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Voices united for an International Alliance against Hunger*
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From Ghana
Dr. Kwame Tuffuor, Chairman of the MDGs on Hunger & Poverty and Executive Chairman for NEPAD School Feeding programme in Ghana talks about the activities of the National Alliance in this country.
The School Feeding Programme expands from 2,000 children in 2005 to more than 200,000 children in about 500 schools by the end of the 2006. The Alliance also intends to strengthen ties with the African Union and NEPAD.
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| (National Alliance against Hunger in Ghana) |
| Duration: 1Min.32Sec. |
| Format: | mp3 |
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Sortir du cercle des initiés et élargir les réseaux de solidarité est ce qu'il faut pour donner un second souffle à l'Alliance internationale contre la faim, selon Marcel Mazoyer, Vice-Président d' Alliés contre la faim/France, Professeur émerite de l'Institut national agronomique de Paris-Grignon. In French |
| (National Alliance against Hunger in France) |
| Duration: 1Min.41Sec. |
| Format: | mp3 |
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La faim dans le monde: Les médias veulent communiquer autrement , selon Olivier Zegna-Rata, Directeur des relations extérieures de Canal+ In French
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| (National Alliance against Hunger in France) |
| Duration: 2Min.03Sec. |
| Format: | mp3 |
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From Guatemala
Andrés Botrán, Secretario de Seguridad Alimentaria de Guatemala, analiza el impulso que ha recibido la Alianza Nacional contra el Hambre en Guatemala y la necesidad de apoyar la iniciativa regional "América Latina y el Caribe sin hambre 2025." In Spanish |
| (National Alliance against Hunger in Guatemala) |
| Duration: 1Min.29Sec. |
| Format: | mp3 ( 1,034 KB) |
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From Sierra Leone
Francis Webber, founder of the National Coalition for Welfare Women and Children decided to move forward and volunteer for launching a National Alliance against Hunger. In 2005, Francis became National Co-ordinator of Sierra Leone's National Alliance Against Hunger, with concrete actions on his agenda such as fair trade. |
| (Sierra Leone's National Alliance Against Hunger) |
| Duration: 1Min.37Sec. |
| Format: | mp3 |
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From Paraguay
Paraguay's First lady, María Gloria Penayo de Duarte talks about the recently formed National Alliance against Hunger in this country.
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| (National Alliance against Hunger in Paraguay) |
| Duration: 1Min.18Sec. |
| Format: MPG (4,671 KB) |
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From India
Mr Peter Bazeley is Chief Secretary of the Government of Meghalaya, Shillong, North of India. His government is member of the community led Alliance in this State because he believes that the Alliance can bring about policy changes in promoting larger participation of the communities in decision making processes
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| (Community led alliance in Northeast India) |
| Duration: 2Min.10Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (145 KB) | mp3 ( 1,034 KB) |
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Land ownership in the state of Meghalaya, India
One of the causes of hunger and poverty Land ownership by the people in rural communities depends on access to resources. Indian NGOs are working at this 'sensitive issue', as declared by Toki Blah Senior Advisor of SELDA, Development Agency of the Khasi Jaintia Presbyterian Church also member of the community-led Alliance in India |
| Duration: 1Min.18Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (89 KB) | mp3 (625 KB) |
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Farming organizations and the International Alliance
This programme, produced by AMARC member 'Bush Radio' (South Africa) on the occasion of World Food Day 2005 explores the role farmers and farming organizations can play in making the International Alliance against Hunger a success.
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| Duration: 6Min.54Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (461 KB) | mp3 (3.297 KB) |
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Envisioning the International Alliance Against Hunger Part I
Improving dialogue with civil society and governments was discussed at the 30th Session of FAO Committee on Food Security-CFS (20-23/09/2004, Rome) as several NGO and International organizations comment on the potential of the International Alliance against Hunger.
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| "It's hard to translate political will into cash", says Mr Duncan MacLaren who is Secretary General, Caritas Internationalis, referring to the Darfur humanitarian crisis. |
| Duration: 51Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (60 KB) | mp3 (414 KB) |
| Indra Lubis, Member of the International Peasant Movement "Via Campesina", Federation of Indonesian Peasant Union. As an advocate of the World 'Food sovereignity" campaign, he has this idea of what should be an "International Alliance against Hunger". |
| Duration: 2Min.7Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (144 KB) | mp3 ( 1,017 KB) |
| Mario Ahumada, Coordinator of the Ecological Mouvement for Latin America and Caribbean, Coordinator of the International Planning Committee (IPC) for Latin America. He thinks that Brazil's "Zero Hunger" programme is a model of 'bottom-up' approach. (In Spanish only) |
| Duration: 2Min.10Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (96 KB) | mp3 (1,042 KB) |
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Envisioning the International Alliance Against Hunger Part II
Mr. Suranjan Kodithuwakku, Chief Organizer of the 132 NGO member-Green Movement of Sri Lanka: "Networking and exchange of experience from a continent to another is key in the Alliance".
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| Duration: 2Min.6Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (142 KB) | mp3 (1,011 KB) |
| Ms. Maryam Rahmanian is an Iranian born-Member of the International Planning Committee and part of the "Food sovereignity" campaign. "A space for dialogue and participation", this is what should be an International Alliance against Hunger, she says. |
| Duration: 1Min.8Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (77 KB) | mp3 (545 KB) |
| The American experience, by Mr David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World. The Alliance's weak point at both national and international levels remains the political will to end hunger. |
| Duration: 1Min.46Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (119 KB) | mp3 (851 KB) |
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Address by His Holiness Pope John Paul II to FAO biennial Conference delegates (Audience in the Vatican, 5 December 2003)
"I am confident that the work of FAO in establishing an International Alliance Against Hunger will bear fruit in practical choices and political decision inspired by the awareness that humanity is one family." |
| This audio is copyright of Vatican Radio (Radio Vaticana: © Radio Vaticana 2003) |
| Duration: 8Min.32Sec. |
| Format: mp3 (4.105 KB) |
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World Food Day message 2003: International Alliance against Hunger
"What is needed is the political will to tackle the underlying causes of hunger in all its manifestations," declares FAO Director-General Dr. Jacques Diouf on World Food Day, 16 October. |
| Duration: 2Min.2Sec. |
| Format: RealAudio (133 KB) | mp3 (949 KB) |
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