One year on, global hunger alliance shifts into execution mode

One year after its launch, the Brazil-backed initiative is beginning to show its results — even amid bureaucratic bottlenecks and financing gaps.

It’s been one year since the launch of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, an initiative created during Brazil’s presidency of the Group of 20 to pair governments with the solutions, resources, funding, and knowledge to reduce hunger across the world.

“For us in Zambia, the Global Alliance is not just partnership. It’s a catalyst for transformation, to transform our poor and vulnerable households,” said Doreen Sefuke Mwamba, Zambia’s minister of community development and social services, speaking at the leaders’ meeting.