Hungrykids
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HungryKids aka HungryKids.org is a not for profit grassroots organization dedicated to raising awareness for world hunger and poverty relief.
An official partner of the United Nations World Food Programme, they are an "informational charity" as they do not collect money but promote awarness for the issues of hunger and poverty. They exclusively target young adults. Founded by internet entrepreneur Brad Hines, their mission is support of the UNWFP's goal to end child hunger world wide by the year 2015.
"Young adults are a lot more concerned with global issues then people suspect"[1]
-founder Brad Hines
The organazation is known for skiping over traditional campus recruiting and working exclusively online to raise awareness. HungryKids has no centralized headquarters, and employees all of its volunteers from around the world to work remotley over the internet.
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[edit] Goals and strategies
HungryKids strives to eradicate hunger and malnutrition, with the ultimate goal in mind of eliminating the need for food aid itself through education and discussion of solutions, and raising awareness.
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[edit] See also
- Food security
- Food Force, an educational game
- World Food Council
- Fight Hunger: Walk the World
- Asia Emergency Response Facility
[edit] External links
- HungryKids.org (official site)
- World Food Programme United Nations World Food Programme
- FightHunger.org - WFP's global campaign to end child hunger by 2015
- Auburn University War on Hunger campaign - Student-led effort sponsored by WFP
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