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My topic today is how to address the problem of hunger and starvation which still exists in many parts of the world. Ending hunger starts with
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. A dangerous and patronizing cliché we often hear is, "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and
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." People living with chronic hunger have generations of wisdom about "fishing", the problem is
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.
The Hunger Project, announced recently
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, cuts through the barbed wire, addressing the underlying social conditions that
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the opportunity they need to end their own hunger. When we invest in The Hunger Project, we
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and giving people a chance to translate their hard work
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. We are ensuring that people get
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.
Too often, hungry people are isolated,
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. Mobilizing communities and building local organizations is critically important both to
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, and to get more out of our precious resources and efforts. When people come together to work, a kind of social capital is created that can compensate for
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in rural areas.
In Africa,
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of The Hunger Project"s work is to organize villages to
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to produce food for food banks. This fosters
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for a better future for all.
Another example is in
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, such as India and Bangladesh, where Hunger Project volunteer animators have catalyzed the creation of
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throughout the country, with nearly 50% run by women. These local groups
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and invest in individual and collective income-generating enterprises, including sewing, tailoring and weaving projects;
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; fish and poultry farming; beekeeping; and plant nurseries.
The impact of these enterprises is enormous. As women have
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, their decision-making roles have increased. As
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, parents are sending more children, both girls and boys, to school.