Post on 03-Jan-2016
The Hunger Project“THREE PILLARS” & THE
EPICENTER STRATEGY
Where THP Works
Latin America• Mexico• Bolivia• Peru
Sub-Saharan Africa• Benin• Burkina Faso• Ethiopia• Ghana• Malawi• Mozambique• Senegal • Uganda
South Asia• Banglades
h• India
The Approach
• Mobilizing people at the grassroots level to build self-reliance
• Empowering women as key change agents
• Forging partnerships with local government
Mobilization
• VCA Workshop– Create a Vision– Commit to
achieving it– Outline the
actions needed to succeed
• Train local “Animators” to lead VCA for others
In Bangladesh, THP has trained more than 140,000 animators, who have mobilized more than 10 million people to take action.
Empowering Women
• End gender discrimination, empower women
• Empower women, end hunger!
In India, THP’s Women's Leadership Workshop has empowered 80,000 women elected to local councils to be effective change agents in their villages.
Partnering with Local Governments
It Takes a Cluster
• Villages are too small for economic and political clout.
• Need a cluster of villages:– Big enough to manage programs– Small enough so people
• know each other• can reach programs • and hold leaders to account
No Silver Bullet
• There is no ONE SOLUTION to end hunger and poverty
Integrated ApproachBetter Health,
Nutrition
Better Education
Greater Incomes
Social Power,
Inclusion
Women’s Voice
The Approach
Mobilize for Self-Reliant Action
Empower women as key change agents
ForgePartnership with
LocalGov’t
End of Hunger and Poverty
(MDGs) in rural areas
Sustainable,People-Centered
Integrated Development
Epicenters in Africa
The Epicenter Strategy
• Community engaged, THP invited
• Vision, Commitment, Action (VCA) workshops held
• Community selects leadership
• Community secures land for epicenter building
Phase 1: Mobilization (2 years)
Phase 2: Construction (1 year)
Epicenter Building constructed:• Food bank• Health clinic• Meeting hall• Preschool• Rural Bank• Committee office• Functioning water
source • Public Latrines• Garbage and waste
disposal facilities
The Building of an Epicenter:
Integrated Programming:
• Health & Nutrition
• Literacy & Education
• Water & Sanitation
• Food Security
• Community Mobilization
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Microfinance
• Women Empowerment Program
• Public Awareness, Advocacy & Alliances
• Environment & Sanitation
Phase 3: Programs (3 years)
Phase IV: Transition to Self-Reliance (2 years)
Success Stories
Florence
• Loan $35 = 3 pigs• 2 Years = sold 27 pigs• 15 pigs in corral• Sells the manure• Fertilizer loan• Refurbished house• Paid for children’s
education
Economic Security!
Flora
• Loan $35 = 3 pigs• 3 Years = sold 180
pigs• 80 pigs in corral• Goats and chickens• Refurbished house• Electricity & TV• Supports 34 orphansEconomic Security!
Water• Irrigation reduces
work, increases yields and doubles harvest
• 72% of rural population do not have access to safe drinking water
• THP funds boreholes• Committee operatesSignificantly improves production, health and life expectancy!
Medical Clinic
• Staffed by nurses
• Pharmacy• Immunizations• Health
educationAccess to healthcare previously unattainable!
HIV/AIDS
• Education workshops• Increase awareness• Gender equality• Condoms• TestingBest in class program for combating HIV/AIDS!
Adult Literacy
• 1 year program• State examination• 156 graduates at
Ligowe Epicenter• 164 at Nsondole
Epicenter• 90% are womenRestoring dignity and unleashing the human spirit!
Within Our Grasp!