The Freedom From Hunger Project (FFHP) is an information and outreach effort in support of solving the problem of hunger and malnutrition. FFHP commemorates and furthers the goals of the Freedom From Hunger Campaign (FFHC) which was launched in 1960 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The Freedom From Hunger Campaign (FFHC) was the first concerted global effort to raise the profile of the problem of hunger and malnutrition and possible solutions to that problem. FFHC pioneered relationships between non-governmental organizations, governments, governmental agencies, religious, community and youth groups as well as millions of individuals in the effort to end hunger and poverty.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched FFHC on July 1, 1960. The campaign was conceived by FAO Director-General BR Sen to raise awareness of the problem of hunger and malnutrition and of possible solutions to that problem. FFHC was FAO's main contribution to the First United Nations Development Decade.
The Freedom From Hunger Campaign stood on three legs: research, information/education, and action.
FFHC was a vehicle for the sharing of research information produced by FAO and other agencies and organizations. The Campaign helped disseminate information all around the world, and supported development education initiatives in developed and developing countries. In the context of a world-wide movement toward activism and humanitarianism, FFHC helped mobilize people into action.
The Campaign was FAO's main contribution in the First Development Decade (1960-1970), and in the Second Development Decade (1970-1980) the subtitle "Action for Development" was added in order to reflect the changing nature of the Campaign, and the increased focus on development projects. The role of FAO grew from an information/education and mobilization effort to a focus on development projects.
In addition to the Ideas and Action Campagn bulletin, FFHC employed various media to spread the message of the Camapin, and it feastured World Food Congresses. The First World Food Congress was convened in Washington DC in 1963 and brought together governemnts and governmental agencies, NGOs, religious organizations, private inductry and people of all kinds to discuss the nature and urgency of the problem. The research that supported the congress amounted to the most accurate assessment of the economic and social condition of humanity ever compiled, and it revealed the scope and urgency of the problem to the world for the first time.
The Second World Food Congress was held in the Hague in 1970 and was designed as the first of the planned “periodic updates” to the FFHC, but unfortunately it was also the last. In 1974 the United Nations (UN) convened the first UN Food Conference and the possibility of further food congresses was effectively eliminated. However, 2WFC was the launch of the Indicative World Plan for Agricultural Development (IWP), it oriented the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as it entered the Second Development Decade, and it offered youth a coherent voice on the world stage.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched FFHC on July 1, 1960. The campaign was conceived by FAO Director-General BR Sen to raise awareness of the problem of hunger and malnutrition and of possible solutions to that problem. FFHC was FAO's main contribution to the First United Nations Development Decade.
The Freedom From Hunger Campaign stood on three legs: research, information/education, and action.
FFHC was a vehicle for the sharing of research information produced by FAO and other agencies and organizations. The Campaign helped disseminate information all around the world, and supported development education initiatives in developed and developing countries. In the context of a world-wide movement toward activism and humanitarianism, FFHC helped mobilize people into action.
The Campaign was FAO's main contribution in the First Development Decade (1960-1970), and in the Second Development Decade (1970-1980) the subtitle "Action for Development" was added in order to reflect the changing nature of the Campaign, and the increased focus on development projects. The role of FAO grew from an information/education and mobilization effort to a focus on development projects.
In addition to the Ideas and Action Campagn bulletin, FFHC employed various media to spread the message of the Camapin, and it feastured World Food Congresses. The First World Food Congress was convened in Washington DC in 1963 and brought together governemnts and governmental agencies, NGOs, religious organizations, private inductry and people of all kinds to discuss the nature and urgency of the problem. The research that supported the congress amounted to the most accurate assessment of the economic and social condition of humanity ever compiled, and it revealed the scope and urgency of the problem to the world for the first time.
The Second World Food Congress was held in the Hague in 1970 and was designed as the first of the planned “periodic updates” to the FFHC, but unfortunately it was also the last. In 1974 the United Nations (UN) convened the first UN Food Conference and the possibility of further food congresses was effectively eliminated. However, 2WFC was the launch of the Indicative World Plan for Agricultural Development (IWP), it oriented the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as it entered the Second Development Decade, and it offered youth a coherent voice on the world stage.
