jim whitton presentation

7/31/2019 Jim Whitton Presentation

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Unleashing the Human Spirit for theEnd of World Hunger


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Where We Work

LatinAmericaMexicoBolivia

Peru

Sub-Saharan AfricaBenin

Burkina FasoEthiopia

Ghana

Malawi

Mozambique

Senegal

Uganda

South AsiaBangladesh

India


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The world is upside down.

Top-down

Donor-driven

Urban

Sectoral

Male-dominated

Politicized

Bottom-upLocally-led

Rural

Integrated

Gender-focused

Transparent


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What Works?

Six Lessons from the field


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#1: Mobilization


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140,000 volunteer animators


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#2 Gender analysis & action!


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#3 Local Democracy


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#4 It takes a cluster

Villages are too small for economic and

political clout.

Need a clusterof villages:

Big enoughto manage programs

Small enoughso people

know each other,

can reach programs

and hold leaders to account


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Stand-alone microfinance


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#5 Multisectoral approach

BetterHealth,Nutrition

BetterEducation

GreaterIncomes

SocialPower,

Inclusion

Womens

Voice


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Epicenters in Africa


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What is the Epicenter Strategy?


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Mobilization &womens

empowerment

Effective localgovernment

Capacity forachieving the

MDGs

Tracking andsustainably

achieving theMDGs

#6 Patience!


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Three Pillars

Mobilizefor Self-Reliant

Action

Empower womenas key change

agents

Forge

Partnershipwith

LocalGovt

End ofHunger and

Poverty (MDGs)in rural areas

Sustainable,People-Centered

IntegratedDevelopment


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Within our grasp!

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