Dr. Tadesse speaks passionately that the THP strategy works all over Africa regardless of climate and conditions because the work focuses on empowerment of people.
He speaks of expanding the work by getting governments to replicate the effective strategies that have been developed by THP and thereby scale the work up even more quickly.
He shares that years ago when he first encountered The Hunger Project it was a revelation to him, and unique in the world at that time that an NGO was saying, "The end of hunger in the world is an idea who's time has come."
He shares that a lot of the credit for the millennium goals and the other initiatives to end hunger and poverty goes to his friend Kofi Annan.
Dr. Tadesse is a former Ethiopian Ambassador and so has great insight into African and global politics. He is completely committed to the work of the Hunger Project as the Vice President in charge of Africa.
Again, it is expressed that the three most important things that the work does with the partners are: Change of mindset to an attitude of 'we can do it'. Equality of men and women. Taking responsibility for the future.
I am left clear that we must somehow find more investors and that I must continue and strategize ways to increase my own and my families investment in this work.
Bill Liao. Uganda May 2005
The trip is at his end and we are ready to go home to our countries. I feel honered and thankfull that I was here with the people of Uganda, I saw op several places how grassroot people are taking the improvement of their life in there own hands. What they had achieved by that and how powerfull and hopeful they look inthere future now
Mathilde
Posted by: Mathilde Poels | 20 May 2005 at 14:16