Media Info

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.

Freedom from Hunger is responsive to working with the media and can provide a variety of resources to reporters, including interviews with program experts, documentation of progress and a stunning collection of photographs from the field. Broadcast quality video is being developed and will be available soon. For more information, please contact Kirsten Forsyth.

We make our expert staff available to reporters for commentary on the following topic areas:

  • Microcredit
  • Sustainable approaches to food security
  • Malaria and HIV/AIDS prevention and management in poor rural areas
  • Financial education for very poor families
  • Healthcare Care Cooperatives and Microinsurance for the very poor
  • Focusing services toward women to help families
  • Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through microcredit-based programs
  • Behavior-change education for pre-literate adults
  • Any other Freedom from Hunger program

We invite members of the press to contact Freedom from Hunger. To arrange an interview, or for other assistance, please contact Kirsten Forsyth at (530) 758-6200 ext. 1023.

For more information about Freedom from Hunger, please read our Media Fact Sheet (PDF).

Find out more about Freedom from Hunger's expert staff by reading their biographies.