The Hunger
Project
 The Hunger Project is a global, non-profit,
strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. In Africa, Asia
and Latin America, The Hunger Project seeks to end hunger and poverty by empowering people
to lead lives of self-reliance, meet their own basic needs and build better futures for
their children. The Hunger Project carries out its mission through three essential
activities:
- mobilizing village clusters at the grassroots level to
build self-reliance,
- empowering women as key change agents, and
- forging effective partnerships with local government.
Achieving the sustainable end of hunger means creating a
new future for all humanity, a future where
- every day, every person has enough of the right food to be
healthy and productive;
- babies are born healthy and strong, and girl babies are
prized as much as boy babies;
- children stay alive, so parents can have smaller families;
- women and girls are full partners in society;
- people have control over their own lives and destinies,
and all individuals have a chance to contribute; and
- the values of honoring human beings and nature flourish.
No amount of handouts can end hunger. Chronic hunger
persists not because of the lack of food but the lack of opportunities for people to be
authors of their own lives. Gender inequality results in more women and girl living in
poverty. Empowering women becomes a crucial strategy towards ending hunger.
In Africa, The Hunger Project has been using its
Epicenter Strategy to empower people to end their own hunger at the grassroots level.
Clusters of villages impacting about 10,000 people would be transformed from poverty to
self reliance by a mere investment of $50 a person over a 5-year period.* These villagers
learn to take ownership of their lives and women are encouraged to become leaders in their
Epicenter through the "Vision Commitment Action" workshops. Learn
more.
Please visit The Hunger Project official global office
website: www.thp.org.
Please visit The Hunger Project Canada official website: www.thehungerproject.ca.
*This is an approximate figure and varies from
country to country given local conditions. Please know that the money you give is
unrestricted, and The Hunger Project will use your donation where it is needed most. |
