Where we work.
Where does the Hunger Project work?
The Hunger Project works with local communities in Africa, South Asia and Latin America towards a world without hunger. We give people the resources, knowledge and skills to take action themselves and improve their own lives. Women are at the heart of all our work, because the whole community benefits when they gain more opportunities and a greater say. We also engage local government in community development, because it is closest to the people.
We run programmes in thirteen countries. In Africa, we work in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia. In South Asia, we work in Bangladesh and India, and in Latin America, in Mexico and Peru.
In nine partner countries, including the Netherlands, our main role is to raise funds for these programmes. These are Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Each country has its own independent office with local staff and a national board. The headquarters of our global organisation is in the United States.
Because circumstances differ, our approach varies from country to country and from programme to programme. We tailor our work to the local context. In India, for example, we support women to take local leadership roles. In Malawi, we build sand dams with the community to provide safe water. In northern Uganda, decades of conflict have left deep scars, and there we work to build peace.
Take a look at our current projects to see what else we achieve together.
