Food Security : Impact

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Jordan: GCC Organises Food Security Talks In Jordan

On April 7, GCC in Jordan was able to have Eng. Muttasim Al-Hayari to give a presentation on the status of food security in Jordan. Mr. Hayari represented the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD) on the National Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (NAJMAH).
USA: San Diego - Food Security Interviews

My name is Melissa and I am a third year student studying at the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). At school I study Political Science in the Middle East. I am part of many organizations in college that deal with promoting international awareness which help solve important global issues of our time such as food...
Pakistan: Quetta - Waste not, Want not

Global Citizen Corps youth leaders met in the CYAAD office to generate ideas about food security projects. Youth leaders started meeting with informal discussion on availability of food, this discussion involved basic questions regarding food waste and its roll in food security.
Indonesia: Jakarta - GCC educates youth on Dental Health

GCC Indonesia and the Indonesian Youth Health Ambassadors organized an action to celebrate The National Month of Dental Health and promote dental health for kids in the suburbs of Jakarta, Pekojan on September 24, 2011.
Pakistan: Sukkur - GCC educates students and the community about Food Security

On October 12th, GCC youth in Sukkur organized some sessions around issues of food security at the Government Comprehensive Higher Secondary School. The purpose of this activity was to create awareness of food security related issues among students.
Gaza: No more hunger in Northern Gaza during Ramadan

Ramadan is Muslims’ holy month, which is intended to teach Muslims patience, modesty, and spirituality. Muslims fast for the sake of God and to offer more prayers and charity works than usual during Ramadan.
USA: Portland - Highshool Hunger Week

The Lincoln High School GCC in Portland, Oregon planned a World Hunger Day with many events focused on various international hunger issues. The GCC organized a "fact walk", where they lined the floor with statistics on world hunger. They also set up a hunger display consisting of a table with chairs representing various...
USA: Portland - "Eat to Feed" Benefit Dinner

Global Citizen Corps Leader, Amanda hosted a benefit dinner at Simpatica Dining Hall on October 16th, 2010. The dinner was entitled "Eat to Feed: a Benefit Dinner Hosted by Simpatica and Global Citizen Corps" and donated 10% of the cost of each plate to the Mercy Corps food security mission. Amanda was able give a speech about the cause...
Iraq: Wassit- Human Interest

Ghanem Maza’al, 50 years old, is the father of seven children in the Al-Shuhada neighborhood in Southern Iraq. The neighborhood is largely composed of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who struggle daily just to get food, clothes, and other necessities. Ghanem was on his way to work one day when he came across a group of GCC youth who...
Indonesia: Food Security

In honor of Food Security, Global Action Month, The Global Citizen Corps from Indonesia participated in the decoration of a cooking center for My Child's Cafe program in Tegal Alur. My Child’s Café is one of the programs working with Mercy Corps in Indonesia. The aim for the program is to promote healthier foods for children. The program...
Iraq: World Food Day

The GCC youth in Iraq have been working on some incredible Food Security related actions and here are some highlights. GCC youth in Wassit visited one of the poorest locations in the province to prepare a meal for about 50 families from this destitute village.
IRAQ & USA - Experience through Performance

Last week GCC youth from Kalar, Iraq and New York City, U.S. participated in a live video conference. Ahmed from Iraq described the experience saying, "In the end we had a real and honest discussion about the actual problems facing communities around the world today."
USA: New York City - Stories from the Subway

For the past three and a half weeks, eight public high school students from Brooklyn, New York performed their student written play, Stories from the Subway for the clients of the Momentum Project who they have been working with over the past three weeks.
Candlelight Vigil for Haiti

Thursday, January 14, from 6 - 7 pm WHERE: Ankeny Plaza (near Skidmore Fountain) in Portland's Old Town / Chinatown neighborhood - next to Action Center The Mercy Corps Action Center is hosting a candle-light vigil with the Portland Haitian immigrant and refugee community in order to raise $100,000 for Mercy Corps' earthquake relief...
What's happening in Haiti?

Despite an expanding international aid operation, aid is still needed for hundreds of thousands of people who have yet to receive food and shelter weeks after the powerful earthquake destroyed Haiti’s capital. Hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake victims have yet to receive materials such as plastic sheeting to build shelter. With...