News Archive
Founded in 1946, Freedom from Hunger is a nonprofit, international development
organization that brings innovative and sustainable self-help solutions to the
fight against chronic hunger and poverty.
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Archived News Items
Annual Report 2009
We are pleased to present the expanded version of our 2009 Annual Report which adds detail to our print version. Here you will find an in-depth report of our financials, an extended list of our generous donors, our leadership and trustee lists, and details about our progress toward bringing microfinance, education and health protection to women whose families are at constant risk of hunger.
Annual Report 2009 (pdf)
New Learning Conversations about Health Micro-Insurance Will Help Families Protect Their Health and Other Assets
Freedom from Hunger is creating a new series of "learning conversations" to help very poor families understand how to obtain and use health micro-insurance, the newest form of microfinance. With funding from the International Labour Organization's Microinsurance Innovation Facility, the project will be piloted in partnership with Sinapi Aba Trust (SAT) of Ghana over the next two years. Working in the very poor Northern Region, based in Tamale, the initial phase of the project will test the impact of the education on enrollment and use of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme by about 3,000 women and their families.
Freedom from Hunger’s Haiti Relief Efforts
Freedom from Hunger responded to the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 by channeling donations to ACLAM (Action Contre La Misere), our trusted Haitian partner since 2000. 100% of gifts intended for Haiti relief wentdirectly to ACLAM to fund relief and rebuilding efforts to help not only its microfinance clients, but also its staff, neighbors and the communities in which they operate.
Advancing Integrated Microfinance for Youth–AIM Youth
Freedom from Hunger is launching Advancing Integrated Microfinance for Youth–AIM Youth–our $4.4 million partnership with The MasterCard Foundation. Young people living in poverty are expected to earn money for their families before they have the resources or knowledge to fully respond. In a three–year effort, AIM Youth will develop new microfinance and financial education services to help 37,000 young people in Ecuador and Mali learn to manage their money and assets for the future.
Collaboration to Educate Families in Ethiopia, India and the Philippines to Save Money
Freedom from Hunger and the Grameen Foundation are teaming up to ensure that nearly 1.5 million microfinance clients earning less than $1.25/day can and will open savings accounts.
Clinton Global Initiative 2009
Our president, Chris Dunford, represented Freedom from Hunger at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York in September 2009, advancing Freedom from Hunger's mission to bring value-added microfinance to more women worldwide. "The Freedom from Hunger Commitment to Action presented at the conference," said Dunford, "aims to gather organizations that share our commitment to making microfinance and health services available to very poor women for the purpose of forming a global community of practice."
Freedom from Hunger Featured in the New York Times
The New York Times published an exciting article highlighting the importance of combining microfinance with business education. The article not only acknowledges, but also illustrates that the public's interest in programs working to end world hunger has grown with the wider availability of microloans.
Ghana embraces Freedom from Hunger initiative
Freedom from Hunger, a non-profit organization, launches the Micro-Business for Health (MBH) initiative in Ghana, to facilitate community distribution of life-saving health protection products with a focus on the rural poor.
ACE Makes Three-Year, $720,000 Grant to Freedom from Hunger To Expand Microfinance and Education to Millions in Mexico
The ACE Group of Companies announces that the ACE INA Foundation is making a three-year, $720,000 grant to Freedom from Hunger. The funds will be used for its Credit with Education program in Mexico (known as Alcance) to bring microfinance and education to nearly 3 million women living in rural Mexico and will enable Freedom from Hunger's staff to train 95 local organizations to deliver its Credit with Education program.
Uncommon Sense: Understanding Today's Global Hunger Crisis
As Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Freedom from Hunger, I am delighted to introduce a new form of communication from our distinguished president, Dr. Christopher Dunford. Chris intends to communicate each month with key supporters of our work, thought leaders, and individuals who devote themselves to improving the lives of the poor around the world.
The current crisis in food prices has riveted the attention of hundreds of millions of people, many of whom had not before realized the devastating extent of chronic hunger and the poverty, malnutrition, and poor health that are its inexorable companions. I invite you to read Chris's debut message, "Uncommon Sense: Understanding Today's Global Hunger Crisis," and to share your reactions with us at Freedom from Hunger as we continue to bring innovative and sustainable solutions to the fight against chronic hunger and poverty. Read Chris's insights.
Microcredit movement tackling poverty one tiny loan at a time
While covering the growing
importance of microfinance as a lasting solution to poverty and hunger,
the San Francisco Chronicle brought critical attention to Freedom from
Hunger Day, held in September 2007. In their article, "Microcredit movement
tackling poverty one tiny loan at a time," the Chronicle referred to Freedom
from Hunger as the "elder statesman in the world of microcredit"
and referenced our special September 2007 "Freedom From Hunger Day"
online event as a first of its kind in the nonprofit world. The article
also shares interviews with Chris Dunford and a Freedom from Hunger
volunteer who worked with women in Bolivia. Read
the article in its entirety.
Professor Sheila Leatherman Honoured by Queen
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has awarded Professor
Sheila Leatherman, a resident of Minneapolis, Minnesota and Research Professor
of the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina the award
of an Honorary CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire).
Microcredit Book Features Women's Stories
Dana Whitaker has published a new book of stories and photographs that highlight the power of microcredit and the potential of women to use it to change their families' future. Transforming Lives features compelling stories and vivid images that celebrate women who, through their entrepreneurial spirit and participation in programs such as those supported by Freedom from Hunger, are leading their families out of poverty.
Local Woman to Tackle Hunger in Philippines
Published in the Meadville
Tribune, Meadville, PA
Part 1: The Meadville Tribune published this story about Marcia Metcalfe, now Freedom from Hunger's Senior Technical Advisor for the Microfinance and Health Protection Initiative in Mexico, who traveled to the Philippines with FFH staff in January 2007.
In the Philippines — Women Entrepreneurs in Action
Part II: Marcia Metcalfe writes for the Meadville Tribune about the women served by CARD, Freedom from Hunger's partner in the Philippines.
In the Philippines — Women Entrepreneurs in Action
Part III: The conclusion of Marcia Metcalfe's article for the Meadville Tribune about her trip to the Philippines and the women entrepreneurs she met there.
Nobel Peace Prize Viewing Event
Celebrate with Freedom from Hunger as we join the world in honoring Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Co-Chair of Freedom from Hunger's Ambassadors Council, as he receives the Nobel Peace Prize. We are hosting a public viewing of the ceremony in Oslo. Find out how to attend the event in Davis, CA or to host your own viewing event!
Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Freedom from Hunger Present Research
at Global Microcredit Summit
Freedom from Hunger today announced that Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr. Muhammad
Yunus, and president of Freedom from Hunger, Dr. Christopher Dunford, will
be participating together in a panel at the upcoming Global Microcredit
Summit. The event is taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 12-15,
2006.
Freedom from Hunger Brings work of Nobel Prize Winner to the World
Today, the Nobel Peace Prize winner was announced. Muhammad Yunus pioneered a program known as micro-credit that provides a self-help solution to the problem of poverty in very poor countries. In fact, Mr. Yunus sits on the Ambassadors Council for Freedom from Hunger.
Nike Foundation Supports Freedom from Hunger's Focus on Adolescent
Girls in India
Freedom from Hunger announced it will support the design and launch of an
innovative program that will give adolescent girls in India meaningful options
to realize their potential, including alternatives to early marriage. This
three-year program will be supported through a $1 million grant from the
Nike Foundation.
Porter Novelli Partners with Freedom from Hunger
Porter Novelli has begun working with Freedom from Hunger, a global
non-profit organization dedicated to lifting women and their families from
the cycle of hunger and poverty. In this partnership, Porter Novelli will
help Freedom from Hunger raise awareness for its Reach for Three Million
plan and high-impact malaria initiative, as well as increase general name
recognition among the organization's target audiences.
Freedom from Hunger Celebrates 60 Years Fighting Global Hunger
In 1946, one man had the vision of ending world hunger. Clifford E. Clinton
had been raised in China, where he saw people starve to death. He dreamed of a world
without hunger and went to work to create that world.
Fighting Poverty and Hunger in Mexico
According to the World Bank, 53 percent of Mexico's population
is poor (living on less than $2 per day), while close to 24 percent is extremely
poor (living on less than $1 per day). These families are “foodinsecure,”
meaning they cannot meet even their most basic nutritional needs for some
or all of the year.
Citigroup Donates US$3.9 Million to Financial Education for the
Poor
Citigroup today announced a US$3.9 million grant to teach millions
of poor people around the world about important financial concepts that
will help them make more informed financial decisions and improve their
standard of living.
Freedom from Hunger Plans To Reach 3 Million By 2010
The urgent need to help the chronically poor was made heartbreakingly
clear this year as hurricanes, earthquakes and the tsunami revealed just
how vulnerable poor families are when disaster strikes.
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Awards
Six Million Dollar Grant to Combine
Microcredit with Health Protection for World’s Poorest
Freedom from Hunger announced today that it has received a grant
from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for $6 million to combine micro-loans
with health protection services for the world’s rural poor (PDF).
Credit with Education is Coming to Peru
Freedom from Hunger strives to bring Credit with Education to
every corner of the globe where women and their families are living in poverty.
Soon that will include Peru, thanks to a generous grant from Doe Run Peru
and facilitated by its parent company, the St. Louis-based Doe Run Company.
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