Global Hunger Project

TO SUSTAINABLY END HUNGER THROUGH WOMEN- CENTERED, COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN AFRICA, SOUTH ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA.

AFRICA - IN NINE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA, THP'S EPICENTER STRATEGY MOBILIZES CLUSTERS OF RURAL VILLAGES INTO "EPICENTERS," WHICH BAND TOGETHER 5,000-15,000 PEOPLE TO CARRY OUT COMMUNITY-LED INTEGRATED STRATEGIES TO MEET BASIC NEEDS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT EPICENTERS CREATE AND RUN THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, CULMINATING IN SUSTAINABLE SELF-RELIANCE. AT THE END OF 2021, 59 THP EPICENTERS HAD DECLARED SELF-RELIANCE, MEANING OVER 975,000 OF ITS COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE NOW LIVING IN A SELF-RELIANT COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE THE CONFIDENCE, CAPACITY, AND SKILLS TO ACT AS AGENTS OF THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT. THE WORK THAT BEGAN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUNGER PROJECT IS NOW THEIR OWN, COMPLETE WITH GOAL-SETTING AND MEASURES OF THEIR OWN SUCCESS AND SUSTAINABILITY.

SOUTH ASIA - IN INDIA, THP WORKS WITH EMPOWERED WOMEN INTERESTED IN BEING ELECTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT POSITIONS IN OVER 5,100 COMMUNITIES TO MEET THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. ACROSS SIX STATES, THP FACILITATES REGIONAL-LEVEL FEDERATIONS OF WOMEN LEADERS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR VOICE AND PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR LEARNING AND EXCHANGE. IN BANGLADESH, THP MOBILIZES LOCAL "ANIMATORS" (TRAINED VOLUNTEERS), YOUTH, WOMEN LEADERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES ACROSS NEARLY 160 UNIONS, ENCOMPASSING MORE THAN 3,770 COMMUNITIES, TO MEET THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS). THESE COMMUNITY PARTNERS CARRY OUT WOMEN-CENTERED, HOLISTIC, BOTTOM-UP STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE THE SDGS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY - THE HUNGER PROJECT'S PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDE EDUCATING AND MOBILIZING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS AS A WORLDWIDE CONSTITUENCY TO BRING ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE END OF WORLD HUNGER - THIS INCLUDES AWARENESS RAISING ACTIVITIES TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT WORLD HUNGER AND RELATED TOPICS. TO ACHIEVE BROAD-REACHING, SUSTAINABLE PROGRESS TOWARD THE END OF HUNGER, THP ALSO PRIORITIZES COLLABORATION AMONG DEVELOPMENT ACTORS TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S MISSING IN A REGION OR SECTOR AND WORKS TOWARDS THE WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF WOMEN-CENTERED, COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. TO ACCELERATE THIS WORK, THP CATALYZED THE FORMATION OF A GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR COMMUNITY-LED DEVELOPMENT (MOVEMENT) IN 2015. THE ALLIANCE, WHICH HAS NOW GROWN TO MORE THAN 70 ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE, IS COMMITTED TO ADVOCATING FOR THE POWER AND CAPACITY OF COMMUNITIES TO TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR OWN DEVELOPMENT. TODAY, THE MOVEMENT IS ACTIVE GLOBALLY, WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS ACROSS AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA.