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Mission

The Hunger Project is a  non-profit mission committed to the sustainable end of  hunger.

Vision

Our vision of the future is not based on everyone achieving a high-consumption lifestyle, which is environmentally unsustainable. Nor does it permit one-sixth of the human family to continue to live in abject poverty. The Hunger Project is committed to transcending this polarity and creating a future that rejects the inevitability of hunger and recognizes the limitations of a consumerist society.

Achieving the sustainable end of hunger means creating a new future for all humanity, a future where

• every day, every person has enough of the right food to be healthy and productive;
• babies are born healthy and strong, and girl babies are prized as much as boy babies;
• children stay alive, so parents can have smaller families;
• women and girls are full partners in society;
• people have control over their own lives and destinies, and all individuals have a chance to contribute; and
• the values of honoring human beings and nature flourish. 

Human Rights Day 2010

The theme of this year's Human Rights Day is human rights defenders who act to end discrimination — leaders who speak out against human rights abuses, often at great personal risk to themselves and their families. The Hunger Project is honored to partner with thousands of volunteer leaders who are courageously doing just that each and every day.

World AIDS Day 2010

We have reason to celebrate. The most recent UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic reports that new HIV infections have fallen by over 20 percent in the past 10 years. Yet, there are still two new HIV infections for every one person beginning HIV treatment, and last year, 2.6 million people were newly infected. We must continue to forge ahead.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime, and the abuser is usually someone she knows. Violence against women is one of the most widespread violations of human rights, and, like hunger, its root lies in deeply entrenched gender inequality.