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Posted on July 26, 2017
07/25/2017
By Neal Keny-Guyer, CEO of Mercy Corps, and Abby Maxman, president and CEO of Oxfam America
More people around the world are escaping extreme poverty than ever before. In just 10 years, 167 million fewer people are undernourished. But we cannot let another day go by without acknowledging that millions more children, men and women are currently at risk of starvation, and this progress is in danger of being reversed. Knowledge is power, as the old adage goes, and we are convinced that if more Americans know about this crisis we can save more lives.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/59778524e4b0940189700d17 Read More “We’ve Made Great Strides in the Fight Against Global Hunger. So Why Are Millions at Risk of Starvation?”
Posted on July 18, 2017
South Sudan Country Director Deepmala Mahla Testifies Before Senate Panel
WASHINGTON, DC – With an estimated 81 million people in need of emergency assistance because of severe food insecurity, Congress must act now to prevent famine and save lives, urges Deepmala Mahla, South Sudan Country Director for the global organization Mercy Corps. In testimony to a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing on the matter, Mahla proposes Congress enact new policies in three areas: funding, diplomacy, and resilience and peacebuilding.
Mahla’s appearance comes as Mercy Corps and seven other leading U.S.-based relief organizations launch the Global Emergency Response Coalition, the first-of-its-kind Read More “Mercy Corps Tells Congress Urgent Action Is Needed In Four Famine-Threatened Countries”
Posted on July 17, 2017
First-of-its-kind coalition of leading relief organizations launches Hunger Relief Fund
Washington, DC – July 17, 2017
For the first time, eight of the leading U.S.-based international relief organizations have joined forces to urge the American public to donate to the new Hunger Relief Fund in response to looming famines and persistent hunger threatening millions of people in South Sudan, Nigeria, Yemen, Somalia and neighboring countries. More than 20 million people face starvation in the coming months and, without immediate help, 1.4 million severely malnourished children could die.
“Drought, displacement and conflict have converged with alarming consequences,” according to the chief Read More “Hunger Pushes Over 20 Million People to the Brink of Starvation: U.S. Charities Urgently Ask America to Take Action”