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Getting to Zero: World AIDS Day 2012
Nov 29 2012 - 8:37pmOn December 1, we stand with the world in honoring World AIDS Day with the theme: “Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths.” According to the most recent UNAIDS report, we've seen an "unprecedented acceleration in the AIDS response” with a more than 50-percent reduction in the rate of new HIV infections across 25 countries. THP empowers village partners to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS through training workshops,... Read More
Eliminating Violence Against Women
Nov 24 2012 - 2:18pmWomen and girls in villages worldwide experience gender-based violence daily in the form of discrimination, dowry murder, acid attacks, honor killings, sexual harassment and abduction. On November 25, we recognize International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the beginning of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, an international campaign that extends through December 10, International Human Rights Day... Read More
THP Launches New Project on Capacity Building for Local Governance Funded by UNDEF
Nov 9 2012 - 10:12pmThe Hunger Project has launched a new project on "Capacity Building for Local Governance: Cultivating a Global Community of Practice," funded by The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). Through the project, we seek to make strengthening inclusive, participatory grassroots democracy – particularly for women and marginalized populations – a higher priority on the international development agenda and in country-led strategies to achieve the... Read More
Making the Vision Real: Highlights from our Annual Fall Gala
Oct 23 2012 - 8:13pm“This is not only about hunger. This is about sustainable social change,” said THP’s President & CEO Mary Ellen McNish during her keynote address at THP’s Annual Fall Gala on Saturday, October 13 under the theme: Making the Vision Real. The evening, attended by 500+ investors and friends from more than 20 countries around the world, featured four speakers who are on the frontlines of ending hunger and working to implement THP’s strategies in... Read More
World Food Day 2012: Focus on Cooperatives
Oct 10 2012 - 5:08pmThe theme for this year’s World Food Day (October 16) is “Agricultural cooperatives ― key to feeding the world.” Cooperatives provide over 100 million jobs around the world, 20 percent more than multinational enterprises. Cooperatives become forums where members can voice and address common concerns and make decisions to take collective action on issues from education to clean water to family planning and business management... Read More
hike4hunger on World Food Day!
Oct 10 2012 - 4:45pmhike4hunger is a global campaign that aims to spread awareness and raise funds for the critical issue of ongoing world hunger. We aim to draw attention to World Food Day on October 16 and inspire people to take a small yet effective step towards ending global hunger, simply by going on a hike and fundraising. hike4hunger is a global campaign that aims to spread awareness and raise funds for the critical issue of... Read More
THP-Bangladesh Increases Engagement of Unions to Meet Millennium Development Goals in 2012
Oct 7 2012 - 9:35pmA new round of workshops aim to train 300 more volunteer activists called Union Parishad animators. These animators have already begun to step up efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals by 2015 including efforts to improve adult literacy, empower women in their communities and reduce primary school dropout rates. Update to the Global BoardOctober 2012During this reporting period, THP-Bangladesh staff and... Read More
THP-India Honors Journalists for Reporting on Women's Leadership
Oct 5 2012 - 1:50pmThe Hunger Project-India hosted its 12th Sarojini Naidu Prize ceremony in New Delhi on October 1. The Sarojini Naidu Prize annually honors three outstanding journalists for reporting on the breakthroughs and success stories of women's leadership in local government throughout India. Partnering with Media to Enhance Women's Leadership Sarojini Naidu Prize 2012“A little innovation at the... Read More
Now Available: 2011 Annual Report
Sep 24 2012 - 7:56pmThe 2011 report provides highlights of our work implementing bottom-up, gender-focused integrated rural development strategies to end chronic hunger and extreme poverty in more than 8,700 villages across 12 countries in Africa, South Asia and Latin America. In 2011, we saw the world make significant progress in areas vital to ending hunger and poverty, including the widespread adoption of women-centered approaches... Read More
The Hunger Project Featured on Online Philanthropic Library
Sep 5 2012 - 3:06pmThe Hunger Project is proud to be featured in the Giving Library, a new online library created by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation to help philanthropists make informed and impactful decisions with respect to giving. An overview and long-format video interview with The Hunger Project model an in-depth exchange between a donor and a nonprofit organization in a traditional, face-to-face meeting. The Hunger Project (... Read More