Hunger and poverty

The Approach.

Far too many individuals are suffering from hunger and undernutrition. Nearly 690 million people are undernourished, up by 10 million people since 2018 and by nearly 60 million since 2014; 144 million children suffer from stunting, a sign of chronic undernutrition; 47 million children suffer from wasting, a sign of acute undernutrition; and in 2018, 5.3 million children died before their fifth birthdays, in many cases as a result of undernutrition.

Our goal of ending extreme poverty can only be achieved by tackling poverty’s root causes – and top among them are poor public health and nutritional deficiencies.

Hunger reduction

The latest data available show that while we have made progress in reducing hunger on a global scale since 2000, we still have a long way to go.

How we work

The members have particular expertise in the areas of food and nutrition security, climate change, skills and livelihoods and community resilience. To that goal, the members join forces globally by sharing knowledge and technical resources, in delivering ambitious joint-programmes.

Alliance2015 members are engaged with programmes funded, amongst other donors, by the European Commission, national governments within EU, SDC, DFID, USAID as well as philanthropic foundations. Alliance2015 members are also working with new development instruments such as social enterprises, Impact investments and cash-based programming.

In all countries where 2 or more members work, we meet on a regular basis, to exchange information, technical resources, lessons learnt and evidence of impact, when possible design and implement joint programmes.

in over 50 countries: levels of hunger are still serious or alarming.
690 million people: are undernourished
144 million children: suffer from stunting