered with Oxfam Action Corps NYC, American Jewish World Service...
Hunger Project Board Member Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at United Nations
By Mohini Giri It was a very humbling experience to stand at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters and receive the lifetime achievement award on the occasion of 10th Anniversary of the UN Second World Assembly on Aging. It was much more humbling to be felicitated for...
What is a Veronica Bucket?
Diarrhea, infection and the common cold are abundant all over the world and relatively simple issues to address. But imagine confronting these health concerns without ready access to hand-washing. Running water, soap and a clean towel are difficult to come by in many...
2011 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Past Africa Prize Laureate
On Friday, October 7, 2011 past Hunger Project Africa Prize laureate Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, as well as Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni pro-democracy campaigner Tawakkul Karman were awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. As noted by the...
2011 Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Past Africa Prize Laureate
On Friday, October 7, 2011 past Hunger Project Africa Prize laureate Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize along with Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Yemeni pro-democracy campaigner Tawakkul Karman. As noted by the...
Royal Ballet’s Gary Avis and Friends Raise Funds for THP-UK
Last month, The Hunger Project-UK proudly presented the Royal Ballet’s Gary Avis and Friends Gala in Ipswich, England for a weekend of ballet and fundraising for the end of hunger.
Infographic: How Does Lack of Water Affect Women & Children?
This interactive infographic from GOOD addresses one of the greatest challenges in the developing world: access to clean water. Did you know?: In parts of Africa, it takes up to eight hours each day to find water. One in five children dies from diarrhea — a...
THP Mourns the Loss of Beloved Africa Prize Laureate Wangari Muta Maathai
Professor Wangari Muta Maathai, Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, passed away on September 26, 2011 in Nairobi, Kenya after a courageous struggle with cancer. All of us in The Hunger Project family deeply mourn her loss. She received the...
Meet Darshan Surendranath from India!
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officers work in The Hunger Project (THP) Program Countries gathering data from our programs and determining their progress and impact in the field. Their work is crucial in improving and developing new programs for our partners...
Palliative Care: A Missing Element in African Healthcare
Palliative care is the practice of relieving painful symptoms of chronic or deadly diseases without curing the underlying cause, typically awarded as an end-of-life treatment to limit patient suffering. In the United States, more than 55 percent of hospitals offer...
Meet Henry Chungu in Malawi!
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officers work in The Hunger Project (THP) Program Countries gathering data from our programs and determining their progress and impact in the field. Their work is crucial in improving and developing new programs for our partners...
UN Framework for Scaling Up Nutrition
As food prices increase worldwide, developing nations struggle to battle the growing hunger crisis. In the heart of the crisis, the Horn of Africa, over 13 million mothers, fathers, children and grandparents are fighting to survive. Their struggle for food can...
Today is International Literacy Day!
Promoting literacy is more than teaching children to read. Literacy is a cornerstone of empowerment for people of all ages. A literate individual has increased social and economic power, more opportunities to pursue a healthy lifestyle and improved access to...
Meet the 2011 Africa Prize Laureate!
On a launch call with key investors on the evening of July 13, 2011, The Hunger Project’s (THP’s) President and CEO Mary Ellen McNish detailed the upcoming Annual Fall Event and had the honor of announcing the laureate for the 2011 Africa Prize for Leadership for the...
The Importance of Microfinance in Africa
Microfinance programs provide small-scale financial services to low-income individuals. Loans are designed to foster sustainable economic empowerment and capacity building for people in developing regions. Unfortunately, microfinance and microcredit programs have come...
Video: How to Feed the World
This film, How to Feed the World, was directed by Denis van Waerebeke for kids age 9 to 14 in an effort to explain resource disparity, malnutrition and the food crisis in an eye-catching, accessible way. Worth the watch! But after you've watched, take a minute and...
Meet Bharani Sundarajan!
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officers work in The Hunger Project (THP) Program Countries gathering data from our programs and determining their progress and impact in the field. Their work is crucial in improving and developing new programs for our partners...
Celebrate World Humanitarian Day 2011
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY 19 August 2011 There is never a year without humanitarian crises. And wherever there are people in need, there are people who help them – men and women coming together to ease suffering and bring hope. From...
Meet Epifenia Cinpita from Malawi!
Epifenia Cinpita, a Hunger Project partner from Ligowe Epicenter in Malawi, reminds me how the Microfinance Program can help people improve their lives. Epifenia took her first loan in 2009 and used it to expand her petty trade business, through which she mostly buys...
Oxfam’s Interactive Map: What a Global Food Crisis Looks Like
You read news about famine. You hear facts about world hunger. But do you really know how extensive the global food crisis is? Oxfam's interactive map shows you a new way to look at the food crisis. What a Global Food Crisis Looks Like.
Rethinking the Image of World Hunger
What comes to mind when you think of world hunger? For some, the images evoked when asked this question are images that are associated with famine—images of severely malnourished children with bloated stomachs. Famines are indeed critical emergencies and it is...
The Hunger Project Co-Hosts Multi-Stakeholder Discussion on Nutrition at United Nations
The Hunger Project co-hosted a multi-stakeholder discussion at the United Nation’s Inter-Governmental Negotiations to discuss specific nutrition indicators and their inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Cecilia Learns to Read and Write at 62 Years Old and Becomes a Community Leader
Through The Hunger Project-Ghana, Cecilia Ankrah took adult literacy courses, become literate and has raised her income.
Despite Progress, Women and Girls Remain the Majority of the World’s Unhealthy, Unfed, and Unpaid
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recently partnered with the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation to create the No Ceilings:The Full Participation Project, which conducts research and summarizes trends on the status of women over the last 20 years, as...
With Microfinance Loans and Trainings, Adélia Now Runs a Local Business in Mozambique
Adélia is a business owner and animator for The Hunger Project-Mozambique. With training and loans, Adélia was able to grow her buisness and has mobilized other women in her community to attend educational workshops, start their own businesses and advance their income levels.
Bangladesh and India Call For Gender Equality: International Women’s Day Recap
The Hunger Project’s program partners celebrated International Women’s Day in a variety of ways–from participating in rallies to hosting events focused on women’s rights and empowerment.
UN Reports Urgent Need to End Violence Against Women
It has been twenty years since the establishment of the Beijing Declaration--the resolution which sought to create a world where men and women would be created equal. And while great strides have been made in advancing gender equality laid out in the Declaration, one...
CEO of Sovereign and Hunger Project Partner Wins UN Award for Leadership
Symon Brewis-Weston, CEO of Sovereign, received the UN Award for Leadership–one of only five CEOs around the world to be recognized for his progressive approach to workplace diversity and community engagement.
Hunger Project President and CEO Meets with Presidents of Ghana and Benin
President and CEO, Åsa Skogström Feldt, recently traveled to Ghana where she met both the President and Vice President of Ghana.
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