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Stop Hunger

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STOP HUNGER
Stop Hunger is a global non-profit network working for a hunger-free world..[1]. Created in 1996 by Sodexo employees in the United States, Stop Hunger has grown into an international organization working to end hunger for over 20 years.[2] Today, nearly 1 in 9 people still suffer from hunger, or 821 million human beings. But hunger is not a given, and Stop Hunger is working hard to eradicate it by 2030 across the globe, in line with the United Nation's second Sustainable Development Goal[3]

Stop Hunger relies on the commitment and strength of a unique ecosystem in 61 countries– Sodexo’s 470,000 employees, 100 million daily consumers worldwide, thousands of clients, shareholders and suppliers - mobilized through three complementary means: volunteering, fundraising and partnerships. The organization also utilizes international partnerships such as with the World Food Programme and a network of 1,200 local NGOs[4][5][6]

While food aid remains vital in climate and humanitarian crises to save lives, to sustainably end hunger in the world, Stop Hunger:

  • prioritizes women empowerment, because they are proven to be the most effective in eliminating hunger in communities most in need,[7]
  • acts beyond food aid, by developing food self-sufficiency and by facilitating access to education, training, and employment.

Thanks to the financial support of Sodexo, its founding partner, 100% of the donations made to Stop Hunger go directly to financing these activities and sustainable solutions to support local communities in need.[8] Annual fundraising dinners are held in France, the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. These dinners enable a local appeal to the generosity of Sodexo’s unique ecosystem: they represent 30% of the funds collected.[9][10]

To build a sustainable food system, Stop Hunger relies on volunteerism as a means of helping local communities. In addition to the 4.5 million meals distributed and 8 million USD collected in 2019, the volunteers put their skills at the service of communities and local NGOs.[11] As part of the YEAH! program (Your Engagement Against Hunger) with the WFP[12], 63 experts from Stop Hunger’s founding partner Sodexo have performed 367 days of solidarity missions in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, providing feedback and recommendations in technical areas, including procurement, logistics, quality, hygiene and food safety and design and construction of central kitchens[13]. To boost volunteerism, Sodexo established its Company Volunteering Policy in 2016, which offers a day of volunteering per year to its 470,000 employees in support of Stop Hunger.[14]

WHY EMPOWERING WOMEN
Empowering women is Stop Hunger’s priority because providing women with resources is the most direct way to end hunger.[15] Many figures support this:

  1. The agricultural yield of developing countries would increase to 4%[16] and 100 to 150 million more people could be fed[17] if women had the same access to resources as men: they make up 50 percent of the global population and 40 percent of the global workforce. In Africa, women are the backbone of their communities: They represent the majority of farmers and produce 80 percent of the continent’s food. Yet women only own 1 percent of the world’s wealth.[18]
  2. When women are able to earn an income, they typically reinvest 90% of it back into their families and communities.[19]
  3. A study in Brazil showed that the likelihood of a child’s survival increased by 20% when the mother controlled household income.[20]

Thus, in three years, nearly four million USD were invested by Stop Hunger in programs designed to support women acting against hunger in their communities.

Learn more here: http://www.stop-hunger.org/home.html

References

  1. ↑ "Stop Hunger, 20 ans d'engagement avec Sodexo". neo restauration. neo restauration. 14 Decembre 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ↑ "More than 20 years of commitment". Stop Hunger. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Goal 2: Zero Hunger". UN. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Andrews, Jessica. "6 Partners helping us to Change the World". inisight.wfp.org. World Food Programme Insight. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Acting Locally". Stop Hunger. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Stop Hunger". Restos du Coeur. Les Restaurants du Coeur. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "GENDER EQUALITYAND FOOD SECURITY" (PDF). adb.org. Asian Development Bank. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "100% of Donations Against Hunger". Stop Hunger. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Twentieth Annual Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation Awards Dinner". CISION. prnewswire. June 18, 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  10. ↑ Robert, Martine (12 Appril 2018). "Stop Hunger, la fierté de Sodexo". Les Echos. Retrieved 28 October 2019. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  11. ↑ "Latest News". Stop Hunger. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "Private Sector". wfp.org. World Food Programme. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "YEAH! Program: Shared Skills". Stop Hunger. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Volunteers in Action". Stop Hunger. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Issue 7: Women Empowerment". unfpa.org. UNFPA. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  16. ↑ "Help Women Farmers 'Get to Equal'". World Bank. April 18, 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  17. ↑ "THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE" (PDF). FAO. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  18. ↑ "The World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick speech". World Bank. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  19. ↑ Yoo, Tae. "Why women male the best tech investments". weforum.org. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  20. ↑ "Investing in women and girls" (PDF). oecd. Retrieved 4 November 2019.

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