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with financial services and basic education in health,
nutrition and business management.
“1993–Based on the clear success of Credit with
Education, Freedom from Hunger is devoted to
demonstrating the program’s impact and achieving largescale
outreach to the poorest families. A five-year plan is
adopted to bring Credit with Education to 80,000 women in
eight countries by the year 1998.
“2000–Inspired by the achievements of its five-year
plan, Freedom from Hunger is now determined to bring
Credit with Education to millions of families. Working
strategically through partnerships–large and small–the
organization is seeing remarkable growth.”
On the last page we read: “In the 1960s another
organization began to cross the path of Meals for Millions.
The American Freedom from Hunger Foundation, founded
at the behest of President John F. Kennedy, mobilized
Americans to become involved in the Food and Agricultural
Organization’s (FAO’s) global Freedom from Hunger
Campaign. ‘Development,’ which provided a hand up and
not just a hand out, was hailed as the path to a world
without hunger.
“The American Freedom from Hunger Foundation
informed Americans about hunger issues and encouraged
volunteerism. Searching for new ways to raise funds the
organization planned the first Walk for Development in
1968. A new approach at that time, volunteers asked their
families and friends to ‘sponsor’ them on marathon length
walks to raise awareness and money.
“The walks quickly caught on and within a year, more
than 100 were scheduled in sixteen states. In twelve months
they raised $800,000 from 1,130,000 contributors
sponsoring 120,000 walkers. Funds were donated to
organizations working on the front lines in the fight against
hunger.
“One of the early beneficiaries of the walks was Meals
for Millions. It was the beginning of a relationship that
would bring the two organizations together in 1979.”
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Photos show: (1) Clifford E. Clinton. (2) A group of
children in Mali, Africa, in about 1996-97. (3) A woman
weaving at a loom in Thailand (sometime between 1989 and
1995).
A Chronicle of Progress, (c) 2000 Freedom from
Hunger. Used by permission. Address: 1644 DaVinci Court,
Davis, California 95616. Phone: 800-708-2555.
352. Freedom from Hunger. 2001. Annual report 2001:
Future of health, hope and dignity. Davis, California: FFH
Foundation. 16 p. 28 cm.