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International Day of the Girl 2018

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October 11, 2018

Since 2000, Bangladesh has celebrated National Girl Child Day each September 30. It has been chosen as one day of the annual Children’s Rights Week. Actions are organised at both the national and local levels. In 2012, the United Nations officially designated October 11 as the first International Day of the Girl. For as long as girls are…

Open Garden Weekend

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September 17, 2018

WHEN: Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 October 10 am to 4 pm WHERE: 2 Pildra Avenue, St Ives TICKETS: $10 Entry Fee (at the door) 100% of proceeds go to The Hunger Project Australia. Additional donations are tax deductible. Plants, gifts, cakes and refreshments will be available for sale. Lisa White with a THP Village…

Farmer by trade and tradition; generous by nature

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September 17, 2018

The power of The Hunger Project is driven in large part by the generosity of investors in Australia and globally – strategically paired with the time and energy invested by our village partners. Ivan Halbert has been investing in THP consistently for more than 20 years, and recently gave his largest investment ever. We spoke to Ivan from his humble one-bedroom flat in Perth about his lifelong commitment to…

Hitting new milestones

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September 17, 2018

190+ people over the past five years have raised more than $2.1 million through participating in THP’s unique individual leadership immersion programs in Uganda, Malawi, Senegal, Ghana, India and Bangladesh. Breaking the $2 million mark for the first time is cause for celebration! This is an enormous collective effort, and these funds translate into real,…

Positive results in Bangladesh

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September 17, 2018

One of the programs run by THP in Bangladesh builds the capacity of elected women, focused on two core areas: 1) to challenge gender inequality and violence against women, and 2) enabling women to effectively participate in local politics. The program – called POWER for Political Participation for Women for Equal Rights – raises awareness…

Stand with Rumi from Bangladesh

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September 17, 2018

Rumi is 14 years old and lives in rural Bangladesh. Each day on her way to school, she was being sexually harassed by older men. Her family was already struggling to pay her school fees, so the extra issue of the harassment pushed Rumi’s family to one day suddenly take her out of school and…

A message from our CEO

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September 17, 2018

To our valued partners in the end of hunger, There always seems to be so much to celebrate within The Hunger Project community! I am thrilled to share this newsletter with you; it is packed full of acknowledgement and achievements. Rumi’s story in particular brought tears to my eyes to hear her and her friends’…

Our future work in Zambia

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August 30, 2018

Restoring Zambia as the breadbasket of Africa. Part of The Hunger Project’s global mission is advocating for the widespread adoption of our sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies in countries throughout the world. In 2017, the Patter Foundation offered The Hunger Project an opportunity to expand into a new country: Zambia. Due to the large amount of…

Mpingo Epicentre makes history

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August 24, 2018

The Hunger Project’s Mpingo Epicentre community is the third community in Malawi to reach self-reliance. What’s most exciting about this news is that all three of these communities in Malawi have been funded by Australians. The 11,835 people of Mpingo have partnered with The Hunger Project since 2003 – and with the Eureka Benevolent Foundation…

Meet Zebiba

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August 20, 2018

24 year old Zebiba in an Unleashed Woman. She lives with her husband and their one year old son. They live in the highlands of Ethiopia, far from hospitals, health clinics and other services. Living in such a remote area meant Zebiba never learnt how to cook and prepare nutritional and healthy food for her…