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Apr 22, 2005
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Teach a woman to fish and you feed an entire village for a lifetime.
" --Adapted from a Chinese Proverb
The Hunger Project
Despite a food distribution system that can put a can of soda within arms reach of every person, one-fifth of the world's population suffers from chronic hunger and 41,000 of them, mostly children, die each day. Instead of looking to just feed the one-billion hungry mouths with aid, one NGO views those one-billion mouths as hard-working creative people that are an instrumental part of the solution. The Hunger Project has been working to mobilize the energy, creativity, and resources of the poor to break the viscous inhumanity of hunger.
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