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Planet Aid & Food for Progress:
Community Based Solutions to Hunger Abroad
Compassion in Action Roundtable March 13, 2008
Planet Aid, Inc. • Committed to helping disadvantaged citizens of the
earth improve their lives and the future for generations to come
• Support programs addressing health, education, food production and income generation in impoverished communities
• Collection boxes throughout the United States – 8,000 from coast to coast
• Raised $6 million for development in 2006
Clothes Collection
Humana People to People • International Humana People to People Movement:
over 200 projects implemented in 38 countries by 29 members
• Child welfare and schools for OVC; teacher training; farmer capacity building; HIV/AIDS prevention and care
Partnership with USDA
Program Objectives: • Work to train teachers • Organize farmers and build their capacity • Help communities and individuals affected by
HIV/AIDS
Planet Aid implements two Food for Progress projects in Mozambique and Malawi.
Food for Progress - Mozambique • 60,000 m/ts of wheat monetized • Farmers Clubs supporting 10,500 farmers
• HIV/AIDS assistance to 450,000 people through the Total Control of Epidemic (TCE) program
Food for Progress - Mozambique • 900 teachers trained at teacher training colleges • 180 teachers receiving advanced degrees
permitting them to instruct other teachers
Food for Progress - Mozambique • Constructing One World University to educate
teacher trainers • 5,000 people affected by HIV/AIDS receive free
soy meals through 50 soy canteens
Food for Progress - Malawi • 30,000 m/ts of wheat monetized • 230 Farmers Clubs supporting 11,500 farmers
• HIV/AIDS assistance to 400,000 people through the Total Control of Epidemic (TCE) program
Food for Progress - Malawi • 330 teachers trained at teacher training colleges • American Soybean Association conducts
nutrition training for 200 TCE field officers and 150 teacher trainees
Combating Hunger and Malnutrition • Food security = farmer having enough food for
the family year round (3 nutritious meals a day)
• Farmers Clubs: Malawi
Combating Hunger and Malnutrition • Each area covers 3,000 farmers organized in
60 clubs of 50 members
• 6 Extension workers and 1 Project Leader
• 1 Extension worker responsible for 10 Clubs
Combating Hunger and Malnutrition • Training in: crop diversification, land
preparation, crop management, early planning, food preservation, storage, pest control, and disease
• Develop capacity of farmers by using low-cost irrigation rope pumps
• Develop capacity to increase produce through introduction of high yield crop varieties
• Livestock pass-on grants provided
Combating Hunger and Malnutrition • TCE soy canteens – Mozambique • 50 soy canteens operated by TCE
‘Passionates’ (volunteers)
Combating Hunger and Malnutrition • Soy meals are sold to general population at an
affordable price • Free meals provided to orphans, those living
with HIV/AIDS and pregnant women
Soy Canteens – Results to Date • 200 follow-up surveys completed at 6 months;
found soy foods well-accepted • 67% of adults improved BMI, 81% of all
improved strength • 94% of children improved in malnutrition
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