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Humana People to People organizations are campaigning for food security in 20 countries in Europe.
The member associations of the Humana People to People –network will celebrate the annual Humana Day in 20 European countries on Thursday, September 22, 2011.
Issues related to global development are highlighted during the campaign all over Europe. The theme for this year is ‘Food for All’. Food security has always been on development cooperation organizations’ agenda, but the crisis in the Horn of Africa has brought the issue to the headlines all over the world again. In addition to the acute crisis at hand, up to 14 percent of the world’s population has to face hunger every day. Even though enough food is produced in the world to feed the entire population, it is distributed unevenly. Whereas lack of food or its low nutritional value are a constant cause for concern in some areas, overweight and obesity related diseases cause problems elsewhere.
The member associations of the Humana People to People –network work to improve food security in Africa, India, China and South America. The main beneficiaries of the many ongoing projects are small scale farmers in developing countries. The share of these people in their countries’ food production is significant: for example in Africa small scale farmers produce approximately 80 percent of all food produced on the continent.
Mitigation and adaptation to climate change is an essential part of the Farmers’ Club projects supported by the organizations in the Humana People to People –network. 68 000 farmers are currently involved in these projects, learning sustainable farming methods and business skills. The projects aim at ensuring better food security, higher income, and improved health of the farmers and their families.
Humana People to People organizations and Humana Day Food for All events in different countries: www.humanaday.org / www.humana.org
HUMANA projects
One of the main sources for funding HUMANA projects is the collection of second hand clothes. Donating used clothes is not only a positive ecological behaviour, but turns to be social funding: clothes are collected through special containers, reused, sold in HUMANA retail shops and the coming profit can be invested in development projects.
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