The Hunger Project Australia
We’re proud to launch Unleashed Women for 2017. It’s back bigger and better – and truly global, with women joining from the US, UK, New Zealand, Europe and more! This powerful global movement empowers women to end hunger – will you join us? Together with you, we believe we can achieve our goal of raising…
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Namukasa Kasolo Tayiha, at just 10 years old, is investing in her own education and future after participating in The Hunger Project Uganda’s training on microfinance at her primary school. These workshops, led by volunteer animators, encourage youth to start saving and are often the first steps towards economic empowerment. In Uganda, microfinance supports the…
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Violence and discrimination against women remains a pervasive challenge in Benin. In fact, a study in 2013 showed that 75% of women in Benin are victims of violence and more than 44% are sexually abused. To tackle this issue, The Hunger Project-Benin works with community partners through the Women’s Empowerment Program to raise awareness and…
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This month we ran the first Rethinking What’s Possible (RWP) workshops for 2016 across Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. Through stories of our village partners and an assortment of interactive group activities, RWP attendees discovered how lessons of resilience, perseverance and commitment from our village partners can be applied to their own lives. The next RWP sessions will be…
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