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Floods in Pakistan have left more than 1,300 people dead and 14 million affected as waters wash away people's homes, crops and livelihoods. The Hunger Project stands in solidarity with the people of Pakistan and the many agencies that are working to provide relief.

It is with great pleasure that we announce that Mary Ellen McNish has been appointed President and CEO of The Hunger Project. Mary Ellen joins THP after serving 10 years as General Secretary, the executive head, of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Idrissa Dicko has been appointed the new Vice President of Africa Programs at The Hunger Project, following the retirement of Dr. Fitigu Tadesse. Dr. Dicko has been a treasured THP team member for the last 14 years as Country Director in Burkina Faso.

It is with great appreciation and esteem that we announce that Dr. Fitigu Tadesse will officially retire at the end of July 2010. Dr. Tadesse has had a stellar career with The Hunger Project for more than 20 years. He led the implementation of our first on-the-ground work on the African continent and is the architect of our Epicenter Strategy.

The Hunger Project is not just an organization. It is a movement of people throughout the world who are committed to achieving the sustainable end of world hunger and poverty.

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Lorena Vázquez Ordaz, Country Director of THP-Mexico, is serving on the Technical Board of an historic initiative in the country of Mexico: "Iniciativa México." She represents THP-Mexico as one of only three NGOs on the Board. The initiative was launched live on TV and radio on Monday, June 7 throughout the country.

In May 2010, women leaders from across Bangladesh participated in the Third Women's Convention of The Hunger Project-Bangladesh's Unleashed Women Network. They celebrated their many achievements which included stopping 645 early marriages, testing 13,357 tube wells for arsenic and building sanitary latrines for 7,445 families.

The Hunger Project's partners at the Zuza Epicenter in Mozambique are the first of all our epicenters to embrace solar energy as a clean, renewable source of electricity for their epicenter and water system.

Mrs. Bassine Kane has seven children and is the Chair of the Ndiollofen Village Women's Organization in The Hunger Project's Sam Contor Epicenter in Senegal. The results she achieved through her bio sorrel (organic hibiscus) farm helped to influence the local authorities' commitment to award land to other village women's organizations and increased women's access to fertile land.

A young indigenous woman in Peru follows her mother's footsteps as a member of an association of rural women in her community. Through her participation with Chirapaq, THP's partner in Peru, Luz Angelica learns about women's land rights and is able to interact with young indigenous leaders from other countries.

Comfort Aniniwa was used to the ups and downs of subsistence farming. She was unable to picture a brighter future for herself, or her family. When THP-Ghana gave her the skills, financial freedom and encouragement to start her own business, things started looking up. Now, Miss Comfort Abena Aniniwa is becoming more "comfortable" every day - truly living up to her name!

In early March, the Indian upper legislative body passed a constitutional amendment that would require that women hold 33 percent of seats in federal and state legislative assemblies. If passed into law, this amendment would change the landscape of women's rights in India.

When access to water - a most basic human need - is obstructed, every aspect of development is sabotaged. Yet, when water flows, the effects ripple outward. Families are healthier, more children go to school, agricultural productivity improves and incomes increase. THP works to empower communities to develop new water resources, ensure clean water and improved sanitation, and implement water conservation techniques.

THP partners from the community of Gute, the largest of ten villages served by the Jaldu Water Supply Project, share about the benefits they've experienced. This project was undertaken in 2008-09 in partnership with Rotary International, and provided safe drinking water to 6,000 community members in Jaldu Epicenter.

The theme of International Women's Day (March 8) this year is "Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All." At the heart of The Hunger Project's work is the fundamental belief that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights," (Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) and the commitment to advance the fulfillment of these rights so people can live free from hunger and poverty.

Tarcila Rivera Zea, president of Chirapaq, The Hunger Project's partner organization in Peru, has been awarded with the Women's Order of Merit given by the Ministry of Women and Social Development in Peru in recognition of her commitment to assert and defend indigenous peoples and women's rights.

The Hunger Project announces the resignation of its President and CEO, Jill Lester. Jill has served as THP's President and CEO since January 2008. In making the announcement, Jill said that there can be no more important need in today's world than that expressed in THP's mission: to empower women and men to end their own hunger and poverty.

In late January, H.E. President Museveni of Uganda visited The Hunger Project's Mpigi Epicenter. During his visit, President Museveni indicated that he would seek to give THP-Uganda approximately US$200,000 this calendar year and provide a truck to the epicenter to transport food collected from partners for distribution.

In his January 23 column about the Salwen family, New York Times journalist, Nicholas Kristof, referred to The Hunger Project as "a New York City-based international development organization that has a good record of tackling global poverty."