Jill Lester, The Hunger Project Global CEO and President is visiting Australia
Jill will be visiting Perth, Melbourne and Sydney to update our current investors on what is happening globally and to also acknowledge everyone for their contributions and support throughout the year. This will be an opportunity to meet Jill and fellow investors and also an opportunity to let us know what you would like further from The Hunger Project Australia.
Click here for more information on Jill Lester.
Event details:
Saturday 29th November in Perth, W.A.
Time 4pm to 6pm
Venue Little Creatures
40 Mews Road, Fremantle
Monday 1st December in Melbourne, Victoria
Time 6pm to 8.30pm
Venue Cafe E'questa
Ground Floor, 448 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Wednesday 3rd December in Sydney, NSW
Time 6pm to 8.30pm
Venue Blake Dawson
Level 36, Grosvenor Place, Sydney
If you have not received an invitation and would like to attend please email thp@iinet.net.au
Amrote Abdella visited Australia in May
Amrote Abdella would like to thank everybody who attended her recent meetings here in Australia where she shared her experiences of the developing world. Amrote is part of a strategic program called The African Women Food Farmer Initiative (AWFFI).
AWFFI is integrated into The Hunger Project's epicentre strategy - a strategy that mobilises cluster of villages to work together to meet their basic needs. To date, there are 103 epicentres encompassing more than 1,000 villages and 3 million people.
The ultimate goal is to assist partners in forming officially recognised, women-led rural banks. This is key for local self-reliance and it means savings can be mobilised across the whole community. Income from the bank can be borrowed again, or put into community decided initiatives. The bank is entirely owned by its members and managed by the AWFFI women in the epicentre.
We were lucky to have Amrote here in Australia to share about this ground breaking initiative. Amrote brings a wealth of experience to what makes The Hunger project's approach so unique, innovative and effective.
We are also continuing to expand and succeed our programs in all 13 developing countries. We re accelerating our work in scale-up, influencing decision makers, impact assessment studies and strengthen our existing programs.