In the Horn of Africa, millions of people face each day without knowing if they will have clean water to drink or food to eat. This uncertainty about access to the basic essentials of life stunts security and growth, and affects all people from young to old. American assistance to the Horn of Africa is [...]
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FWD Campaign and MTV Announce Celebrity Auction for the Horn of Africa
Today, MTV Act, in partnership with USAID and the Ad Council, has launched the “MTV Fights Hunger Auction,” an online holiday auction that features garb from celebrities and favorite MTV stars such as the cast of the Jersey Shore. All proceeds go to a group of eight NGOs working on the ground in the Horn [...]
New FEWS Data – Updated 11/18/2011
Moving Forward The facts are hard to fully grasp: across the Horn of Africa, there are 13.3 million people in crisis – more than the populations in the cities of Los Angeles and New York combined. And the crisis is the worst in Somalia, a country gripped by two decades of conflict. Somalis, primarily women [...]
A $5,000 Prize for the Best Plan to Spread Awareness About the Horn of Africa Crisis
As featured on Good The largest humanitarian crisis in the world today is happening in the Horn of Africa, where more than 13 million people are suffering from a deadly famine caused by decades of conflict, instability and the worst drought the region has seen in 60 years. The devastation has spread across four countries, [...]
For the Hungry, Raising Awareness = Action. We are the Relief.
Share Hope by Helping Us Reach 13 Million Forwards
Right now, 13.3 million people are in need of emergency assistance in the Horn of Africa, more than the populations of New York and Los Angeles combined. To help raise awareness, we have dedicated today – Wednesday, November 9th – FWD>Day. Today, we want to help 13.3 million people forward facts about the crisis to [...]
FWD: USAID’s First-Ever Public Awareness Campaign
When Early Interventions Make All the Difference
Pictures that Tell the Story for Us
Our new FWD public awareness campaign tells the story about the crisis in the Horn of Africa through sharable info-graphics, public service announcements, interactive maps, and toolkits. Through these interactive features we invite people to engage in the campaign rather than be recipients of static information. Another way to tell the story of the crisis [...]
FWD the Facts: New Public Awareness Videos
One month after USAID announced the FWD (famine, war, and drought) public awareness campaign at the Social Good summit, we are officially launching the campaign across the country though celebrity public service announcements (PSAs) developed with the Ad Council. You will likely start seeing these PSAs on television, but we wanted you to see one [...]
