The Hunger ProjectTeam members : Boon Siong, Jared, Eugene

History

The Hunger Project was founded in 1977, to tackle world hunger problems.

Over the years, The Hunger Project has reinvented itself time and again to meet each challenge along the path of

ending hunger.

The Social Entrepreneur

• Mary Ellen McNish joined The Hunger Project (THP) as President and CEO in September 2010.

• Mary Ellen has 35 years of progressive leadership experience in non-profit business settings, including as Executive Director of Development at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Executive Vice President of Planned Parenthood of Maryland.

The Social Entrepreneur

Earlier in her career, she worked as a teacher and parent educator, and managed children's and women's programs, including spouse abuse

prevention.

• Our Vision• A world where every woman, man and child leads a

healthy, fulfilling life of self-reliance and dignity.• Our Mission• To end hunger and poverty by pioneering sustainable,

grassroots, women-centered strategies and advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world.

Our Principles

• Human Dignity. • All human beings are born free and equal in

dignity and rights, including the right to food, health, work and education. The inherent nature of every person is creative, resourceful, self-reliant, responsible and productive. We must not treat people living in conditions of hunger as beneficiaries, which can crush dignity, but rather as the key resource for ending hunger.

• Empowerment.

In the face of social suppression, focused and sustained action is required to awaken people to the possibility of self-reliance, to build confidence, and to organize communities to take charge of their own development.

• Transformative Leadership. • Ending hunger requires a new kind of

leadership: not top-down, authority-based leadership, but leadership that awakens people to their own power — leadership “with” people rather than leadership “over” people.

• What we can do to contribute

• Go to the website to sign up for activist work.

• Donate for a good cause• Volunteer• Spread the news

Credits

Source : http://www.thp.org/