CDF Presentation - Why Hunger 11.19.2009 Vfinal

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Why Hunger?

Oxfam Hunger Banquet

November 19th, 2008


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People are hungry because there is not

enough food for everybody on our planet.

a) True

b) False


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Why Hunger?How are hunger and development connected?

Today, when we produce more food than ever before, morethan one in ten people on earth are hungry. The hunger of 800

million happens at the same time as another historical first:

that the are outnumbered b the 1 billion eo le on this

planet that are overweight. Raj Patel, Stuffed & Starved

The Basics

Food is a necessity What rights do people have related to food?

What rights should people have related to

food?


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A snap shot of world hunger

http://www.wfp.org/hunger/map


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People in places such as Africa and India are

hungry because they dont know how to grow

their own food.

a rueb) False


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What is hunger?The perspective of the World Food Programme

Acute hunger and starvation Daily undernourishment

What does the body need?

W en is it critica t at t e o y receive nouris ment? Pregnancy

Child development


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Why hunger?The perspective of the World Food Programme

The world produces more food than ever before Fair production of food?

Poverty trap

Natural disaster and conflict Over exploitation of the environment

Agricultural infrastructure


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Why hunger?


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Who is hungry?The perspective of the World Food Programme

More than 1 billion hungry people in the world 915 million of them are in developing countries

Rural concentration of hunger

Farmers Women and children

http://www.wfp.org/


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Hunger and DevelopmentExamples of international support and development

Food programs Economic development and access to global markets

Microfinance


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How many children does the United Nations

estimate die every day from causes related to

hunger and poverty?

ab) 400

c) 4,000

d) 34,000


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Gender: Hunger and DevelopmentMicrofinance, women and Africa

Mircofinance has been very successful in Asia, Africa has not seen the same results

Why are microloans almost always made to women?

Unwise spending exacerbates low income

Kristof, Nicholas D. and Sheryl WuDunn. Half the Sky. Knopf: New York, 2009. p 191

Other, 78%

Education,

2%

Alcohol,

Prostitution,

Sugar, Feasts

and Events

20%

Banerjee and Duflo Data of Current Spending


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Hunger is not a problem in a powerful,

wealthy country such as the United States.

a) True

b) False


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Looking from the outside inMicrofinance, women and Africa

How does the developing / hungry world look back at us? Food as an economic good

The food system


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There is not much one person can do to helpend hunger in the world.

a) Trueb) False

Do you think ending hunger is possible?

a) True

b) False


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About Us


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Our Mission

Our Guiding Principals

The poor must have access to financial services that promote economic

justice and equality

Mission statement: The Cameroonian Development Fund (CDF) endeavors toprovide the Cameroonian people access to services and resources that ensurehuman dignity. Our goal is to improve quality of life and increase freedom ofchoice.

The ability to effect positive change is inexorably associated with projectmodels that are accountable to and led by local communities/organizations

and sensitive to the diverse cultural contexts

Cameroons burgeoning civil society is promoting

democracy, transparency, and development.

Supporting their efforts will be paramount to

Cameroons long term sustainable development


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CDF Investment FrameworkSocial Investment and Microcredit The focus of our work is ground-level poverty alleviation

The CDF facilitates access to services and resources that ensure human

dignity

Including, but not limited to education, food security, clean water, healthcare, economic

opportunity

Some needs can be best addressed throu h an entre reneurial framework

Microcredit, while others require Social Investment that provide no financialreturns to the donor, but great returns to Cameroonian society

The purpose of the CDF is to cover the spectrum of

needs and ensure human dignity through these two

investment frameworks


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Why Cameroon? Why the CDF? Cameroon is a stable country with immensehuman capital where social investment can

lead to long-term positive change

The CDF is a small and flexible organizationwith experience in Cameroon. It is well

positioned to initiate replicable project

models that effect positive change through

social investment and microcredit lending

The CDF is an efficient conduit between

social investors and Cameroonian

communities

CDF Founders have experience in financial

management and leadership in non

governmental organizations (NGOs)


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Thank You For Your Time And Consideration

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