Our team has been spending a little more time online lately, reading, watching and listening to new, inspiring content to connect with others around the country and the world, and to make sense of our collective experience of COVID-19 and our shared desire to shape a new future of Self-Reliance and dignity. Below is a list of our top picks, many of them featuring or created by members of our Hunger Project community.
What we’re watching:
- Interview with Beth Richards, Founder of our partner Kinnon, a luxury leather goods brand, on how a casual meeting over wine turned into a creative new way to contribute to the end of hunger
- International Youth Day interview with Mel Sharpe, Chair of our Youth Board, on why young people should get involved in ending world hunger
- Interview with Brenda Keane, Founder of our partner BeKeane Healthy & Fit, on how attending a retreat in Bali sparked her idea to make an impact with The Hunger Project through her activewear
- Interview between Mirte van der Lugt, Brand Director of do-good chocolate brand Hey Tiger, and Tara Donnelly, our Head of Communications and Partnerships, on Hey Tiger’s commitment to invest $350,000 in cocoa farming communities in Ghana and the impact created so far
- ‘Life Under Lockdown’: Conversations with Hunger Project leaders in Africa, India and Bangladesh on how our partners on the ‘village frontlines’ are leveraging THP’s mindset shift and training to mobilise themselves to stop the spread of COVID-19
What we’re reading:
- ‘Ending hunger is our responsibility’ — Irene Ssentongo, Head of Programs at The Hunger Project Uganda
- ‘Women are key to ending hunger’ — Rita Sarin, Global Vice President and Country Director of The Hunger Project India
- ‘Africa declared free of polio’ — SBS News
- ‘Ignoring effects of Covid-19 on women could cost $5tn, warns Melinda Gates’ — The Guardian