“Our struggle is against the private appropriation of our riches” - Sonia Mara, Movement of People Affected by Dams in Brazil (MAB)   Last September, my colleague Saulo Araujo and I traveled from the Northeast of Turtle Island (currently known as the United States) to Panama City to participate in the first Continental Encounter of People Affected by

by Saulo Araujo & Joao Fonseca             As part of the blog series “Perspectives”, WhyHunger staff interviewed Ndabezinhle Nyoni and Nelson Mudzingwa from the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers’ Forum/La Via Campesina. ZIMSOFF is a grassroots organization dedicated to advancing agroecological practices among rural families in Zimbabwe through seed saving, trainings in their Shashe Agroecological School

                  WhyHunger’s Hungerthon Campaign Aims to End Hunger - 34thannual awareness month and fundraising drive launches November 1 -   New York (October 30, 2019)—WhyHunger— a leader in the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world—will kick off its 34thannual

          The Landless Workers Movement, Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST) in Portuguese, is a social movement in Brazil formed by rural workers struggling against social injustice and working to secure land for small-scale farmers and rural people to grow food and build thriving communities. Made up of over 1.5 million people, MST works across

          New York (October 11, 2019) – WhyHunger — a leader in the movement to end hunger and advance the human right to nutritious food in the U.S. and around the world—honored U.S. Congressman Jerrold “Jerry” Nadler (D-NY) with the Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award at the Hope to End Hunger Cocktail Party last night at City