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A Roadmap to End Global Hunger

Friends of the World Food Program (WFP) is a united effort to solve world hunger through education, advocacy, and fundraising. Join us in supporting WFP's life-saving food assistance and development programs and expanding school meals programs. Learn about the global hunger crisis, its drivers, and the impact of the global financial crisis. Discover the comprehensive strategy and mechanisms to coordinate efforts. Support forthcoming legislation and get involved to make a difference.

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A Roadmap to End Global Hunger

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  1. A Roadmap to EndGlobal Hunger Friends of the World Food Program Kevin Anderson, Senior Public Policy Associate www.friendsofwfp.org

  2. The World Food Program & Friends of the WFP • Friends of WFP • Friends of WFP unites organizations and individuals committed to solving world hunger. Our education, advocacy and fundraising efforts in the United States support WFP’s life-saving global food assistance and development programs. • Lead advocacy efforts toexpand school meals programs,food assistance, and other inter-national humanitarian and development programs.

  3. Global Hunger Crisis • Skyrocketing food and fuel prices last year increased the number of hungry persons from about 848 million (in 2005) to 963 million at the end of 2008. • Though prices came down by the end of 2008, they are still more than double 2005 levels and primary drivers of the crisis are still in place.

  4. Drivers of the Global Hunger Crisis • Growing demand and changing diets • Rising fuel prices • Extreme weather andpoor harvests • Low global food stocks • Declining value of the dollar photo credit: WFP/ Marcus Prior

  5. Global Financial Crisis • Global financial crisis is rippling through developing world: • Declines in employment, remittances, exports, investments and other key sources of revenue for developing countries.

  6. What has the United States committed to? • 1974: UN World Food Conference • United States and world proclaim end to hunger within ten years • 2000: UN Millennium Summit • United States and world commit to eight Millennium Development Goals • 2008: High Level UN Con-ference on Food Security • United States reaffirms commitment to Millennium Development Goals

  7. The Roadmap to End Global Hunger: Background • Though the international community has made great strides in addressing global hunger, these successes are threatened by impact of food and financial crises. • Several studies undertaken last year, which examined US government efforts to address hunger reached similar conclusions: • Lack of comprehensive strategy • Insufficient coordination • US Foreign Assistance Chart

  8. Roadmap: Mechanisms to Coordinate • Appoint a White House Coordinator to ensure inter-agency coordination • Establish a Joint House/Senate Committee Focused on Global Hunger

  9. Roadmap: The Comprehensive Strategy • Guiding Principles for the Strategy: • Comprehensive • Balanced and Flexible • Sustainable • Accountable • Multilateral

  10. Roadmap: The Comprehensive Strategy • Emergency Response and Management • Safety Nets • Nutrition • Agricultural Development photo credit: WFP/Tom Haskell

  11. What can you do? • Support forthcoming legislation • Representatives Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) are drafting bipartisan legislation to enact key elements of the Roadmap to End Global Hunger, which will be introduced in the weeks ahead. • Visit www.friendsofwfp.org for more information • Email: info@friendsofwfp.org • Sign-up to receive additional information from Friends of the World Food Program

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