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These gifts help end hunger and poverty for women and girls – what a gift. Want to give a gift that makes a positive impact, for both the giver and receiver? Look no further than our Purposeful Presents 2023 Edit! Featuring an amazing range of gifts from our most excellent partners, you’ll find something for…

It’s been a big year for women’s empowerment at The Hunger Project and our Women Empowerment Fund has lifted up thousands of women and girls in Africa and India. Small things we take for granted become game changers, like internet access, going to school, getting a small business loan; we’re delighted to share just some of…

We are proud to join our global community this World Food Day in raising awareness about the importance of water and creating sustainable solutions to conserve it.  Clean water is key to creating a world without hunger. It is connected to nutrition, health, the environment and the economy. At The Hunger Project, we partner with…

In today’s rapidly evolving world, the digital landscape offers boundless opportunities for growth and progress for girls. As we celebrate International Day of the Girl under the theme “Digital Generation. Our Generation,” we’re reminded of the incredible potential that technology holds for empowering girls to become leaders, innovators and change-makers in their communities and beyond.…

Eight women. 39 kilometres. One stunning ancient landscape. All of us were from different places and life stages but found ourselves sharing common ground early on; in search of deeper connection with ourselves, with nature and with each other. In fact, interconnectedness became our unofficial ‘theme’ for the week! As the Senior Partnerships Manager at…

The Adolescent Girls program is one of our most inspiring and important initiatives, and the results in 2022 are no exception. I’m proud that this yearly update includes the following positive outcomes: • As of December 2022, 97% of the Adolescent Girls enrolled in the program remain unmarried • 31 Sukanya Club members stepped up…

You might have heard us mention the Majete community in Malawi before; it’s a cluster of eight communities surrounding Majete Wildlife Reserve.     Less than 20 years ago, the Reserve was an empty forest with almost all of its animals – including elephants, rhinos, lions, leopards, and buffalos – hunted out. Local communities had traditionally…

In June, I travelled to Malawi with eight of our fantastic Investors to celebrate the Self-Reliance milestone achieved by the Kachindamoto and Nsondole communities. I have been so fortunate to experience several Self-Reliance celebrations in my short time at The Hunger Project, and I love that you can visit two communities that have benefited from…

783 million people are living in hunger. Rural communities hold the answer. This year’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) Report, launched July 12, 2023, revealed that up to 783 million people around the world are living in hunger. While this remains relatively unchanged* from the previous year, factors such as conflict, poverty, climate, economic…

After Zambia, it was onto Ethiopia and to the Buye Epicentre, which is the site for one of the next Water First projects. Water First was an idea born from one of our Global Investors, Daniel Petre who saw a need to bring water sources closer to villages; and the reason was two-fold.  The most…