by Mary Kate Costello | Dec 22, 2015 | Community-led Development, Leadership, Livelihoods, Meetings, SDGs
It is not new knowledge that half of the world’s population is made up of persons under the age of 35, the majority of whom are youth older than 15. As the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals near, the world will be responsible for achieving...
by Zyra Quirante | Nov 11, 2015 | Activism, Community-led Development, Leadership, Meetings
The Hunger Project-Senegal has initiated an approach associated with The Hunger Project’s Epicenter Strategy. Senegal was the first African country of intervention for The Hunger Project, starting in 1991. THP-Senegal continues to build sustainable community-based...
by John Coonrod | Jul 17, 2014 | Governance, Meetings, SDGs
On July 1, our Swedish Country Director Sara Wettergren spoke on a panel during Almedalen Week – the most important forum in Swedish politics. She spoke on the importance of local democracy to poverty reduction in the Post-2015 agenda, in a session organized by...
by Tamene Adugna | Apr 1, 2014 | Activism, Gender, Health, Livelihoods, Meetings, SDGs
“Every Woman Every Child. This focus is long overdue. With the launch of the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, we have an opportunity to improve the health of hundreds of millions of women and children around the world, and in so doing, to improve the...
by Tamene Adugna | Apr 1, 2014 | Activism, Gender, Health, Livelihoods, Meetings, Observances, SDGs
The Partnership for Maternal Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH), which The Hunger Project (THP) is part of, disclosed a policy brief on “Placing Healthy Women and Children at the Heart of the Post 2015 Sustainable Development Framework” on 31 March 2014. PMNCH through...
by Tamene Adugna | Apr 1, 2014 | Health, Livelihoods, Meetings, Observances, Reports, SDGs, WASH
World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April every year to mark the anniversary of the founding of World Heath Organization (WHO) in 1948. Each year a theme is selected that highlights a priority area of public health. The Day provides an opportunity for individuals in...
