What costs are covered?
- Program Staff Cost: Renumeration for the ground staff implementing the project.
- Program Support Cost: Administrative costs such as stationaries, communication, rent, etc.
- Core Program Cost: General expenses needed to organise and conduct workshops and trainings.
- THP Australia Cost: Grant management costs for THP Australia, who acts as the grant manager for this project.
- THP Global Costs: Cost for the overall governance of the project as well as support services such as Monitoring & Evaluation and Financial platforms.
Partner and community involvement
The Hunger Project’s ‘Adolescent Girls Program’ is run by The Hunger Project India team. The Hunger Project uses timely and accurate data for interventions and works to make that data accessible and transparent to community members. This makes the data actionable and usable for communities and state authorities.
How does this project fit into a larger strategy?
The Hunger Project’s innovative and holistic approach to ending world hunger calls for the empowerment of rural communities in Africa, India, Bangladesh, and Latin America to take charge of their own development, transform entrenched harmful traditional practices and beliefs, and be active citizens who know their rights and hold the government to account. All of our programs – while adapted to meet local opportunities and challenges – share three essential things that will end hunger for good:
1) Start by empowering women as key change agents. The vast majority of people living in hunger and poverty are women. Women bear almost all responsibility for meeting the basic needs of the family, yet are systematically denied the resources, information, and freedom of action they need to fulfil this responsibility. Studies show that when women are supported and empowered, all of society benefits. Their families are healthier, more children go to school, agricultural productivity improves, and incomes increase. That’s why we focus on building the capacity of women.
2) Mobilise entire communities into self-reliant action. Our aim is to overcome the deep resignation within people living in hunger, and awaken them to the possibility of a different future, one free from hunger. We build people’s knowledge, skills, and leadership, so they can take action to improve their own communities.
3) Foster effective partnerships to engage local government. We work in partnership with local government bodies to ensure that they are effective, include women in leadership positions, are directly accountable to local people, and provide access to resources and information. We also educate and encourage communities to demand what they’re entitled to from their governments, including services, resources, and financial schemes and benefits.