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Announcing Our Second Impact Labs Cohort on Zero Hunger: Supporting Small-Scale Farmers Globally

Saleforce Nonprofit

Hunger is a global issue that affects everyone, everywhere. A couple of weeks ago, we announced our first cohort on Zero Hunger, focusing on food insecurity in the United States. But as we know, getting to Zero Hunger will take collaboration from all regions, with multiple approaches to address the contributing factors.

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Collaborating for New Solutions To Persistent Societal Challenges

Saleforce Nonprofit

These days, persistent societal challenges are on the rise: hunger, mental health issues, contagious disease, conflict, chronic inequality, and the climate crisis. An Urgent Issue Today, as many as 828 million people — one in ten worldwide — face hunger, a number that has grown 22 % since the start of the pandemic.

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Is it a movement or a moment?

Candid

When it comes to raising visibility on a given issue, nonprofits often strive to achieve broader impact—the kind of change that comes through collective action. For example, across East Africa, our teams work with Youth Champions to elevate awareness of the drivers of hunger, including the climate crisis, conflict, and chronic inequality.

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Weekly update from PND

Candid

Gates, Citi announce climate action commitments at COP26. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , Citi, and others announced commitments in support of climate action on the second day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) being held in Glasgow, Scotland. A weekly update with the latest news from PND. Read more. .

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Inspire: create, collect, share! My time at the '09 NTC

Forum One

Stories stick in our minds, get us energized and poised to take action, and provide a memorable framework that help us transfer messages to others. My section focused on a case study of storytelling in the field, when I was a Congressional Hunger Fellow in Cambodia and Kenya from 2005-2007.

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Inspire: collect, create, share! My time at the '09 NTC

Forum One

Stories stick in our minds, get us energized and poised to take action, and provide a memorable framework that help us transfer messages to others. My section focused on a case study of storytelling in the field, when I was a Congressional Hunger Fellow in Cambodia and Kenya from 2005-2007.

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Story-Led Change: A Photojournalist’s Thoughts on the Power of Storytelling

Connection Cafe

It’s always been part of my nature to need to be where the action is, so I set out to start a business that would allow me to do that. An early trip to Kenya with World Vision to photograph their hunger relief efforts really cemented my conviction in this work.