On Monday, June 10, Bread for the World and Concern Worldwide U.S. will host an event in Washington, D.C. called “Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition” to celebrate progress made over the last 1,000 days and look ahead to the possibilities and opportunities to accelerate progress towards a world free of malnutrition.
1. Monday, June 10, 2013
The Mead Center for American Theater
Washington, DC
MEDIA KIT
2. Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
June 10, 2013
The Mead Center - 1101 6th St SW - Washington, DC
8.00 – 8.30 Breakfast and Registration
8.30 – 9.30 Opening Plenary: Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
Master of Ceremonies: Roger Thurow
Welcome: David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World and Joe Cahalan, CEO, Concern US
Key Note Address: Raj Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Key Note Address: Joe Costello, Minister of State, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,
Ireland
9.30 – 10.20 Panel Discussion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days—Global
Perspectives
Facilitator - Lucy Sullivan, Executive Director 1000 Days Partnership
Robert Black, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, The Lancet Series on Maternal and Child
Nutrition author
Keith Hansen, Acting Vice President and Network Head, Human Development, The World Bank
Rajul Pandya-Lorch, Head 2020 Vision Initiative and Chief of Staff, International Food Policy
Research Institute
Martin Bloem, Senior Nutrition Advisor, World Food Programme
10.20 – 10.50 Second Morning Plenary
Introduction: Carolyn Miles, CEO, Save the Children
Key Note Address: Wilbald Lorri, Office of President Jakaya Kikwete, Republic of Tanzania
Key Note Address: Philip Barton, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the United Kingdom
10.50 – 11.10 InterAction Nutrition Pledge
Sam Worthington, CEO, InterAction
11.10 – 12.00 Panel Discussion: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days—Country-
level Perspectives
Facilitator – Kathy Spahn, CEO, Helen Keller International
Kaosar Afsana, BRAC, Bangladesh
Nina Sardjunani, National Development Planning Agency, Indonesia (invited)
Rose Ndolo, National Nutrition Coordinator, World Vision International, Kenya
Joyce Ngegba, Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania, PANITA, Tanzania
Juan Carlos Paiz, Presidential Commissioner for Competitiveness, Investment and Millennium
Challenge Corporation, Guatemala
12.00– 1.00 Lunch
1.15 – 3.15 Afternoon Plenary: Taking SUN to Scale
Facilitator – Tom Arnold, SUN Lead Group
Panel Discussion: Perspectives from Zambia
o William Chilufya, Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance
o Cassim Masi, National Food and Nutrition Commission
3. Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
June 10, 2013
The Mead Center - 1101 6th St SW - Washington, DC
o Highvie H. Hamududu, Member of Parliament and Chairperson of the Parliamentary
Committee on Estimates
Panel Discussion: SUN Country Experiences on Scaling Up
o Rigobert Oladiran Ladikpo, Professional Association of Vegetable Oil Industries for the
West Africa Economic Monetary Union (WAEMU/ UEMOA )
o Dr. Ivan Mendoza, SESAN, Guatemala
o Emergency Nutrition Network Study, ACF Campaign on Community-based Management
of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM)
3.15 – 3.30 Mid-Afternoon Break (Instructions Given About Breakout Group Sessions)
3.30 – 5.00 Breakout Sessions
Workshop 1: Capacity Development in Nutrition
o Facilitator – Manisha Tharaney, SPRING
o Facilitator – Paul Amuna, African Nutrition Society, University of Greenwich
o Rapporteur – Anu Narayan, SPRING
Workshop 2: Best Practices – Nutrition-Specific Interventions
o Facilitator – Karin Lapping, Save the Children
o Facilitator – Francis Zotor, African Nutrition Society
o Rapporteur – Karen Leban, CORE (suggested)
Workshop 3: Best Practices – Nutrition-Sensitive Development
o Facilitator – Charlotte Dufour
o Sharing SUN Country Experiences -
o Rapporteur – Anna Herforth
Workshop 4: Civil Society’s Role in Advocacy and Monitoring Progress at National and Global
Levels
o Facilitator – Connell Foley, Concern Worldwide
o Facilitator – Buba Khan, ActionAid, the Gambia
o Rapporteur – Lisa Bos, WorldVision-US (suggested)
5.00 – 5.15 Breakout Rapporteurs and Facilitators collect workshop outcomes
Coffee break for other participants
5.15 – 5.45 Breakout Group Readouts
Facilitator – Tom Arnold, SUN Lead Group
Reports from each breakout session
5.45 – 6.15 Session Takeaways, Concluding Remarks and Looking Forward
Layla McCay, GAIN; Josh Lozman, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; David Beckmann
6.15 – 8.00 Reception for all participants
Remarks by Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia, 7.00
4. Social Media Cheat Sheet:
Sustaining Political Commitments to
Scaling up Nutrition
June 10, 2013 | Washington, DC
Thank you for attending the international meeting for civil society leaders on maternal and
child nutrition, “Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling up Nutrition.” If you are
active on social media, we invite you to join delegates from around the world in exploring,
celebrating, and strengthening the movement to scale up nutrition for mothers and children in
the critical 1,000-day window from pregnancy to age 2.
Join today’s conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels and use your
networks to spread the world about maternal and child nutrition, and the important work that
is being done to renew and strengthen the call to action for the Next 1,000 Days.
If you are unable to join us in-person, please tune in to the meeting remotely. The live broadcast
of the meeting will be hosted on www.bread.org/livestream beginning at 8:30 am EDT on
Monday, June 10.
TWITTER. We encourage you to tweet during the international meeting. For live updates,
follow the Twitter accounts of Bread for the World Institute (@breadinstitute), Bread for the
World (@bread4theworld), and Concern Worldwide U.S. (@concern). Other related twitter
accounts can be found in the column on the left, including those of keynote speaker Rajiv
Shah (@rajshah), administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development
(@USAID); David Beckmann (@davidbeckmann), president of Bread for the World and
Bread for the World Institute; Joseph Cahalan, CEO Concern Worldwide US
(@JoeConcern); Sam Worthington, CEO of Interaction (@interactionorg); and more!
At the meeting, you will have an opportunity to have your photograph taken holding a sign with
a message pledging your support for the next 1,000 days. The photos will be shared on Twitter
using the official hashtags. Look for Bread for the World and Concern Worldwide U.S. staff
holding the signs if you would like to participate.
Some sample tweets include:
• The #Next1000Days until 2016 represent an entire generation of children yet to be born.
#Nutrition can make the difference!
• What can we achieve in #Next1000Days? Save lives AND change the world!
• Malnutrition is responsible for 1 out of every three deaths of children under 5 yrs old.
#Next1000Days
• I’m live tweeting the international mtg with @Bread4theWorld and @Concern Follow
#Next1000Days for the latest on child nutrition.
FACEBOOK. Bread for the World (http://www.facebook.com/breadfortheworld) and
Concern Worldwide U.S. (http://www.facebook.com/ConcernWorldwideUS) will post
Facebook updates and photos during the event. We invite you to share these updates with your
Facebook friends, and post your own.
Some Sample posts include:
• Today I’m with @Bread for the World and @Concern Worldwide US celebrating the
movement to scale up nutrition for mothers and children in the critical 1000days from
pregnancy to age 2. (photo)
• Inspired by the fact that 40 countries with high levels of hunger are taking further action to
scale up nutrition during the next 1,000 days.
Twitter
Helper
The event’s
primary hashtag is
#Next1000Days.
Use the hashtags
as you live tweet
the event and join
in conversation
with organizations
and individuals
impacting maternal
and child nutrition.
Primary
Accounts:
@bread4theworld
@breadinstitute
@concern
Related
Accounts:
@DavidBeckmann
@JoeConcern
@USAID
@rajshah
@GatesFoundation
@ONECampaign
@ThousandDays
@lucymsullivan
@SavetheChildren
@HelenKellerIntl
@Results_Tweets
@WFPUSA
@WorldVision
@futurefortified
@GAINalliance
@acfusa
@SUN_Movement
@IMC_Worldwide
@interactionorg
@ChildFund
@CWS_global
@mauricebloem
Related
Hashtags:
#1000Days
#Im4nutrition
#DoubleDown
#Nutrition
5. For more information, please contact:
Kristen Y. Archer
Media Relations Manager, Bread for the World
Office (202) 688-1118 | Mobile (202) 812-2223
karcher@bread.org
Crystal Wells
Communications Officer, Concern Worldwide U.S.
Office (212) 557-8000 | Mobile (617) 913-0794
crystal.wells@concern.net
Global Leaders Push to Sustain Political Commitment for
Maternal and Child Nutrition Efforts
WASHINGTON, DC, May 22, 2013 — Bread for the World Institute and Concern Worldwide U.S. will host an
international meeting for civil society leaders on maternal and child nutrition on Monday, June 10, 2013 in
Washington, D.C. This meeting will garner political support for commitments made at “Nutrition for Growth,” a
pledge conference to be held in London on June 8. Rajiv Shah, administrator for the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), will serve as the keynote speaker for the international meeting.
“Malnutrition during this critical stage has irreversible and damaging effects on a child’s growth and
development,” said Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. “We are thrilled that USAID
Administrator Rajiv Shah will join us in reaffirming our commitment to defeating this scourge.”
The call to action “1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future” was launched by the governments of the
United States and Ireland during the General Assembly of the United Nations in September 2010. The launch of
the 1,000 Days Partnership coincided with that of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, a global effort to
mobilize collective action on nutrition. Nine months after the launch, in June 2011, Bread for the World and
Concern Worldwide U.S. hosted an international meeting to build on the political momentum and to elevate
maternal and child nutrition on the global agenda. That meeting focused on the crucial role of civil society within
countries with high malnutrition rates.
“This is a moment to renew the call first made by the U.S. and Ireland 1,000 days ago,” said Dr. Joseph Cahalan,
CEO of Concern Worldwide U.S. “The challenge now is the 1,000 days ahead of us. We have the knowledge,
resources, and political and grassroots momentum to make an even greater impact, but to do so, the
international community must continue to prioritize and work together in the fight against child hunger and this
summit is an important part of that process.”
Bread for the World and Concern Worldwide U.S. are joining resources again to host the June 10, 2013,
international meeting, “Sustaining Political Commitment to Scaling Up Nutrition,” near the culmination of the
first 1,000 Days.
The meeting will increase political momentum around commitments made at the June 8 event in London. It will
also serve to renew and strengthen the call to action for the Next 1,000 Days, encouraging the continued
involvement of civil society in eliminating malnutrition.
6. “It speaks volumes that 35 countries have joined the movement to Scale Up Nutrition thus far—countries that
are home to 71 million stunted children, representing 42 percent of the world’s stunted population,” said Asma
Lateef, director of Bread for the World Institute. “The Next 1,000 Days offer a tremendous opportunity to map
out a sustainable plan to ensure women and children around the world receive the proper nutrition during the
first thousand days of life.”
Leaders from nongovernmental organizations, nutrition experts, and decision makers from developing countries
have been invited to share strategies, success stories, and challenges in eliminating malnutrition in their
countries. High-level leaders from the U.S. government and international development organizations are also
expected to participate. Partners to date include the 1,000 Days Partnership, Helen Keller International,
RESULTS, Save the Children, World Food Program USA, and World Vision.
For more information on the International Meeting please visit http://www.bread.org/event/gathering-
2013/international-meeting/.
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Bread for the World (www.bread.org) is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end
hunger at home and abroad. It is based in Washington, DC.
Concern Worldwide U.S. (www.concernusa.org) is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to
reducing extreme poverty, with nearly 3,000 personnel working in 25 of the world’s poorest countries in Africa,
Asia, and the Caribbean. Concern Worldwide targets the root causes of extreme poverty through programs in
health, education, livelihoods and microfinance, HIV and AIDS, and emergency response, directly reaching more
than 6.9 million people.
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Background
New knowledge and leadership at the highest levels present an extraordinary
opportunity, right now, to make dramatic progress against the devastation caused by
malnutrition among children. Over the last three years, spurred by groundbreaking
evidence in the British medical journal The Lancet on the impact of maternal and child
malnutrition and cost-effective approaches to reducing it, a global multi-stakeholder
effort developed a Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Framework for Action and Roadmap.
In September 2010, on the occasion of the United Nations Millennium Development
Goals Summit, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and then-Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin launched
the “1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future Call to Action.” The “1,000 Days Call to Action” draws attention to the
irreversible damage caused by maternal and child undernutrition during the 1,000-day critical “window of opportunity”
from pregnancy to the age of 2, and lays out the priority actions and interventions needed to scale up nutrition. At the
event, David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, and Tom Arnold, CEO of Concern Worldwide, committed to
convening a follow-up meeting of 1,000 Days /SUN stakeholders in June 2011.
Meeting Goals and Objectives
• Build political commitment and energy to address the issue of maternal and child malnutrition in the run-up
to a September 2011 meeting of governments that endorsed and supported the “1,000 Days Call to Action” in
September 2010.
• Carry out a common assessment of progress to date in scaling up nutrition at the country level.
• Develop a shared advocacy agenda and strategy for the September follow-up meeting at the U.N. General Assembly
and the G-20 Summit.
• Strengthen the voice of civil society in the global effort to scale up nutrition for children during the critical period
between pregnancy and age 2, including a consensus statement or declaration.
The meeting is designed to provide an opportunity for SUN stakeholders and potential stakeholders to share
experiences and perspectives on progress in SUN implementation and the opportunities and challenges to scaling up
nutrition efforts in their countries. It is envisaged that participants will leave feeling inspired and also better informed
about the SUN movement and their central role within it. The joint declaration will serve both to articulate the passion
and commitment of civil society to see progress against undernutrition and to make constructive recommendations as
to what needs to be done. In addition, the declaration will be used as an advocacy tool to raise awareness and engage
other civil society partners in the SUN movement.
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WHO
Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end hunger at home and
abroad. By changing policies, programs, and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, we provide help
and opportunity far beyond the communities where we live.
WHY
God’s grace in Jesus Christ moves us to help our neighbors, whether they live in the next house, the next state, or
the next continent. Food is a basic need, and it is unjust that so many people do not have enough to eat.
We can end hunger in our time. Everyone, including our government, must do their part. With the stroke of a
pen, policies are made that redirect millions of dollars and affect millions of lives. By making our voices heard in
Congress, we make our nation’s laws more fair and compassionate to people in need.
HOW
Bread for the World members write personal letters, personal emails, and call their representatives in Congress.
We also meet with our representatives, either in their local offices or in Congress. Working through our churches,
campuses, and other organizations, we engage more people in advocacy. Each year, Bread for the World invites
churches across the country to take up a nationwide Offering of Letters to Congress on an issue that is important
to hungry people.
Bread for the World has two affiliate organizations: Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on
hunger and strategies to end it. The Alliance to End Hunger engages diverse institutions in building the political
commitment needed to end hunger at home and abroad.
Hunger is not a partisan issue and Bread for the World works in a non-partisan way. It enjoys the support of
many different Christian denominations, church agencies, and local congregations. Bread for the World also
collaborates with other organizations to build the political commitment needed to overcome hunger and poverty.
WHAT
Bread for the World has a remarkable record of success in Congress, often winning far-reaching changes for
hungry and poor people. In 2010, for example, Congress renewed and increased funding for national child
nutrition programs after two years of Bread’s advocacy. Bread members also convinced Congress to extend tax
credits for low-income people in 2010.
Bread for the World is now urging Congress to protect from budget cuts the vital programs needed by hungry and
poor people. Bread is also campaigning to push Congress and the administration to reform U.S. foreign assistance
to make it more effective in reducing hunger and poverty.
Bread for the World
9. Sustaining U.S. Leadership and Investments
in Scaling Up Maternal and Child Nutrition
March 2013, No. 224
Abstract
Nutrition creates a foundation for sustainable economic
growth and good health. There is solid evidence that dem-
onstrates that improving nutrition—particularly early in
life, in the 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and
a child’s second birthday—can have a profound impact on
a country’s long-term economic development and stability.
Each year 3 million children die from causes related to mal-
nutrition and more than 165 million children suffer from its
consequences. Most live in just 36 countries. Because of the
role that early nutrition plays in accelerating development
and in the success of global food security, agricultural devel-
opment, and health efforts, it is vital that the United States
continues to show global leadership.
Over the last four years, U.S. leadership in the global
movement to scale up nutrition has led to increased invest-
ments in U.S. health, food security, and nutrition programs.
President Obama demonstrated his administration’s com-
mitment to food security and nutrition in the L’Aquila Food
Security Initiative and in subsequent high-level G-8 meet-
ings. Secretary of State Clinton has been a powerful voice
for women and nutrition, launching the “1,000 Days Call to
Action,” and USAID has integrated nutrition programming
in the Global Health and Feed the Future initiatives and
has improved the quality of U.S. food aid. Congress has sup-
ported increased funding for maternal and child nutrition.
These efforts are encouraging action by other donors and
by countries most affected by the burden of malnutrition
through the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement. USAID
Administrator Rajiv Shah is on the SUN Lead Group. The
world is finally paying attention to the importance of good
nutrition for mothers and young children in the 1,000-day
window for long-term health and development outcomes.
Sustaining U.S. leadership and funding for nutrition is criti-
cal to capitalize and build on this momentum and to meet
global nutrition targets.
Introduction
There has been notable progress on raising the visibility
of maternal and child nutrition (MCN) issues in Congress
and within administration policies and programs. The Unit-
ed States is a leader among the world’s donors with respect
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Background Paper
Tohomina Akter’s 17-month-old daughter Adia licks her fingers
while eating a fried egg for breakfast in Char Baria village, Barisal,
Bangladesh.
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10. to MCN. The administration has taken bold steps to inte-
grate nutrition programs and policies, especially those tar-
geted to the 1,000-day window of opportunity, through US-
AID’s Feed the Future and Global Health initiatives. Finally,
33 countries have made political and budget commitments
to improve nutrition and are developing their own MCN
strategies as part of the Scaling Up Nutrition2 Movement, to
be supported by international donors, including the United
States, through integrated, cross-sector nutrition programs.
Despite a modest improvement in federal funding for
MCN programs—a very positive development in the con-
text of past and current budget pressures—nutrition funding
levels remain very low relative to the needs. The approved
House Committee nutrition funding for FY 2013 is $95 mil-
lion. The extra $27 million approved in Senate Committee
funding (bringing the total to $122 million) will support
an additional 3,370,000 children and their mothers in their fight
against malnutrition.3
Further building the case for increased U.S. investment in
nutrition, a group of 11 originating organizations drafted a
document entitled A Roadmap for Continued U.S. Leadership to
End Global Hunger4 for administration and congressional offi-
cials, highlighting improving nutrition as both a top priority
and a high-return investment for federal funding. Fifty orga-
nizations dedicated to food security and nutrition endorsed
the Roadmap document.
Nutrition is Integral to Global Health
and Development Outcomes
Adequate nutrition serves as a foundation for lifelong
health and development. Research indicates that it is critical
to improve nutrition during the 1,000 days from pregnancy to
a child’s second birthday. During these 1,000 days, adequate
nutrition has the greatest impact on a child’s cognitive and
physical development. Malnutrition during this period limits
cognitive abilities, stunts growth, and increases susceptibility
to both chronic and infectious disease. These consequences
of poor nutrition have ramifications throughout adulthood,
and they are passed on to the next generation when malnour-
ished girls and women have their own children.
In addition, undernutrition costs billions of dollars in
lost productivity annually and significantly increases spend-
ing on health care to treat both undernutrition itself and its
consequences. The World Bank estimates that undernutri-
tion costs individuals more than 10 percent of their lifetime
earnings, and many countries lose 2 percent to 3 percent of
their gross domestic product (GDP) to undernutrition.5 A
study by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)
and its Economic Commission for Latin America and the
Caribbean found that the cost of undernutrition amounts to
as much as 11 percent of GDP—due to productivity losses,
losses due to higher mortality, health costs, and education
costs—in Guatemala and Honduras.6 Malnutrition alone ac-
counts for 17 percent of the total global burden of disease,7
with resulting costs for treatment that are far higher than the
estimated amounts needed for preventative investments.
Nutrition programs ensure that the most vulnerable peo-
ple have adequate access to the calories and nutrients needed
for proper development. Strong nutrition programs embrace
a lifecycle approach—meeting the special needs of those most
vulnerable to the impacts of malnutrition through maternal
and child health, child and adolescent health, and disease
control interventions. They focus on children in the most
critical window of human development—the 1,000 days from
pregnancy to age 28—and on specific interventions aimed
at meeting the increased nutritional needs of people living
with HIV/AIDS. Nutrition programs include vitamin and
mineral fortification, mother and child health and nutrition
programs, nutrition education, sanitation/hygiene, and im-
proved access to clean water.
Nutrition programs also focus on educating people about
healthy eating habits. At present, obesity—a form of mal-
nutrition—is on the rise in developing as well as developed
countries. Recent studies show links between adult obesity
and childhood malnutrition.9 If investments are not made in
preventative programs, the rise in health problems directly
linked to obesity, such as cardiovascular disease and diabe-
tes, will place an increasing strain on the already overbur-
dened public health systems of many developing countries.
Despite the proven efficacy and cost effectiveness
of nutrition interventions, the World Bank notes that
historically, global investments in nutrition have been
$1
$138
Investment Return
Research shows that $1 invested in nutrition generates as much as
$138 in better health and increased productivity.1
11. “miniscule given the magnitude of the problem.”
This is true even though five of the 10 most cost-effective
solutions for development assistance focus on nutrition
interventions.10
Vital Need to Sustain Nutrition Funding
Malnutrition is responsible for more than one-third of all
deaths among children younger than 5 each year—almost 3
million children. For the more than 165 million children who
live with chronic malnutrition throughout their young lives,
the damage can include severe limitations or impairment of
their ability to grow, learn, earn a living, become self-suffi-
cient, and ultimately rise out of poverty. As previously noted,
child malnutrition costs as much as 11 percent of a country’s
GDP and imposes staggering health costs on already finan-
cially burdened countries.11
There are highly cost-effective solutions to avert, treat, and
mitigate malnutrition. Despite the vast scale of child malnu-
trition and its long-term implications for economic growth
and human development, nutrition remains a low funding
priority on the global health and development agendas. Nu-
trition funding is less than 3 percent of total Overseas De-
velopment Assistance from all donor countries.12 Within
the U.S. international affairs and foreign assistance budget
(known as the “150 account”), nutrition investments repre-
sent only 1.2 percent of total global health spending.
Research shows that $1 invested in nutrition generates as
much as $138 in better health and increased productivity.13
U.S. government investment in proven and highly cost-effec-
tive nutrition interventions designed to prevent malnutrition
among women and children in the 1,000-day window of op-
portunity is critical to achieving significant, sustainable, and
lasting impact.
Evidence shows investments in improved nutrition can:
• save more than 1 million lives each year;14
• boost a country’s GDP by at least 2-3 percent annually;15
• build self-sufficiency: well-nourished children are more
likely to continue their education, have better-developed
cognitive skills, and earn up to 46 percent more over
their lifetimes;16
• significantly reduce the human and economic burden
of infectious diseases, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS,
and chronic diseases, such as diabetes; and
• help end hunger and break the cycle of poverty.
Nutrition as Part of a Multisectoral Approach
Nutrition connects many types of development assis-
tance, so it is often referred to as multi-sectoral.17 Nutri-
tion interventions can address poverty, gender inequality,
food insecurity, and lack of access to education, health,
clean water, and other basic services. Nutrition can be
incorporated into a range of development sectors, such
as health, environment, food security and agriculture,
gender, social protection, economic development (e.g.,
microfinance and credit schemes to benefit women or
agricultural value-chain improvements), education, and
water, sanitation, and hygiene.
The nutritional impact of agriculture, food security,
and social protection interventions is improved when
the intended nutrition outcomes of programs are well-
defined. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
of the United Nations concluded that the ultimate goal
of programs that provide food to subsistence farmers and
consumers and increase the income of producers should
be to improve nutritional well-being.18
Nutrition in Food Aid
During hunger emergencies, pregnant and lactating
women and very young children are most at risk of
malnutrition. Even short bouts of malnutrition in early
childhood can have lasting consequences. Because of the
urgency of preventing malnutrition during the 1,000-day
window, food aid is an important tool to ensure that this
vulnerable group receives sufficient nutrients. Food aid
may be the primary source of sustenance for large num-
bers of people in chronically food-deficit countries. The
types of food aid provided by the United States and other
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Malnutrition is responsible
for more than one-third
of all deaths among children
younger than 5 each year—
almost 3 million children.
12. donorsingeneraldistributionscenariosrespondtohunger
by providing needed calories. Ensuring good nutrition to
vulnerable populations has not been a high priority, at
least partly because programs are designed for short-term
food emergencies. In order to address nutritional needs
in longer-term, chronic food deficit situations, specialized
food aid products containing both calories and a balance
of micronutrients could be scaled up to treat and prevent
malnutrition in vulnerable populations.
Good nutrition is a basic building block of life. Nutri-
tion is an important element of many U.S. government
development assistance initiatives, including Feed the
Future and the Global Health Initiative. The importance
of nutrition is well documented by a growing body of
scientific data and supporting analysis. The success and
sustainability of many different development assistance
programs depend on improving nutritional outcomes in
women and young children. Food aid is an essential tool
in this effort.
Strengthen and Institutionalize the Focus
on Nutrition
This is a critical time to build on the progress made
to date on integrating nutrition into development and
health programs, as well as investing in significant reduc-
tions in child malnutrition. Because nutrition is a vital
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component of food security and global health programs,
coordination and integration is critical. To this end, three
actions are needed:
• Develop an overarching global nutrition strategy to
defineinteragencyandinter-initiativeroles,mechanisms
for coordination, funding, nutrition impact targets, and
field guidance on nutrition, including monitoring and
evaluation.
• Establish a high-level focal point for global nutrition,
a senior-level official housed within the USAID
Administrator’s office with authority across relevant
government departments, agencies, and bureaus. Each
SUN country has committed to doing this. This would
improve accountability for tracking progress against
set objectives and targets and ensure that nutrition is
a core component of U.S. humanitarian, health, and
development programs.
• Develop a detailed and publicly available nutrition
budgetacrossinitiativesandaccounts,includingFeedthe
Future, the Global Health Initiative, Food for Peace, the
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),
the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Scott Bleggi is senior international policy analyst at Bread for the
World Institute.
Endnotes
1 Challenge Paper: Hunger and Malnutrition, Hoddinott, et al. Co-
penhagen Consensus 2012.
2 Scaling Up Nutrition, home page accessed at scalingupnutrition.org
3 Based on the costing of five interventions--Vitamin A supplementa-
tion, therapeutic zinc for the management of diarrhea, micronutrient
powders, deworming, and adequate iron and folic acid for pregnant
women--using data provided by the World Bank and accessed at:
http://bit.ly/VGOvIJ.
4 The Roadmap for Continued U.S. Leadership to End Global Hun-
ger, accessed at http://usa.wfp.org/advocate/roadmap
5 Scaling Up Nutrition, the World Bank, 2010.
6 The Cost of Hunger: Social and economic impact of child undernu-
trition in Central America and the Dominican Republic, The United
Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Carib-
bean and World Food Programme, 2008.
7 www.who.it/quantifying_ehimpacts/global/globclimate/en/, WHO.
8 Thousand Days Partnership, home page accessed at www.thousand-
days.org
9 The nutrition puzzle: Why so many people in poor countries eat
so badly-and what can be done about it?, The Economist, 2/18/2012
10 Copenhagen Consensus Results, 2008.
11 ibid.
12 Aid for Food and Nutrition Security 2012, OECD.
13 op. cit.
14 Scaling Up Nutrition: What will it cost?, Horton, Susan, et al. The
World Bank.
15 Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development, The World
16 Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on eco-
nomic productivity in Guatemalan adults, Hoddinott, Maluccio, et
al., The Lancet 371, 2008.
17 Drawn from the CORE Group’s multi-sectoral platform workshop,
“Collaboration Between Sectors to Achieve More Effective Out-
comes,” 2004.
18 Global Forum on Food Security & Nutrition, Discussion number
76, February 6-March 2, 2012.
13. WhoWe Are
WhoWe Are
Concern Worldwide U.S. is an affiliate of Concern Worldwide, a non-governmental,
international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering
and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s
poorest countries.
Our History: Fighting Hunger for Nearly Half a Century
Concern Worldwide was founded in Ireland in 1968 by a small group of people who joined together to respond
to the devastating famine in Biafra. Among these people were two young brothers, Fathers Aengus and Jack
Finucane. After working on the ground in Biafra, the two turned to Ireland and asked for support to send a
ship filled relief items to help those most affected by the famine. The response was extraordinary. Within three
months, they were able to purchase a ship and, eventually, deliver shipments of life-saving relief nightly via airlift.
As the situation in Biafra improved in 1970, a cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) compounded by a
civil war and displacement crisis prompted what was known as “Concern Africa” to expand its work into other
countries and become known as “Concern Worldwide.”
Concern expanded into the U.S. in 1993 as an independent affiliate, Concern Worldwide U.S. With offices in
New York City and Chicago, the U.S. organization has grown steadily, now with over 50 employees, providing in
excess of $30 million annually to support Concern’s programs overseas. Concern Worldwide U.S. also recruits
staff, provides technical support to field operations, and raises awareness of humanitarian issues among the
general public.
After 45 years, we are implementing programs in 25 of the poorest countries in the world. In 2012, we reached
more than 6.9 million of the world’s poorest people, saving lives through effective emergency response while
working to address root causes of poverty through long-term development. The core values of Concern remain
constant: targeting extreme poverty through the delivery of high-quality, effective programs that work hand-in-
hand with the people we serve to break the cycle of poverty.
OurVision
We envision a world in which no-one lives in poverty, fear, or oppression; in which all have access to a decent
standard of living and the opportunities and choices essential to a long, healthy, and creative life; and in which
everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
Our Mission
Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives that last and
spread without ongoing support from Concern.
14. WhoWe Are
Quick Facts
Concern Worldwide founded in Ireland in 1968; Concern Worldwide U.S. founded in New
York City in 1993
Recognized internationally for leadership and innovation in emergency response, child
survival, and nutrition
Working in 25 of the world’s poorest countries
Targeting extreme poverty through five key program areas: education, emergency response,
health, HIV/AIDS, and livelihoods
Concern Worldwide U.S. offices in New York City and Chicago; Concern Worldwide offices
in Dublin, London, Glasgow, and Belfast
Reached more than 6.9 million people in 2012
Has a team of nearly 3,000 staff across the globe
PHOTO: LIBERIA, ESTHER HAVENS PHOTOGRAPHY
15. Concern in Action: Fighting Hunger
Since our founding in 1968 in response to the famine in Biafra (now Nigeria), Concern Worldwide has pursued
its mission to help people living in absolute poverty achieve major, sustainable improvements in their lives. Now,
45 years later, Concern remains steadfastly committed to working with the world’s poorest people to transform
their lives. Hunger is often the most visible manifestation of extreme poverty, and in the midst of increasingly
volatile food price increases and natural disasters, Concern is more determined than ever before to empower
the poorest to effectively produce and manage their own food supplies, and to eradicate malnutrition and child
hunger and their root causes.
Adequate nutrition, particularly during the 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s second
birthday can lead to higher IQ, higher educational performance, and improved immune systems, and can lift
children and their families out of the cycle of poverty. It is during the critical 1,000-day window that a child’s brain
and body develop most, and it is good nutrition will allow them to thrive throughout their lives.
Concern believes that the loss and suffering caused by hunger are utterly unacceptable in our time, especially
because we know that solutions exist. Ensuring adequate nutrition in the first years of life is essential to improving
health and saving the lives of millions of children.
Concern’s commitment to the fight against malnutrition is twofold:
Improving the food security, nutrition security, and health of extremely poor people: Concern reached
nearly 900,000 people in 2012 with lifesaving nutrition services and helped more than 1.5 million people
improve their food security and income through investments in natural resource management, food
production and processing, and improving access to markets
Eliminating hunger and poverty through partnerships and advocacy: Concern is partnering with key
stakeholders in the fight against malnutrition to support, encourage and mobilize robust action to scale
up nutrition for mothers and children.
PHOTO: MALAWI, Pieternella Pieterse
Crystal Wells
Communications Officer
crystal.wells@concern.net
Office: 212-557-8000
Cell: 617-913-0794
Contact:
16. In 1,000 Days,
WE CAN CHANGE THE FUTURE
Why 1,000 days
The 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and her
child’s 2nd birthday offer a unique window of opportunity
to shape healthier and more prosperous futures. The right
nutrition during this 1,000-day window can have a life-
changing impact on a child’s ability to grow, learn, and
rise out of poverty—providing the foundation for long-term
economic growth and stability.
Good nutrition is essential for growth,
yet poor nutrition is pervasive
Malnutrition is one of the world’s most insidious, yet least
addressed, health and development challenges. Globally,
it contributes to almost half of all deaths of young children.
Close to 200 million children suffer from chronic nutritional
deprivation that leaves them permanently stunted—unable
to fulfill their genetic potential to grow and thrive—and
keeps families, communities, and countries locked in a
cycle of hunger and poverty.
The impact of malnutrition during the critical 1,000 days between a
woman’s pregnancy and a child’s 2nd birthday lasts a lifetime. Malnutrition
early in life can cause irreversible damage to a child’s brain development,
immune system, and physical growth. This can result in a diminished
capacity to learn, poorer performance in school, greater susceptibility to
infection and disease, and a lifetime of lost earning potential. In turn, the
damage done by malnutrition translates into a huge economic burden
for countries, costing billions of dollars in lost productivity and avoidable
health care costs.
Nutrition is the most cost-effective investment
to drive global health and prosperity
Research has shown that $1 invested in nutrition generates as much
as $138 in economic benefits. Yet despite the extraordinary returns on
investment, the world spends less than 1% of development aid on life-
saving, basic nutrition solutions that have been proven to save lives.
Focusing on improving
nutrition during the
1,000-day window can:
• Save millions of lives
each year.
• Reduce the human
suffering and economic
strain caused by infectious
diseases such as HIV/AIDS
and chronic diseases such
as diabetes and obesity.
• Build self-sufficiency—well-
nourished children grow
up to earn up to 46% more
over their lifetimes.
• Boost a country’s GDP by
as much as 11% annually.
• Help break the cycle of
hunger and poverty.
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@ThousandDays n facebook.com/ThousandDays
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17. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
ACDI/VOCA
Action Against Hunger
ActionAid USA
African Medical and Research
Foundation USA
Africare
Agency for Technical Cooperation
and Development
ALAS
Alliance to End Hunger
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Bread for the World
BreedLove Foods Inc.
CARE USA
Catholic Medical Mission Board
Centre for Development and Population
Activities
ChildFund International
Children’s Nutrition Program Haiti
Church World Service
Coalition for Improving Maternity Services
Concern Worldwide
Congressional Hunger Center
CORE Group
The Consultative Group on Early Childhood
Care and Development
DAI
Edesia Global Nutrition Solutions
Fabretto Children’s Foundation
Food for the Hungry
Freedom from Hunger
Future Generations Peru
GAIN - Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Global Health Action
Government of Ireland
Haitian Health Foundation
Heifer International
Helen Keller International
The Hunger Project
Heartland Alliance
InterAction
International Center for Research on Women
International Medical Corps
International MotherBaby Childbirth
Organization
International Relief & Development
International Rescue Committee
IntraHealth International
Irish Aid
John Snow, Inc.
Land O’Lakes, Inc. International Development
Lutheran World Relief
Mercy Corps
Micronutrient Initiative
Millennium Water Alliance
NepalNUTrition
ONE
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty
in Africa
PATH
PCI
Pesinet
PhotoPhilanthropy
Plan USA
Plan International
Planet Aid
Project Concern International
PSI
RegioDev Africa
RESULTS
Salvation Army World Service Office
Save the Children
Self Help Africa
Stop Hunger Now
Trickle Up
University Research Co., LLC
U.S. Coalition for Child Survival
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
U.S. Government
Valid Nutrition
Vitamin Angels
Walmart Foundation
WASH Advocates
WaterAid
WellShare International
Wellstart International
Winrock International
World Concern
World Food Program USA
World Initiative for Soy in Human Health
World Relief
World Renew
World Vision
1,000 Days Partners
Margaret W. Nea
What We Do
The 1,000 Days partnership promotes targeted action and
investment to improve nutrition for mothers and children in
the 1,000 days between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s 2nd birthday,
when better nutrition can have a life-changing impact on a child’s future and
help break the cycle of poverty.
1,000 Days works to:
•Advocate for greater action and investment in maternal and child nutrition;
•Communicate the importance of the 1,000-day window for impact;
•Catalyze partnerships among different sectors to scale up efforts to reduce
malnutrition; and
•SupporttheScalingUpNutrition(SUN)movement,whichseekstoaccelerate
country-led efforts to combat malnutrition.
Join us
1,000 Days is a partnership that brings together governments, the private sector and civil society organizations to
improve nutrition for women and children during the critical 1,000-day window. To learn more about our work and
how you can partner with 1,000 Days, contact us at info@thousanddays.org, and sign up for news and updates
by visiting www.thousanddays.org.
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19. FACT SHEET
JUNE 2013
About Action Against Hunger
At Action Against Hunger, we’re dedicated to saving the lives of malnourished children. We also provide
communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. We have:
• Lifesaving programs in over 40 countries around the globe
• 5,000+ field staff assisting more than seven million people each year
• Over 30 years of expertise in emergency contexts of conflict, natural disasters, and food crises
Our Mission: Saving Millions of Young Lives
Global hunger is a daunting challenge, but deadly hunger—or acute malnutrition—is something we can
actually address. Deadly malnutrition causes nearly 3 million childhood deaths each year, but it’s treatable.
In fact, deadly malnutrition is:
1. PREDICTABLE: We know where and when acute malnutrition is likely to strike.
2. PREVENTABLE: We know how to keep children from becoming malnourished.
3. TREATABLE: New tools like therapeutic ready-to-use foods can save millions of young lives.
4. INEXPENSIVE: It costs just $45 to save a life by providing a malnourished child with treatment.
Highly Rated: You Can Trust Action Against Hunger:
• A four-star charity rated by Charity Navigator (seven years in a row – a distinction shared by only
2% of U.S. nonprofits).
• Selected as a 2011 “Top Nonprofit” by Philanthropedia.
• An “A”-rated organization by CharityWatch.
• Meets all 20 of the Better Business Bureau’s rigorous accountability standards.
• 93 cents of every donated dollar directly supports lifesaving programs.
For More Information:
Contact:
Elisabeth Anderson Rapport
Communications Officer
212.967.7800 x134
erapport@actionagainsthunger.org
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20. GAIN is an organization driven by the
vision of a world without malnutrition.
GAIN’s mission is to improve the lives of
vulnerable populations through access
to affordable, high quality and nutritious
foods.
We work to reduce malnutrition by
improving the efficiency and effectiveness
of markets to reach consumers at the
Base of the Pyramid. We mobilise
public-private partnerships to implement
innovative and sustainable market-based
solutions at scale.
After ten years of operation GAIN
programs are reaching 667 million people,
including 321 million women and children.
They are demonstrating public health
impact:
• 30 % reduction in anemia among
women of child bearing age in sentinel
sites in China;
• 30 % reduction in neural tube defects in
new borns in South Africa;
• 14 % reduction in micronutrient
defiencies in young children in Kenya.
DELIVERING NUTRITION
GAIN was launched in 2002; its initial
program focused largely on food
fortification - adding vitamins and minerals
to staple foods and condiments including
wheat flour, maize meal, salt, sugar,
vegetable oil, soy sauce and fish sauce.
Projects targeted the population at large
with market-based approaches that relied
on governments to establish appropriate
legislation and regulation and on business
to fortify food products.
In 2007 GAIN expanded its portfolio with
Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition
activities in response to the growing
recognition of the thousand day window
of opportunity from conception to age two
when children are most vulnerable to poor
nutrition.
GAIN supports exclusive breastfeeding
for the first six months of a child’s life; we
work with public-private partnerships to
reach mothers and infants in low-income
families with multinutrient supplements
and high quality and affordable nutritious
foods; these complement breast milk
for infants from six months and beyond.
Projects involve a range of partners:
local businesses, governments, non-
governmental organizations, non-
profit global venture funds, and UN
organizations.
GAIN’s newest initiative – Agriculture
and Nutrition – identifies ways to improve
the nutritional quality of food through
innovative, market-based solutions. The
program aims to modify the agricultural
supply chain while also increasing the
access of vulnerable populations to
affordable nutritious foods. This initiative
must build the missing evidence-base to
support the efficacy of linking agriculture
and nutrition.
EXAMPLES FROM GAIN’S
PROJECT PORTFOLIO
> GAIN is working with the Ministry of
Health, local millers, edible oil producers
and other national stakeholders in
Uganda to fortify wheat flour and
vegetable oil. The government has
recently passed legislation to make
mandatory the fortification of both these
staples - a necessary condition for
ensuring the sustainability of the program.
> In the India, GAIN is working with AP
Foods to expand its capacity to produce
a powder made up of cereals, pulses,
oil and sugar and fortified with vitamins
and minerals. The powder is distributed
through the Integrated Child Development
Services to millions of mothers and
children.
About GAIN
GAIN INITIATIVES
LARGE SCALE FOOD FORTIFICATION
Greg Garrett, Director
MULTINUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTS
Dominic Schofield, Director
NUTRITIOUS FOODS FOR CHILDREN
AND MOTHERS
Marti van Liere, Director
AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION
Bonnie McClafferty, Director
21. > The GAIN Premix Facility (GPF) tackles
the challenges faced by producers of
fortified foods in accessing high quality
premix blends of vitamins and minerals
to add to their food products. The GPF
has reached an estimated 242 million
consumers in 34 countries.
> The GAIN/UNICEF Universal Salt
Iodization Partnership Project aims
to increase coverage of iodized salt
to 90 percent in 13 countries with the
lowest coverage of iodized salt and the
highest levels of iodine deficiency. Iodine
deficiency is the most prevalent cause of
brain damage worldwide.
MOBILIZING INNOVATIVE
PARTNERSHIPS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST MALNUTRITION
GAIN works with diverse partners in
over thirty countries the world over –
governments, international organizations,
non-governmental organizations, civil
society and over 600 private sector
companies.
The partnership model that we pioneered
has been recognised by the Stanford
Social Innovation Review as a model of
collaboration that achieves large scale
progress in the face of the urgent and
complex problems of our time.
GAIN GOVERNANCE
GAIN receives strategic direction from its
Board – a 14 member body made up of
key donors and experts serving in their
individual capacity. The Board is advised
by a Partnership Council of 17 members
from key organizations working with
GAIN. The Partnership Council is able to
draw on the extensive experience of its
members to explore the big challenges
that need to be addressed by GAIN and
the nutrition community at large. Jay
Naidoo is Chairman of the GAIN Board
and the Partnership Council.
GAIN acknowledges the support for our
projects from our donors:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
(BMGF); the Children’s Investment
Fund Foundation (CIFF); the Khalifa Bin
Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KBZF);
Department for International Development
(DFID); the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID); Irish
Aid; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Netherlands; Dubai Cares; the Wellcome
Trust; and the Goldsmith Foundation.
GAIN - Global Alliance
for Improved Nutrition
Rue de Vermont 37-39
CH-1202 Geneva
Switzerland
T +41 22 749 1850
F +41 22 749 1851
E info@gainhealth.org
www.gainhealth.org
ENABLING UNITS
Two enabling units, and Country
Managers in Afghanistan, Bangladesh,
Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia,
Kenya, Nigeria and Mozambique, support
program implementation.
PROGRAM DELIVERY
John Fairhurst, Director and COO
Identifies and builds capacity in country to execute
programs.
INVESTMENT, PARTNERSHIPS AND
ADVOCACY
Steve Godfrey, Director
Drives action on nutrition by key global and national
policy and decision-makers and influences the
private sector to take on a greater role in fighting
malnutrition.
The Business Alliance is a partnership
platform for networking and knowledge
sharing aimed at identifying new business
models to address malnutrition at the
base of the pyramid. The BA members
are: Ajinomoto Group, AkzoNobel,
Amway, BASF, Bel Group, Britannia
Industries Ltd, Cargill Incorporated, The
Coca-Cola Company, Dal Group, Groupe
Danone, DSM, Firmenich, Fortitech,
GlaxoSmithKline, Hershey, Hexagon
Nutrition, Indofood, Kemin, Kraft,
Mars Inc, Mana, Nutriset, Pepsico Inc,
Pronutria, Tetra Pak and Unilever.
AIM – the Amsterdam Initiative against
Malnutrition – is a coalition of Dutch public
and private sector organizations which
joined with GAIN to end malnutrition for
100 million people in Africa. The coalition
includes AkzoNobel, DSM, GAIN,
the Government of the Netherlands,
Interchurch Organization for Development
Cooperation, Unilever and Wageningen
University. The first AIM project in Kenya
will explore a number of options for
fortifying the milk consumed by Kenyan
children.
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BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION | May 2011 www.gatesfoundation.org | 1
OVERVIEW
This is a unique moment in history: Advances in science
and learning are making it possible to solve complex
problems like never before. If we focus these advances
on helping people improve their lives, then within this
century billions of people will be healthier, get better
educations, and have the power to lift themselves out of
hunger and poverty.
We set clear priorities because we can have the greatest
impact by staying focused. Certain problems affect
millions of people—diseases in developing countries, low
high school graduation rates in the United States, low crop
yields in Africa. In our priority areas, we work on long-
term solutions for people with the most urgent needs.
We make grants in three program areas: Global
Development, Global Health, and the United States. Each
program area has a policy and advocacy team dedicated to
raising awareness of problems—and solutions—to motivate
change. Their work includes public affairs, to increase
interest in the issues and strengthen the voice of the public;
grantmaking to organizations that support our mission;
and public education, to provide policymakers and others
with information on issues.
Our grantmaking process involves four key steps:
developing strategy, making grants, measuring progress,
and adjusting strategy. Our approach emphasizes
partnership, innovation, risk, and, most importantly,
results. Achieving the results we want requires the
flexibility to learn from mistakes.
We form partnerships and make grants to organizations
that we think can get solutions to the people who need
them, bring about systemic change, and achieve lasting
results. Then we search for ways we can make unique
contributions, using our resources, expertise, and ability
to bring people together.
We believe in the power of innovation. By applying new
thinking to big problems, we can help people improve their
lives. Sometimes, to promote innovation, we take calculated
risks on promising ideas. Some of these risks will pay off;
others won’t. But we expect to learn from all of them—and
as we learn, we will adjust our strategies accordingly.
We share what we’re learning because we want to expand
the body of information available about the issues we work
on and encourage others to continue striving for solutions.
Our resources are small compared to the scope of the
challenges we are trying to address. In 2008, the United
States National Institutes of Health spent about 15 times
more than the foundation’s budget for global health. Or, to
take another example, our entire endowment would not be
enough to fund public schools in the state of California for
even one year.
We have offices in Seattle, Washington; Washington, D.C.;
New Delhi, India; Beijing, China; and London, United
Kingdom. As of December 31, 2010, we had 927 employees
and an endowment of $37.1 billion and had made $24.81
billion in total grant commitments. The foundation
supports grantees in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia. Internationally, we support work in more than
100 countries.
Bill and Melinda Gates started the foundation because they believe every person
should have the chance to live a healthy, productive life. All of the foundation’s
grantmaking and advocacy efforts support this mission.
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Our Mission:
International Medical Corps relieves the suffering of those impacted by war, natural disaster, and disease by
delivering vital health care services that focus on training. This approach of helping people help themselves is
critical to returning devastated populations to self-reliance.
Our Work:
Since our founding in 1984, International Medical Corps has delivered $1.4 billion in lifesaving medical care and
training to tens of millions of people across 70 countries. Headquartered in Los Angeles and on the frontlines
globally, International Medical Corps has been a first-responder to the most devastating man-made and natural
disasters, while simultaneously strengthening the capacity of local communities to recover over the long-term.
With a dedicated staff of 4,500 and a network of thousands of volunteers, International Medical Corps works in
the world’s most challenging and remote places, including Darfur, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria,
Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Haiti, and Libya, among others.
International Medical Corps’ unique approach has revolutionized emergency health care in insecure and
dangerous environments by integrating training into the provision of immediate medical services. We hire 96%
of our field-based staff and health professionals from local communities to ensure that skills, knowledge and
local leadership remain long after our programs have ended. Our efforts save lives, prevent the spread of
disease, reestablish basic coping mechanisms and begin the process of restoring communities to self-reliance.
Our Health Priority Areas:
• Emergency response and preparedness
• Training local health workers
• Providing lifesaving care for women and children
• Integrating mental health into primary health care settings
• Promoting the use of clean water, sanitation and hygiene
• Nutrition services
26. International Medical Corps
relieves the suffering of those
impacted by war,
delivering emergency
medical relief and
This approach
help themselves
devastated communities
to self-reliance.
natural disaster
and disease by
health care training.
of helping people
is critical to returning
From Relief to Self-Reliance
HEADQUARTERS
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS
1919 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Suite 400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: 310-826-7800
Fax: 310-442-6622
WASHINGTON, DC
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Phone: 202-828-5155
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Phone: +44 (0) 207 253 0001
Fax: +44 (0) 207 250 3269
Over the years, in so many
places I’ve been, I’ve seen
International Medical Corps
right on the front lines with
their sleeves rolled up,
working in conditions that
are hard to imagine.”
CNN’s Anderson Cooper
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for more information or to donate, please visit
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89cents of every dollar you contribute
directly supports programs
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27. OUR AREAS OF FOCUS INCLUDE
• Emergency Response and Preparedness
• Training local health workers
• Providing lifesaving care to women and children
• Integrating mental health into primary
health care settings
• Providing the use of clean water,
sanitation and hygiene
Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses,
International Medical Corps is a humanitarian organization
with 4,500 staff and a network of more than 24,000
medical volunteers. With headquarters in Los Angeles,
96% of our field-based staff and health professionals are
recruited from the local community to ensure that skills and
knowledge remain long after our programs have ended.
With an annual budget of $180 million, International
Medical Corps has delivered $1.4 billion in emergency
relief and health care services to tens of millions
of people in 70 countries.
Afghanistan Albania Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Bosnia-
Herzegovina Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic
Chad Chile China Colombia Croatia Darfur Democratic Republic of
Congo East Timor Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gaza Georgia Ghana Haiti
Honduras Indonesia Iraq Japan Jordan Kenya Kosovo Kyrgyzstan
Laos Lebanon Liberia Libya Macedonia Mali Moldova Mozambique
Myanmar Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Pakistan Peru Philippines
Russian Federation Rwanda Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia South
Sudan Sri Lanka St. Lucia Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand
Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine USA Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
* Countries & regions we’re currently operating in are highlighted BLUE
Each year, 250 million people
worldwide are devastated by armed
conflict and natural disaster and
eight million children under five die
from preventable diseases.
WHO WE ARE
OUR APPROACH
International Medical Corps delivers health services
to communities impacted by war, natural disaster
and disease while simultaneously focusing on
strengthening local capacity to ensure sustainable
care. Our work saves lives, prevents the spread of
disease, re-establishes basic coping mechanisms and
helps restore communities to self-reliance.
SAVING LIVES
EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY
TRAINING
LOCAL
HEALTH
CARE
WORKERS
REBUILDING COMMUNITIES
WITH DIGNITY AND HOPE
BUILDING
SELF-RELIANCE
RELIEF THAT LASTS
28. About ONE
Co-founded by Bono and strictly non-partisan, The ONE Campaign is more than three
million people taking action to end extreme poverty...because we believe where you
live shouldn’t determine whether you live.
ONE members around the globe call, write, rally and raise their voices as ONE to push
for progress—on global funding, expanded efforts to treat and stop the spread of
AIDS and other preventable diseases, critical investments in agriculture and nutrition,
and greater transparency.
Our teams in Washington, D.C., London, Johannesburg, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris
educate, advocate, lobby and collaborate to shape solutions. We’re halfway home:
extreme poverty has been cut in half…and as ONE, we’re redoubling our actions to
bring its end ever closer.
To learn more about ONE, please visit www.one.org.
From 1990–2000, global extreme poverty dropped from 43% of the
world’s population to 33%.
From 2000 to 2010, extreme poverty worldwide went down again to
21%—cutting extreme poverty in half.
If this trajectory is continued into the future we get to the zero zone
before 2030.
21%
ZERO
ZONE
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As the world’s leading independent organization for children, Save the Children is made up of 29
national member organizations raising funds and running programs domestically and/or
internationally. By working closely together as a single force for change, Save the Children is making
a difference in the lives of children in a way that builds on and exceeds what individual members can
accomplish alone.
At the end of 2009 all 29 Save the Children member organizations, with combined revenues of more
than US$1.4 billion, agreed on an ambitious new strategy for the next 5 years, committing to working
even more closely together in the future as one Save the Children to achieve even more for children.
A major element of the 2010–15 strategy is the development of a single structure to deliver
international programs, enabling us to work more efficiently together. Save the Children’s collective
voice can also do much to further children’s rights at the international level. To achieve this, Save the
Children has four Advocacy Offices working for policy change to benefit children, targeting the United
Nations, European Union and the African Union. In addition, these offices provide information to
members and coordinate with them on areas of common interest affecting children.
The Save the Children International center supports members and the Save the Children International
Board. The center coordinates major joint initiatives to ensure we achieve the greatest possible
impact for children, and also provides legal, communications and governance support.
Save the Children’s Vision, Mission and Values
WE ARE THE WORLD’S LEADING
INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION FOR
CHILDREN
OUR VISION is a world in which every child
attains the right to survival, protection,
development and participation.
OUR MISSION is to inspire breakthroughs in
the way the world treats children, and to
achieve immediate and lasting change in their
lives.
OUR VALUES:
ACCOUNTABILITY: We take personal
responsibility for using our resources efficiently,
achieving measurable results, and being
accountable to supporters, partners and most of
all children.
AMBITION: We are demanding of ourselves
and our colleagues, set high goals and are
committed to improving the quality of everything
we do for children.
COLLABORATION: We respect and value
each other, thrive on our diversity, and work
with partners to leverage our global strength in
making a difference for children.
CREATIVITY: We are open to new ideas,
embrace change and take disciplined risks to
develop sustainable solutions for and with
children.
INTEGRITY: We aspire to live to the highest
standards of personal honesty and behavior; we
never compromise our reputation and always act
in the best interests of children.
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Our Vision
Share Our Strength’s vision is to end hunger and poverty in the United States and abroad. We believe we can do this
by mobilizing industries and individuals, and creating community wealth, to promote lasting change.
Around the World
Since the founding of Share Our Strength in 1984 in response to the Ethiopian famine, Share Our Strength has
granted more than $11 million to organizations around the world searching for sustainable solutions to
underdevelopment, malnutrition, poverty, and hunger. Today, Share Our Strength provides support for sustainable
agriculture, food security, economic development, and child nutrition programs in Haiti, Ethiopia, Mexico and El
Salvador.
Ending Childhood Hunger in America
Share Our Strength’s current priority is ending childhood hunger in America by connecting children with the
nutritious food they need to lead healthy, active lives. Through its No Kid Hungry®
Campaign—a national effort to
end childhood hunger in America by 2015—Share Our Strength ensures children in need are enrolled in effective
federal nutrition programs; invests in community organizations that fight hunger; teaches needy families how to
cook healthy, affordable meals; and builds public-private partnerships to end childhood hunger, at the state and city
level. Share Our Strength engages the culinary, business and media communities; consumers and citizen-activists;
foundations; nonprofits; and policymakers to support No Kid Hungry.
31. Nutrition for Women and Children
Malnutrition early in a child’s life causes irreversible
damage and contributes to the deaths of 2.6 million
children every year. WFP provides nutritional support
to women and young children during the most critical
window of a child’s development — the first 1,000
days of life, from pregnancy to age two.
School Meals
School meals have the power to break the cycle of
poverty, by giving children the chance to learn, grow
and reach their full potential. Just 25 cents provides a
nutritious meal for a child in need. WFP provides school
meals to 20 million children on average each year. School
meals give families an incentive to send children to
school—especially girls.
Support for Small-Scale Farmers
Half of the world’s hungry are small-scale farmers, most
of whom are women. WFP works to improve the food
security of local communities by helping farmers access
markets, providing agricultural training and offering
food in exchange for work on local development projects.
Tonight, 870 million people
around the world will go to
bed hungry.That’s one in
eight people on the planet.
World Food Program USA (WFP USA) works to
solve global hunger, building a world where everyone has
the food and nutrition needed to lead healthy, productive
lives. WFP USA raises support for these efforts in the
United States by engaging individuals, organizations and
businesses, shaping public policy and generating resources
for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
As the largest humanitarian agency in the world, WFP
delivered food assistance to nearly 100 million people in
75 countries in 2012. WFP works to improve global food
security through a comprehensive strategy that addresses
the immediate needs and underlying causes of hunger:
Emergency food relief
Emergency food relief is essential for meeting basic
human needs in the wake of natural disasters, conflict
and humanitarian crises. By working closely with
governments, local partners and the international
community, WFP is able to quickly deploy emergency
assistance to those in need.
1 in 8people
Hunger is the world’s
most solvable problem.
World Food Program USA
1725 Eye Street NW, Suite 510
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 627-3737
@WFPUSA
facebook.com/WFPUSA
www.wfpusa.org
32. The First 1000 Days: Maternal and Childhood Nutrition
Malnutrition is responsible for the deaths of 2.6 million children each year
The right nutrition in early childhood gives children the foundation they need for a healthy and
prosperous life. Malnutrition during the first 1,000 days of life, from pregnancy to a child’s
second birthday, can cause irreversible damage to cognitive and physical development and is
responsible for the deaths of 2.6 million children each year. Malnutrition can stunt children for
life, raise the risk of disease and infection, and negatively impact future generations.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) provides nutritional support to mothers and children
during the first 1,000 days – the most critical window of a child’s development. WFP reaches
nearly 10 million children and 3 million women each year. Supporting the nutrition of mothers
and children during this timeframe has a life-long impact on a child’s ability to learn, grow up
healthy and become a successful adult. For this reason, focusing on the youngest children is
one of the smartest investments a country can make.
The international community recently placed early childhood nutrition at the top of the global
agenda. In 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Irish Foreign Minister
Micheál Martin launched Scaling Up Nutrition, an unprecedented global movement to improve
nutrition for pregnant women and young children during the first 1,000 days of life.
Global consensus has identified a powerful set of cost-effective interventions that together can
make a dramatic impact in reducing early childhood malnutrition. In places like Guatemala,
WFP is supporting national efforts to scale up this comprehensive approach—which includes
providing supplementary food and micronutrients, as well as encouraging healthy behaviors.
Nutritional super-products also help to prevent and combat malnutrition during emergencies.
WFP is working closely with partners to scale up global efforts to improve early childhood
nutrition, creating a ripple effect on a wide range of personal, social and economic outcomes.
World Food Program USA (WFP USA) works to solve global hunger, building a world where
everyone has the food and nutrition needed to lead healthy, productive lives.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) works in over 75 countries, saving lives in
emergencies, providing school meals to hungry children, improving nutrition of the most
vulnerable people at critical times in their lives and helping build the self-reliance of people and
communities.
33. WFP USA works together with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to solve
hunger globally through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.
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North America • Latin America/Caribbean • Asia-Pacific • Europe/Middle East
Indonesia: Photo by Paul Jeffrey CWS/ACT Alliance
“I’m able to feed and clothe my family. My husband
is supportive, we are growing stronger together, and
I’m able to take care of my children. I want to thank
CWS for changing the lives of communities... and
empowering me to be where I am.”
Jennifer Sindiri, Naivasha, Kenya, who learned
livelihood skills in a CWS program
My children love trying all these new foods. They enjoy
everything!
Cielo, of the Guarani community in South America's
Gran Chaco
I can never say ‘thank you’ enough to CWS for allowing
our program to offer the help and supplies during the
times of disaster. I want to say ‘thank you’ for every
person whom we were able to help in some way due to
the supplies offered by CWS.”
Sandy Gunnell, Kentucky
“Thanks to CWS, who works to help lift my family as
well as other poor people from vulnerability. I am happy
to share my knowledge, experience and success with
other villagers.”
Ngoun Meng, Cambodia
I can’t imagine my life now without the (CWS-
supported) youth house and its programs, without my
new family and friends. But what’s more important, I
believe now that there are people in this world who
love, who help, who care.
Ucha Giguashvili, Republic of Georgia, who survived a
land mine explosion at age 16
When I started working, I feel like it changed my
life, because I work full time, five days a week and
sometimes overtime, six days a week. That's good,
because I can pay my bills, my food, clothing. I
have a lot of friends from church sponsors who have
encouraged me to buy a house and then I can choose
where I want to live.
Capitoline Capi Nduwimana, from Burundi, resettled
by Church World Service affiliate Bethany Refugee
Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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CWS works with partners to
eradicate hunger and poverty
and to promote peace and
justice around the world.
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35. Our mandate is to protect the world's most vulnerable.
Children suffer an increasing burden from poverty and
misery in the world.
But not if we can help it.
Our work with children starts in the first 1,000 days of
life, when a lack of proper nutrition can mean lifelong
consequences like stunting, visual and learning
impairments, even death.
Our work to support schools fights poverty in the long
term. Because today's student is tomorrow's visionary.
Since 1946, CWS has helped to find new homes for
some of the millions of families who have lost their
homes to violence, disaster and prejudice.
We support refugees in Africa and Asia. CWS also
resettles refugees in the U.S. with the assistance of
our network of welcoming communities who provide a
new chance at life for thousands each year. We help
refugees to learn basic English, assist with new trade
skills and setting up a new home.
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FOOD ASSISTANCE
CWS provides communities in need with
emergency food help when situations are
desperate. We can provide food assistance in
more than 40 countries where we work, and
through our partnership with ACT Alliance, our
reach more than doubles.
WE FIGHT HUNGER. HERE'S HOW.
EXPERTISE AND
PARTNERSHIP
We've been on a mission to end hunger and
poverty for more than six decades. Our approach is
different: to work with communities, hand in hand,
as partners in their development. Our history brings
experience to communities that are forgotten,
addressing their hunger, together.
CHECK THE FACTS
Reaching hungry kids in their first 1,000 days can
prevent a lifetime of problems. Help us spread the
word! More at cwsglobal.org/1000days
MEET A FRIEND
The backbone of our resettlement work is caring
people who want to help. To give the gift of hospitality
while meeting a new friend, check out cwsglobal.org/
refugees.
TELL HUNGER
TO TAKE A HIKE
CROP Hunger Walks fight
hunger at home and around
the world. End hunger with
us at crophungerwalk.org.
LONG-TERM HELP
Emergencies are frequently only the beginning of a
chronic and complex problem. When a community
doesn't have enough to eat sustainably, it's called
food insecurity. We help communities examine all of
the issues that keep it from achieving food security
— from the availability of clean water to land rights,
problems that may take longer to address than may
be convenient for many other groups.
Clean water is the glue that holds healthy communities
together. So we help communities find clean sources
of water that quenches thirst, irrigates crops and
promotes sanitation.
When clean water flows, women and children spend
less time carrying water miles from the source to home.
That's more time for girls to be in school, or for women
to build a business.
Clean water. A game changer on tap.
THE GIFT OF WATER
Pay tribute to someone you admire by providing clean
water to those in need. Buy a well for a family, or a dam
for thousands. Learn more at cwsbestgifts.org.
WE PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER
WE HELP
VULNERABLE CHILDREN
Disasters and calamities are inevitable. We provide
immediate assistance with resources for vulnerable
communities in need, such as food, shelter, potable
water and CWS Kits.
We also use disaster as a chance to reduce
vulnerability. It's laying the groundwork of preparedness
in a community that saves lives. And, frequently, disaster
provides an opportunity to improve food, water and
educational supplies.
HELP BEGINS ON AISLE 9
CWS Kits are made from everyday items available in
any department store. Communities assemble kits, and
we provide them to people in need following disasters.
Be part of our first response: cwsglobal.org/kits.
WE RESPOND
TO EMERGENCIES
WE FIND NEW HOMES
FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T