Media Coverage Huffington Post by Åsa Skogström Feldt on the importance of Community-Led Development to achieving SDG 2. September 2016 Huffington Post by John Coonrod: “Putting People First: The Movement for Community-Led Development.” September 2016 Relevant Speeches Address by Judith Karl, Executive Secretary, UN Capital Development Fund, at the event “No Transformation Without Localization” Address by […]
President and CEO of The Hunger Project, Åsa Skogström Feldt, presented at the session on Ending Poverty and Hunger, emphasizing the need to elevate community-led development.
We encourage organizations everywhere that are committed to community-led development to join this movement and help us elevate the discourse on policies and practices!
Professor Badiul Alam Majumdar, Ph.D. Global Vice President and Country Director The Hunger Project–Bangladesh (10 July 2014) “People are poor because they are powerless. We must organize people for power. They must organize themselves in such a way that they can change their lives.” –Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder Chairman of BRAC In the year […]
The concept of an “enabling environment” is new, and it reflects nothing less than a paradigm shift in thinking as to how nations like Bangladesh can achieve a new, self-reliant future — a future where all citizens have the chance to lead a healthy and productive life.