A number of corporations and company-sponsored foundations have recognized Freedom from Hunger’s innovative approach to end hunger for good with major support:

• A four-year, $6 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will support the expansion of health-related services provided by microfinance institutions.  Through the Microfinance and Health Protection initiative, five microfinance partners from around the world will develop and test a package of sustainable health protection services such as linkages to health service providers and affordable health products, health savings plans and prepaid health programs for the poor.     Learn more...     Read press release...
  

• The Citigroup Foundation granted Microfinance Opportunities, in collaboration with Freedom from Hunger, $3.9 million to advance the Financial Education for the Poor project.  This project aims to improve the financial literacy of the poor—knowledge and skills of financial concepts to make informed financial decisions and improve standard of living.  Master trainers at more than 60 microfinance institutions will be trained and supported through technical assistance to implement cutting-edge financial education curricula with at least two million illiterate and semi-illiterate people around the world.                         Learn more...     Read press release...
  

• Nike’s $1 million, three-year grant will help adolescent and teenage girls resist early marriage—a choice that dramatically increases malnutrition and maternal and infant mortality. Over the life of the grant, more than 25,000 girls will be invited to participate in self-help groups that give them access to savings, loans, education on women’s rights and the social support to delay marriage. An additional 500,000 women will access education on women’s rights and the social support of their groups to help their daughters stand strong against early marriage.     Learn more...   Read press release...
  

• With a $500,000 grant from its African Malaria Partnership program, GlaxoSmithKline helped Freedom from Hunger launch the Microfinance Against Malaria initiative in six West African countries.  This initiative combines dialogue-based malaria education with subsidized distribution of instecticide-treated bednets and linkages to local sources of appropriate and reliable anti-malaria drugs to reach 180,000 women over three years.     Learn more…

Freedom from Hunger continually seeks committed corporate partners to reach more poor women with proven products and services, to advance innovations and to identify new linkages.  If your corporation or foundation is interested in supporting these efforts, please browse this website to learn more about Freedom from Hunger innovations, services and results or contact Kathleen Stack (kstack@freedomfromhunger.org), Vice President, Program Development.