The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)will next week Tuesday launch “The 1billionhungry project” at its headquarters in Rome, Italy aimed at creating a global movement to fight for adequate food for all.
The campaign is led by internationalpersonalities from the arts and sporting worlds such as France's Senegalese-born Manchester City midfielder Patrick Vieira, Olympic gold medalist fencer Valentina Vezzali, US track and field legend Carl Lewis, and FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf.
Other celebrities who have lent their support to the campaign include award-winning British actor Jeremy Irons plus European Premier League footballers Raul Gonzalez of Real Madrid, João Moutinho of Sporting de Lisboa, Gary Neville of Manchester United, Luca Toni of Roma and René Adler of Bayer Leverkusen. Their unique contributions will also be unveiled at the 1billionhungry project launch.
Using a whistle as a campaign icon and an innovative online petition as a campaigning tool, “The 1billionhungry project” will give people the chance to express their disgust that in the 21st century more than one billion people still do not get enough to eat.
The project has been made possible by the pro Bono help of the advertising company McCann Erickson, the billboard and display company IGP Decaux, the FilmMaster production company, the European Professional Football Leagues, and a growing list of civil society partners.
-FAO,Simba Nembaware
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