Walk the World

Fight Hunger: Walk the World’s primary goal is to end child hunger by 2015 by holding an annual worldwide demonstration across the globe. [http://www.fighthunger.org Fight Hunger] ] Once a year hundreds of thousands of people in every time zone will take to the streets to call for an end to the needless suffering of hungry children.

Hosted by the World Food Programme and partners, Walk the World is intended raise awareness of hungry children around the world, and urge policy-makers and governments, in both rich and poor countries, to allocate more funds and resources on feeding children..

Walk the World also aims to raise funds to finance projects that assist hungry children. Pledges are made by local companies and individuals.

Walk the World’s efforts are linked closely to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). If the goal of ending child hunger by 2015 is achieved, the first MDG (that of halving the number of all hungry people by 2015) will have been achieved .

Upcoming event

In 2008, Walk the World is on June 1 . Anyone can join. Walk events are held in most cities, and can be found with [http://www.movingtheworld.org/walk-the-world-overview-2008 TNT's Walk the World 2008 walk finder] .

The WFP is making a special appeal for emergency funds, as rising food prices and natural disasters have caused widespread and severe food shortages in 2008.

Previous years

Walk the World began as an employee engagement day for TNT in 2003 and grew into a global event. [http://www.wfp.org/english/?n=7111 WFP Walk the World page] ]

In 2006 over 760,000 people in 118 countries and 420 locations walked on May 13th.

External News Articles

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7429564.stm Walk the World raises WFP funds] (BBC, David Loyn, May 31st 2008).
* [http://www.wfp.org/english/?n=7111 End Hunger: Walk the World 2008] (World Food Programme).
* [http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2861 The World is Walking: 13 May 2007] (WFP press release)
* [http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2477 Global walk: leaders and communities join to stamp out child hunger] (World Food Programme, May 14th "2007").
* [http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2475 June 1: Global walk to end child hunger] (WFP press release, 2008).

References

* [http://www.wfp.org United Nations World Food Programme]
* [http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ UN Millennium Development Goals]
* [http://www.friendsofwfp.org Friends of the World Food Program]