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Unleashing the Human Spirit for theEnd of World Hunger
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Where We Work
LatinAmericaMexicoBolivia
Peru
Sub-Saharan AfricaBenin
Burkina FasoEthiopia
Ghana
Malawi
Mozambique
Senegal
Uganda
South AsiaBangladesh
India
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The world is upside down.
Top-down
Donor-driven
Urban
Sectoral
Male-dominated
Politicized
Bottom-upLocally-led
Rural
Integrated
Gender-focused
Transparent
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What Works?
Six Lessons from the field
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#1: Mobilization
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140,000 volunteer animators
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#2 Gender analysis & action!
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#3 Local Democracy
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#4 It takes a cluster
Villages are too small for economic and
political clout.
Need a clusterof villages:
Big enoughto manage programs
Small enoughso people
know each other,
can reach programs
and hold leaders to account
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Stand-alone microfinance
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#5 Multisectoral approach
BetterHealth,Nutrition
BetterEducation
GreaterIncomes
SocialPower,
Inclusion
Womens
Voice
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Epicenters in Africa
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What is the Epicenter Strategy?
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Mobilization &womens
empowerment
Effective localgovernment
Capacity forachieving the
MDGs
Tracking andsustainably
achieving theMDGs
#6 Patience!
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Three Pillars
Mobilizefor Self-Reliant
Action
Empower womenas key change
agents
Forge
Partnershipwith
LocalGovt
End ofHunger and
Poverty (MDGs)in rural areas
Sustainable,People-Centered
IntegratedDevelopment
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Within our grasp!