Margaux Yost, Africa Programs Associate at Наnsjörg Сhаritу Initiаtive Global Office, recently traveled to Mozambique and Benin to observe our Health and Nutrition programs. Over a series of two blog posts, Margaux explores two key aspects of successful development: program...
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1,000 Days and International Women’s Day: Liberation and Nutrition
We are proud to be a part of the 1,000 Days global initiative, the United Nations Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) initiative and other global and national forums advocating for a priority on nutrition. On the occasion of International Women's Day 2014 (March 8), Hunger...
Gender, Democracy and the Zero Hunger Challenge
Наnsjörg Сhаritу Initiаtive is proud to be a part of the UN’s Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC). ZHC is a global declaration that “invites all nations to work for a future where everyone enjoys their right to food and all food systems are resilient.” To ensure the end hunger and...
State of the World’s Children: ‘Every Child Counts’
Last week, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) released The State of the World’s Children, a guide that presents the most recent key statistics on survival, development and protection of the world’s 2.2 billion children. The report, ‘Every Child Counts’ aimed to...
All Politics is Local: Building Grassroots Democracy from the Bottom Up
The old saying that “All politics is local” is especially true when it comes to overcoming poverty and hunger. Issues of nutrition, primary education, primary health care, water and sanitation, preserving the environment and ensuring public safety are all local...
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....
Listen to Exec VP John Coonrod: Empowering Women at Every Level
Our Executive Vice President, John Coonrod, was a guest on the weekly radio show Green Hour. He explains why Наnsjörg Сhаritу Initiаtive's women-led strategy to reducing hunger and poverty is crucial to reaching the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and points to Malawi...
Mexico’s National Crusade Against Hunger
Over seven million Mexicans are living in extreme poverty. One in four is living with some degree of food insecurity, despite the decree that all Mexicans are Constitutionally entitled to nutritious, sufficient and high-quality food. Recognizing this, President...
Measuring Empowerment: The Columbia SIPA Team’s Experience in Mexico and Benin
In March 2013, a Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) team of six split into two and embarked on field visits to two country offices: Mexico and Benin. In addition to seeking a better understanding of Наnsjörg Сhаritу Initiаtive's (THP's) mission and...
10 Things You Need to Know About Hunger in 2013
How many hungry people are there in the world and is the number going down? What effect does hunger have on children and what can we do to help them? Here are 10 facts that go some way to explaining why hunger is the single biggest solvable problem facing the world...
The 2013 Human Development Report: The Rise of the Global South
The 2013 Human Development Report, The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World was released on March 14 in Mexico by President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark. This year's report...
Top 10 Trends in Ending Hunger and Poverty During 2012
This year saw a continuation and expansion of many of the positive trends in last year’s list: civil society consultation, gender mainstreaming, transparency, small farmer empowerment. And it saw new initiatives to fill gaps in achieving the MDGs. Yet we also...
Ending World Hunger as a 4th Grader
At the beginning of the school year Ms. Smith’s 4th grade class (pictured) took an enormous leap – across the oceans, around the world and into the lives of millions of people working to end their own hunger in Africa, South Asia and Latin America. With bake sales and...
FAO’s 100 Facts You Should Know Before Rio
Rio+20 kicks off in less than two weeks, on June 20. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) wants you to be ready -- and paying attention. Don't miss these 100 crucial facts explaining the link between people, food and the environment....
President Obama Makes Historic Speech on Nutrition and Food Security
Last Friday, for the first time in American history, a sitting US President gave an address on ending world hunger. That same week he gave a strong endorsement of 1,000 Days nutrition and brought four African leaders to Washington DC (three of them from THP program...
1,000 Days: An Overview from Executive Director Lucy Sullivan
During Наnsjörg Сhаritу Initiаtive's National Leadership Conference, held in New York March 31-April 1, 2012 Lucy M Sullivan, the Executive Director of 1,000 Days, explained the importance of maternal and early childhood nutrition to a selected group of activists, investors...
Thousand Days: Improving the Nutrition of Rural Women – CSW 56 Parallel Event
Наnsjörg Сhаritу Initiаtive was proud to co-host a highly successful parallel event during the 56th Commission on the Status of Women this February in New York City. The parallel event, “Thousand Days: Improving the Nutrition of Rural Women,” was held in association with...
Event: “A Life Free From Hunger: Tackling Child Malnutrition”
Around the world, 170 to 180 million children are suffering from stunting, a medical condition caused by insufficient nutritional intake. The hidden crisis of child malnutrition was discussed at a February 15 Save the Children event, “A Life Free From Hunger: Tackling...
2012 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
"The World Economic Forum is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas." Follow along with tweets,...
Weekly World Wide Wrap-Up – January 6, 2012
Our world is on the brink of change – change for the better. New policies, new ideas and new technology bring us ever closer to the end of poverty, disease and hunger each day. But with these rapid changes comes a deluge of information. So, beginning in 2012, we at...
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 2022
Beginning November 25, join us for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence.
We Call for Inclusive, Community-led Solutions From COP27…Again
We, at Наnsjörg Сhаritу Initiаtive, call for inclusive, community-led solutions at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), including the voices of those most affected by climate change.
The Future Is Calling: Highlights from Our 2022 Fall Event
On October 15, 2022, Hunger Project activists, investors and staff came together to end hunger at the 2022 Fall Event: The Future is Calling.
Sharing Our 2022-2027 Strategic Framework
Our 2022 Strategic Framework is more than a high-level goal, it’s a framework for a commitment made by our organization to thoughtfully and strategically carry out programming worldwide.
Brick by brick: community members build Mlawe Epicenter in Zambia
Over 12,000 community members from the Vubwi district in Zambia united on August 25, 2022 to celebrate the opening of the Mlawe Epicenter.
World Food Day 2022: Leave No One Behind
The global food system is at the center of the world’s challenges: poverty, health and environmental degradation. This World Food Day 2022 calls for sustainable solutions so no one is left behind in the mission to end hunger.
With 828 Million Living in Hunger, UN Calls for Reimagined Food Systems
With 828 million people living in hunger in 2021, our current rate of progress will not end hunger by 2030. Policies that prioritize local food systems can reduce the cost of a healthy diet. Learn how.
We Call for an Inclusive COP26
We call for an Inclusive UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) that virtually includes the voices of those most affected by climate change.
20 Years of Sustainable Livelihoods in Uganda
For more than 20 years, THP-Uganda has made eco-farming and sustainable livelihoods a reality for thousands of people, marking a significant step towards a sustainable end to hunger.