>>>First regional forum of National Alliances against Hunger
>>>National Alliances in West Africa to participate in More and Better Regional conference in Mali
>>>Ecuador holds month long events for World Food Day
>>>Red Argentina de Bancos de Alimentos collects food all over the country for World Food Day
>>>Honduras raises awareness on the right to Food during World Food Day
>>>First Hunger Summit in the US reflects on solutions to end hunger

First regional forum of National Alliances against Hunger

A regional event that will bring together various National Alliance in the middle East region will take place in Amman, Jordan from 4 to 6 December 2007.

The Forum is hosted and organized by the "Jordanian National Alliance for Combating Hunger and Enhancing Food Security"(JAAH), under the auspices of Her Royal Highness Princess Basma bent Talal in cooperation with the International Alliance Against Hunger (IAAH) Secretariat and the “US Alliance to End Hunger “which is engaged in a twinning agreement with the Jordanian Alliance. The aim of the forum is to engage in a dialogue with the National Alliance in Jordan and other National Alliances, namely from Brazil, Lebanon and the USA on their experience in advocacy and awareness raising with a view to stimulate the creation and development of National Alliances against hunger, malnutrition and poverty in the Near East region and facilitate their exchange with all members of the International Alliance Against Hunger. Outcome of the meeting will be available on our next website update.

For more information contact the IAAH Secretariat at iaah@fao.org

Outcomes of the meeting will be available on our next website update.

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National Alliances in West Africa to participate in More and Better Regional conference in Mali

The International Campaign for More and Better aid for food, agriculture and rural development is organizing along with its partners a Conference to tackle subjects relating to climate change, agroecological alternatives and development aid in Africa.

The Conference will be held in Sélingué, Mali from 26 November to 2 December and it will discuss the linkages between climate change and agriculture, fisheries and pastoralism in Africa; coordination and advocacy for the fight against hunger; development aid for agriculture and rural development and the African agroecological approach as an alternative to the Green Revolution.

The International Alliance against Hunger Secreteriat as well as several members of National Alliances of the region will lead one of the discussions and share their experiences in networking and coordination in advocacy against hunger through both national and international examples of action.

This conference is a coordinated effort led by the More and Better Campaign and supported by various international networks working in topics related to food, rural development and climate change such as: Climate Network Africa, Union Nacional de Camponeses Mozambique, Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes (CNOP _ Mali), African Centre for Biosafety, Foodfirst, Terra Nuova, Norway Development Fund and the International Planning Committee – Africa.

For more information on the schedule of the events please visit the More and Better website at www.moreandbetter.org

Ecuador holds month long events for World Food Day

World Food Day celebrations in Ecuador were a month-long event that included a variety of activities to promote this year's topic on achieving the right to food – the human rights challenge of the twenty-first century.

As Ecuador takes steps towards developing food security strategies to address the hunger in these countries, World Food Day is being used an opportunity to go more in depth on issues related to food sovereignty its linkages with food security, poverty and development. On the awareness raising front of World Food Day activities, the Rural Women's Day was also celebrated to commemorate indigenous leader Dolores Cacuango. In the Province of Manabí several debates on the right to food and a forum on vulnerability, natural disasters and right to food was also organized.

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The Argentinean Network of Food Banks collected food all over the country on 6 October in its fifth Food Drive against Hunger to be distributed through its 14 Food banks distributed across the country.

In the biggest supermarket chains in the country the Argentinean Food Banks set stands to receive the food donations consumers were willing to provide. This effort was supported by the FAO representation in Argentina and constitutes yet another activity ti sensitize population of the plight of hunger in this country.

The Food Bank network is a founding member of the Global Food Bank Network and with its 900 institutions distributes food to over 130 000 people across Argentina.

For more information please visit their website at www.redbdea.org.ar

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Honduras raises awareness on the right to Food during World Food Day

Honduras is in the top five countries with highest food insecurity rates in the Latin American region. With its 21 percent of undernourished population the activities of this year’s World Food Day served as a catalyst to sensitize on the need to work towards eradicating hunger and poverty.

The National Alliance against Hunger in Honduras organized a seminar on this year’s World Food Day theme on the Right to Food it also presented this year’s national food prize 2007 and provided visibility to the topic of hunger through articles published in various national newspapers.

First Hunger Summit in the US reflects on solutions to end hunger