Mightycause recently published an interesting infographic called The United States of Giving. There are a lot of points worth pondering in the piece, but what really caught my attention was that only 65% of people polled felt their giving was making an impact. In an ideal world, you would hope that 100% of people who […]
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Yesterday, the Mightycause team raised awareness and money for Yum! Brands World Hunger Relief project to benefit the World Food Programme. In all, 143 people contributed $4,815 to the effort. We had a significantly higher goal for the effort, BUT we think the campaign was successful from an advocacy and awareness standpoint. Georgetown University’s Center
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Here are some sobering statistics about world hunger and food insecurity: — Hunger kills more people than HIV, malaria, and TB combined. It’s the world’s #1 health risk. — 870 million people do not have enough to eat. — Women make up a little over half the world’s population, but they account for over 60
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Hunger is the world’s greatest solvable problem, affecting almost one billion men, women, and children around the world. I recently had the awesome privilege of chatting with Bettina Luescher of the World Food Programme, an international organization that feeds over 100 million people worldwide. We spoke about their innovative use of video to build a
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As you may have heard, Mightycause is participating in efforts tied to World Hunger Day (October 16th). As Geoff Livingston writes, “The philanthropic goal encourages people to participate in small acts like a social share or a $10 or $25 donation. These small acts do make a big difference. To give you an idea of
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