Africa
We work in 9 countries in Africa, empowering communities to end hunger.
Ending hunger through the Epicentre Strategy
In nine countries of Africa, our Epicentre Strategy mobilizes clusters of rural villages into “epicentres,” which band together 15,000-25,000 people to create a dynamic centre where communities are mobilized for action to meet their basic needs.
The Epicentre Strategy is an integrated approach that was created in Africa, by Africans, and over the past 20 years has mobilised 122 epicentre communities, reaching 1.6 million people in eight countries across the continent.
This strategy is designed to partner with communities over a period of about eight years after which they graduate to a phase of “sustainable self-reliance,” which means that communities have demonstrated the confidence, capacity and skills to act as agents of their own development, and The Hunger Project begins its exit strategy.
43 of our epicentre communities in Africa have declared their self-reliance. That’s over 665,000 people!
Check out satellite views of our epicentre sites in Africa. See them here:
Read more about the countries in Africa where we are empowering people to end hunger for themselves and their communities.
Benin
The Hunger Project–Benin is comprised of 18 epicentres, that’s 311,073 people
Burkina Faso
In Burkina Faso almost 50% of the population is living on less than £1 a day
Ethiopia
The Hunger Project–Ethiopia works with people in 195 villages
Ghana
In Ghana less than half of all women have received secondary education
Malawi
The Hunger Project-Malawi is currently empowering community partners in 12 epicentre areas
Mozambique
46% of Mozambique’s population are living below the international poverty line of £1 a day
Senegal
Senegal was the first African country where The Hunger Project began its work
Uganda
A fifth of all Ugandans still lack access to clean water and live below the poverty line
Zambia
Zambia struggles with extreme rural poverty and a relatively high HIV/AIDS burden
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The Hunger Project UK is a registered charity in England & Wales 1164839 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales 9583057. Registered office: 7 Bell Yard, London, WC2A 2JR.
Photography credits: Banner image, Benin, Ethiopia, Senegal – Johannes Ode. Mozambique – Ivan Barros