Last Thursday, the club welcomed DINA NOUAIME from the BORGEN PROJECT, who explained the project's goal of ending hunger through Congressional initiatives. The group has been active aver the last several years. She pointed out the only 1% of the federal budget is dedicated to foreign aid, so they lobby for initiatives supporting global poverty legislation. She stated that it has been shown the governmental involvement in these projects is extremely important, and that COVID has made the worldwide poverty situation even more critical. , works to mobilize the public, and raise the awareness in the problem. The reasons for the Project are humanitarian, economic, national security, and environmental.
Thanks to Dina for bringing us this information ob the BORGEN PROJECT.
You can get more information on the project from Dina at her contact, and learn how you can get involved.
dnouaime@oberlin.edu
or visit the website:
https//borgenproject.org/