The world community does not
possess the financial & technical resources necessary to end
hunger.
The
world community possesses the financial and technical resources
necessary to end hunger.
Today, ending hunger is not primarily a technical or a production
issue, it is a human issue. Hunger persists because we, as
human beings, have failed to organize our societies in ways that
assure every person the chance to live a healthy and productive
life.
The Hunger Project is committed to
the end of hunger. This means that we are committed to
empowering people to create permanent, society-wide solutions to the
problem, and not content ourselves with charitable actions that only
benefit a few. We are committed to identifying and utilizing an
accurate framework of thinking, and pioneering strategies and
actions that will enable humanity to create a new future - a future
free from hunger.
The Need for a
New Set of Principles
The
Hunger Project believes that the strategies and actions required to
end hunger must emanate from a new set of principles. These
principles are derived from an authentic confrontation with the
commitment to ending hunger, and from a deeper examination of
what it means to be human.
The
principles of The Hunger Project are not created in a philosophical
vacuum and then applied. They evolve and are refined in the action
itself. The formulation of our principles changes as our experience
grows. In this way, there is no room for arrogance. On the contrary,
the work of ending hunger is a rigorous teacher of a complex
subject, constantly requiring a spirit of humility and openness to
discovery.
