Welthungerhilfe

The German Welthungerhilfe eV, short Welthungerhilfe is a denominationally and politically independent, non-profit and non-governmental organization for development cooperation and emergency aid. Since its foundation in 1962 it has around 2.52 billion euros performed over 7000 aid projects in 70 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia. Welthungerhilfe carries the donation seal of the German Central Institute for Social Issues ( DZI). 2012 celebrated its fiftieth anniversary Welthungerhilfe.

Goals and Principles

Welthungerhilfe has set itself the goal of creating famine and poverty from the world. According to the basic principle to help themselves, it supports cooperation with local partner organizations, people here in developing countries to overcome hunger and poverty and sustainable supply.

History

Welthungerhilfe was founded in 1962 on the initiative of the then Federal President Heinrich Lübke as German Committee for the fight against hunger. They formed the German section of the Freedom From Hunger Campaign, which was launched in 1961 by the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO of Engl. Food and Agriculture Organization ) Binay Ranjan Sen to life. In 1967 it was renamed the German Welthungerhilfe eV CEO of the organization were:

Structure

Since its inception, the respective Federal President is the patron of the organization. In 2008, the club announced a new management structure. President of Welthungerhilfe was the former mayor of Bonn Bärbel Dieckmann in November 2008; her deputy director of the Center for Development Research (ZEF ), University of Bonn Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun. Her predecessor as CEO was twelve years Ingeborg Schäuble. Organizationally, the association is governed by a seven-member volunteer bureau that employs a three-member full-time board.

Financing

Despite a rapidly growing private donation volume from the population (2012: 37.5 million euros ), Welthungerhilfe funds its work continued mostly from government grants (2012: EUR 107.5 million ). The largest public funding, the EU Commission, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Food Programme (WFP ). Apart from these main sources of income in addition to income from the item " grants from foundations, private aid and cooperation partners " (2012: € 2 million ), " Foundation Welthungerhilfe " (2012: EUR 0.8 million ) and " Interest and other income " (2012: 3.3 million euros). A special feature are listed in the "Interest and other income ," the 10 % interest in the Third World Society for Development Promotion GmbH (DW- shop). The management of the organization share was 1.9% in 2012. A further 6 % was 2012 in Advertising and Public Relations.

Activities

In addition to the immediate disaster relief Welthungerhilfe people in developing countries supported mainly in the fields of rural development and food security. In addition, projects for the restoration of basic infrastructure ( schools, roads, etc.), social integration and education, the development of civil society, and health care are carried out.

In Germany and Europe, the Welthungerhilfe campaigns together with other organizations critical review of current development policy apart and acts accordingly on the authorities. Thus, it publishes, for example, regularly together with the children's charity Terre des hommes a report on the Reality of Aid. Welthungerhilfe is a member of the German umbrella organization of development NGOs VENRO. Together with the network Alliance2015, a network of seven European aid agencies, it operates in political lobbying at European level. Moreover, it promotes a contemporary discussion of development issues in the classroom by a number of proprietary materials and offers a range of hands-on activities.

Volunteers support the Welthungerhilfe with events where donations for the relief projects will be born.

2012, for the seventh time the Global Hunger Index in collaboration with the International Research Institute for Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI ) and the World Hunger Relief - edited the organization Concern Worldwide - since 2007.