CARE lawyer: Niger felt like 'Hunger Games' on steroids Moni Basu, CNN, May 13 "Alexander has seen poverty before -- in 1989, he helped found Hands on Atlanta, which grew to become one of the world's largest community based volunteer organizations with more than half a million...
President Obama, G8 and African leaders, businesses, international organizations, and civil society will come together today at the G8 Summit to begin a four day discussion on the advancement of global agricultural development, food, and nutrition security in Africa. President Obama is expected to announce...
A mother feeds her child MANA RUTF in Rwaza, Rwanda. Photograph: Silent Images ...
A severely malnourished child is fed a ready-to-use-therapeutic food by his mother. ACF-Nigeria, E.A. Menafudi Action Against Hunger | ACF International, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, accurately assessed Nigeria as a "land of significant dichotomy." The country boasts the second largest economy in Africa,...
Three Little Words, Three Little Letters Roger Thurow, Senior Fellow, Global Agricultural Development Initiative, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Global Food for Thought Blog, May 11 For many Moms, their biggest wish on Mother’s Day is to hear those special three little words from their children:...
We believe that it is a universal truth that mothers love their children. However, we know that for some mothers around the world, the journey of motherhood is more difficult. Save the Children has released their 13th annual State of the World's Mothers Report, featuring...
As famine devastates nations around the globe, we're constantly thinking about what can be done about it. While MANA can produce RUTF for victims of famine, it's important to get our product into kids' hands before it's too late. That's why we like FEWS NET....
MANA partners with Wiregrass Georgia Tech through Quickstart Program to train 15 students to become factory employees. See the WALB News 10 clip, here, featuring factory manager, Loris Jarvis!...
Meet Ashley Patrick: a middle schooler with a huge heart. Upon hearing about MANA's mission, Ashley organized a fundraiser to help us out. Along with her fellow Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) "huddle leaders," Ashley started "In Tune to Spreading the Love" at Southeast Bulloch...
Here at MANA, we believe that there's not a lot better than good food and helping people out. This past weekend, a MANA team member, Luke, and his dad put together a pop-up restaurant along with their favorite coffee shop, Kaffa, to benefit MANA and serve up...
In case you've been living in a cave, here's the skinny on Jeremy Lin. He is the undrafted, underestimated, twice rejected, point guard who has led the hapless, star studded, injury laden New York Knicks to victory after victory for nearly two weeks now. He...
"I'm not concerned about the very poor," is sure to dog Romney throughout the campaign. But as he continues to explain what he meant, I hope he takes the opportunity to think about the "very poor." And I hope he is concerned. We all should...