Слайд 1THE
HUNGER
PROJECT
A strategic organization committed to the sustainable end of chronic
hunger
Слайд 3When you think about
“world hunger”
what are the first images
that come to mind?
Слайд 4When you see those images
what thoughts arise?
Слайд 5When you see those images and have those thoughts
what feelings
follow?
Слайд 6What you’ve just described is a type of hunger called
“famine” -
defined as “a severe interruption in an already vulnerable
area caused by natural and or/man-made disaster – for example, drought, earthquake, war…”
Слайд 7Famine is “an emergency”
That’s how it gets into the TV
news, onto the headlines,
and into our minds as the main kind of severe hunger we know
Слайд 8Famine
accounts for less than 10% of world hunger
Слайд 9The other 90%
Chronic, persistent hunger
Doesn’t look anything like “famine”
Слайд 10Chronic hunger
Can be defined as
“not enough of the right kind of food over a long period of time”
Unlike famine, chronic hunger is
invisible and silent –
even when you are looking right at it.
Слайд 11How many?
854 million people -
roughly 1 in 7
people in our world
Today and everyday,
20,000 will die as
a consequence of chronic hunger –
¾ under 5 years old.
Not from starvation,
but from diarrhea, flu, and other basic illnesses that we’ve all had and survived because we were not chronically hungry.
Слайд 12Progress?
Is world hunger better, worse or the same today as
it was in the 1970’s?
1977 estimate =
41,000 deaths per
day
Every headline today could read:
Humanity cuts hunger by half in 30 years!
Слайд 13Where is most chronic hunger?
The rest in Latin America, mostly
amongst indigenous people, and in other parts of Asia
29% in
sub-Saharan Africa
35% in South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal)
Слайд 14Hunger in the U.S.?
Yes – and many great organizations are
addressing it –
it’s the severity and prevalence in South
Asia, Africa and Latin America that are so much higher
The Hunger Project is focused where chronic hunger is most widespread and severe
Слайд 15Famine is…
Fundamentally an issue of food –
food shipments
delivered quickly end famine
Слайд 16Chronic hunger is fundamentally
NOT
an issue of food
Слайд 17Consider India
A net exporter of food for decades since the
Green Revolution improved their agriculture in the 1950s and 1960s.
Today
has more than 40 million tons of grain in storage
AND today - 47% of all children in India are malnourished – worse than Africa
Слайд 18If food is not the answer?
Chronic hunger is best understood
as an issue of opportunity
It occurs when people lack the opportunity to translate a full day’s work into enough:
Food
Money
Education
Health care
Voice in decisions affecting their lives
Слайд 19Question becomes:
Why is this opportunity so diminished where chronic hunger
persists?
Слайд 201996 study commissioned by UNICEF
Asked why rates of malnutrition
in South
Asia were so much higher than most African countries,
even though all other indicators such as economic growth, agricultural production, infrastructure – all suggested the opposite should be true?
Слайд 22Conclusion:
“The exceptionally high rates of malnutrition in South Asia are
rooted deep in the soil of inequality between men and
women”
Study revealed that severe discrimination against women and girls gives rise to “a cycle of malnutrition”
Слайд 25In India, since 2000
More than 50,000 elected women representatives in
14 states have completed the 3-day, residential
Women’s
Leadership
Workshop.
Слайд 26In India, since 2000
More than 100 local Indian
non-governmental organizations
are
now partnering with
The Hunger Project to provide ongoing trainings
and support to these women as they work to transform the quality of life
in their villages.
Слайд 27In India, since 2001
The Hunger Project’s Sarojini Naidu Prize for
Journalists Reporting on Women in the Panchayats
In 2001, 166 articles
were submitted
In 2006, 1517 articles were submitted
Awards ceremony on Gandhi’s birthday, October 2
2006 was hosted by the Ministry of the Panchayati Raj at the Minister’s residence
Слайд 29Ending Hunger In Africa
Leadership
Marginalization of Women Farmers
Infrastructure
HIV/AIDS
Слайд 30The Epicenter Strategy:
5 years to self-reliance!
Слайд 31Principles
Local leadership
Self-reliance
Gender Equality
Partnership with local government
Integrated strategy vs. sectoral, i.e.
food production, income, education, health, nutrition, literacy et al…..all together
Minimal
external inputs
Affordable, replicable, sustainable
Слайд 32Essence of the Epicenter strategy
…to transform a culture of dependency,
resignation, despair and discrimination against women and girls…
… to one
of responsibility, self-reliance, and gender equality.
Слайд 33Four phases - overview
Mobilization (1 year)
“Tipping Point” (1 year)
Progress on
all fronts (3 years)
Self-reliance
Demand-driven – people move when they are
ready
Слайд 34Phase 1: Mobilization
Support of local leaders
Слайд 35Phase 1: Mobilization
Support of local leaders
Vision,
Commitment,
& Action
workshop (VCA)
Слайд 36Phase 1: Mobilization
Support of local leaders
VCA workshop
Train volunteer leaders called
“Animators”
Слайд 37Phase 1: Mobilization
Support of local leaders
VCA workshop
Train Animators
Animator Initiated Projects
Слайд 38Phase 1: Mobilization
Support of local leaders
VCA workshop
Train Animators
Animator Initiated Projects
Слайд 39Phase 1: Mobilization
Support of local leaders
VCA workshop
Train Animators
Animator Initiated Projects
Слайд 40Phase 1: Mobilization
Support of local leaders
VCA workshop
Train Animators
Animator Initiated Projects
Elect Epicenter Committee
Слайд 41Phase 2: Tipping Point
Chief donates land
Слайд 42Phase 2: Tipping Point
Chief donates land
Learn to make concrete blocks
Слайд 43Phase 2: Tipping Point
Chief donates land
Learn to make concrete blocks
Build
the epicenter building
Слайд 44Phase 2: Tipping Point
Chief donates land
Learn to make concrete blocks
Build
the epicenter building
Subcommittees for health, education…
Слайд 45Phase 2: Tipping Point
Chief donates land
Learn to make concrete blocks
Build
the epicenter building
Subcommittees for health, education, etc.
HIV/AIDS Gender Inequality workshop
Слайд 46Phase 2: Tipping Point
Chief donates land
Learn to make concrete blocks
Build
the epicenter building
Subcommittees for health, education, etc.
HIV/AIDS Gender Inequality workshop
Inauguration!
Слайд 48Phase 3: Progress in all sectors
Слайд 49Phase 3: Progress on All Fronts
Community Farm
Слайд 50Phase 3: Progress on All Fronts
Community Farm
Food bank
Слайд 51Phase 3: Progress on All Fronts
Community Farm
Food bank
Women Empowerment Project
(WEP)
Слайд 52Phase 3: Progress on All Fronts
Community Farm
Food bank
Women Empowerment Project
Mobilize
savings
Слайд 53Phase 3: Progress on All Fronts
Community Farm
Food bank
Women Empowerment Project
Mobilize
savings
Bank Certification
Слайд 54Phase 4: Self-reliance
Low IMR, MMR
Water & sanitation
Halt AIDS, Malaria
Sustainable livelihoods
Sustainable
environment
Men return from cities
Self-reliance, responsibility and gender equality
Authors of their
own development
Women as leaders
Слайд 55$8 per person per year
over 5 years
Слайд 56The next great challenge
"The last 50 years of development practice
have shown that project success is not enough. The greatest
technical challenge lies not in identifying the right interventions or making them work in one village—but in taking known interventions to scale.“
Investing in Development: A practical plan to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals, UN Millennium Project Report 2005
Слайд 57Ghana Epicenter Scale-up Demonstration
Eastern Region – already mobilized 7 epicenters
Not
too far from the capital - Accra
16 rural districts –
1.3 million rural people
Good cooperation with local government
Слайд 58Ghana - Eastern Region Scale-up
Epicenters
Слайд 60The Hunger Project
Founded in 1977
Currently working in 13 developing
countries:
West Africa – Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal
East Africa –
Ethiopia, Uganda
Southern Africa – Malawi, Mozambique
South Asia – India, Bangladesh
Latin America – Mexico, Peru, Bolivia
Слайд 61The Hunger Project
Giving more than 22 million people the opportunity
to improve their lives
Слайд 62The Hunger Project
2006 Global budget = $13.5 million
248 staff worldwide
150,000
volunteer leaders
Staff and volunteers are all indigenous – no outsiders
lead our programs in developing countries
79% $$ for Programs
21% $$ for Administration and Fundraising
Charity Navigator – Four star rating (their highest)
Слайд 63The Hunger Project - Funding
Investment or charity?
Investing as co-equal, strategic
partners in creating a future free from hunger.
Investing to have
a meaningful personal stake in the historic process of ending hunger
Investing as an intervention in our own complacency, consumerism, and status quo.
Investing to obtain a substantial return – real, cost-effective, sustainable progress
Слайд 64The Hunger Project - Funding
How much to invest?
Highest Appropriate Level
Somewhere between
too low to remember that you did it
so high that it’s unrealistic and disempowering
How you know?
Inspired
Awakened
Courageous
Connected to partners throughout the world
Слайд 65Current Funding Sources
Global Investment Group (GIG) – individuals, families and
institutions at $5,000+/year (currently up to $1 million/year)
GIG provides more
than 75% of all our funding
90% comes from $1,000+
Financial Family – monthly investment
Various high level opportunities
10% from Foundations and Corporations
Funding from 15 different countries
Слайд 67How can I participate?
Become an investor
Make a list of others
you think might be interested in learning about The Hunger
Project
Invite others or host gatherings for others to learn about The Hunger Project
Learn to lead Hunger Project presentations
Learn more – www.thp.org
Contact The Hunger Project – locally or in New York at 212-251-9100 or info@thp.org
Слайд 68Service Delivery vs. Empowerment
Слайд 69Service Delivery vs. Empowerment