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May 2012 Update:

Since the publication of our 2011 Campaign Results earlier this year, we have been busy working on arrangements with The Hunger Project Australia, our fundraising partner in 2010 and 2011, to streamline our model for 2012.
 
The hike4hunger team is pleased to announce that The Hunger Project Australia recently agreed to take on ‘hike4hunger’ as their official fundraising campaign. Already, The Hunger Project office in Australia and their partner offices around the world have been engaging with this initiative to step out in solidarity with their supporters and community on or around World Food Day each year. The values and objectives of The Hunger Project, an organisation with over 30 years of experience supporting a sustainable community-led model to break the cycle of poverty in Africa, Asia and South America, are closely aligned with hike4hunger. As hike4hunger has expanded from a grassroots initiative in 2009, so too has the complexity and scale of its operations. This formal tie up means hike4hunger will operate entirely within The Hunger Project Australia, and will grow alongside its membership base and international network. With generous support from The Trust Company Foundation and the Saville Foundation, we have funded a Project Manager position at The Hunger Project Australia to help move across the back-office operations to The Hunger Project Australia, and we welcome Cyra Patel to this position.
 
The executive team behind hike4hunger will now move to an Advisory Committee status to support Cyra and The Hunger Project Australia in the transition and growth of the annual initiative. World Food Day deserves more attention than ever. As outlined in our 2011 report, the global food security situation deteriorated badly last year, the 30th anniversary of World Food Day. Please join me in thanking the hike4hunger team that has brought the initiative this far - Jo Bowles, Vijay Shan, Mark Hollingsworth, Vanessa Landry, Emily Cunich – and to The Hunger Project Australia team for having faith in the hike4hunger concept, particularly Elizabeth Sanderson, Millie Allbon and our new Project Manager, Cyra Patel.

In the future, all the email updates you receive will be directly from The Hunger Project. Watch out for emails on how to participate in our Canberra to Mt. Kosciuszko Pilgrimage (29th September to 6th October) or Kokoda Track Pilgrimage (12th to 21st October), or how to create and participate in a day hike on or around World Food Day on 16th October. Both the pilgrimages will be coordinated by Aurora Adventures, while day hikes will be coordinated by The Hunger Project team. Forms for any of these hikes can be obtained by contacting The Hunger Project team. The School Award, kindly sponsored by World First in the UK, will be put on hold for a year as we manage the core transition of our campaign. However, schools are still welcome to participate in hike4hunger again this year by leading a day hike for students.

In the meantime, please visit The Hunger Project's website for details on how to participate in hike4hunger 2012, to make a donation or to contact The Hunger Project at http://thp.org.au/content/hike4hunger-0.
  
Thank you once again for your support to our campaign. Every contribution, financial and otherwise, has helped us get to this point. And more importantly, it has helped thousands of families and communities in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique to break the cycle of poverty. We look forward to reporting on continued progress in these communities and beyond. After all, “life is a journey – food the fuel”.

February 2012 Update:

From all of us on the hike4hunger team, thank you for your participation, involvement, donations and support to our 2011 Campaign. In what we believe is a landmark year for our initiative, we were able to continue our international expansion, to increase the participation in supporting events, and to raise the amount of distributions through our chosen partner, The Hunger Project, to $74,000. In addition, there was an inspirational response to the School Award in its second year and the 3 schools that received $10,000 in prize money from World First.

Key Year in Review Documents:

Plans for the 2012 Campaign are beginning in earnest. If you would like to get involved, please email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We already have interest from a professional logistics company, Aurora Adventures, to help run the Australian Pilgrimage and introduce The Kokoda Track to the list of pilgrimages for 2012.

We welcome your continued support and involvement to continue to expand our cause. Thank you to everyone again and also to of you for posting your hike photos on our facebook page.

If you would like to be involved for 2011 in organising a day hike, pilgramage or school hike or involved in the hike4hunger committee please contact us below.

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According to the UN World Food Programme, 1 billion people do not get enough food to lead active, healthy lives; more than the populations of the US, Canada and the EU combined. 1.4 billion people live on less than $1.25 USD per day and 884 million people drink dirty water. 

“hike4hunger is a great way of learning about how we can help people who are much less fortunate than we are. Plus you'll help support some highly effective projects. It's easy, fun, and rewarding, so get involved."

Peter Singer, author of "The Life You Can Save"