In his January 23 column about the Salwen family, New York Times journalist, Nicholas Kristof, referred to The Hunger Project as "a New York City-based international development organization that has a good record of tackling global poverty."
The Power of Half, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, now available from booksellers nationwide. In the book, Kevin and Hannah recount their family's joint decision to downsize to a smaller house and donate the proceeds to The Hunger Project.
The deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is now less than six years away. Incredible progress continues to be made in THP communities as we work, in full and genuine partnership, with our village partners, empowering them to meet the MDGs where it really counts: at the grassroots level.
We at The Hunger Project stand in solidarity with all the people of Haiti in this desperately challenging time. While THP does work to support disaster preparedness in the areas where we work, we are not a disaster response organization and we do not have programs in Haiti. To support such work, we encourage you to give directly to such organizations.
Jill Lester, President and CEO of The Hunger Project (THP), spoke about THP's unique approach on the radio program, Saturday Extra on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National.
In a recent article in The New York Times Magazine, Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn give an overview of the many challenges women in the developing world face and highlight the opportunity of focusing on women and girls. THP is cited as an organization that promotes women as the key to ending hunger.
Shining a spotlight on the world's rural women has never been more important. The current global food price crisis is pushing millions of people deeper into hunger and poverty. The prospects of achieving an end to world hunger are threatened. Only when rural women are empowered will this be achieved.
Margarita Ruiz is State Coordinator of Chiapas for The Hunger Project-Mexico. Margarita Ruiz is State Coordinator for Chiapas for The Hunger Project-Mexico. This is an excerpt from her presentation at The Hunger Project's annual gala celebration on Saturday, October 24 in New York City. Read her full presentation.