Question A: If you had the opportunity,

what actions would you demand of the

United Nation Secretary General and why?

IE Business School: Hugo Lima

Brazil has a population of

over 200 million people.

Brazil is best known for

its nature, culture and

passion for the national

sport: football.

• We have one of the most successful football teams.

• We are hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

BUT....We are also leading in another area: the fight against world hunger.

The Alimentaçao Escolar

Program is an initiative

provided by the government

in Brazil which aids children

with over 43 million meals

per day. It is the oldest and

most successful feeding

programs in the world

This began in 1963 by the

Brazilian government and

the World Food Program

and they began to provide

free meals in schools across

the country to children

The joint effort lasted twelve years, and then

the government was able to handle the program

themselves.

In 2010, the World Food Prize was won by Brazil´s president at the time Lula da Silva due to the efforts of eliminating hunger in

Brazil.

• In 2009, Brazil extended its

initiative by starting the Fome

Zero program in order to

eliminate hunger and poverty

that still exist in the country.

• This program provides some of

the poorest families an income

to help them survive.

Due to Brazil´s efforts it was able to

reduce the hunger rate by 50% in

2010.

This resulted in Brazil becoming the

first Latin American country to reach

a goal set by the United Nations.

HOW?

• Through direct financial aid to the poorest families

• Creating water cisterns in arid areas.

• Building low-cost restaurants.

• Distributing vitamins and iron supplements

• Supporting family farming and giving access to credit.

• Education

EFFECTS:• Significant effects on school attendance.

• Positive education outcomes

• Important decrease in the number of children working.

• Strong impact on children's growth and diet quality. Decrease of child mortality

If I only had the chance to talk to Mr. Ban Ki-moon....I would demand more investment and

commitment in proposals to fight poverty

and hunger and to promote food security.

795 million people, which equates to 1 in 9

people are living below the poverty line and

do not have enough food available to them.

The majority of these people are living in

developing nations, and this must take

precedence over other matters for the ONU.

• One child dies every 5 seconds from hunger.• More people die from hunger than Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis

combined.• 66 million primary school aged children attend classes hungry across the

developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.• Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence of hunger.

One person in four there is malnourished• Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two thirds of the total.

DO YOU STILL THINK IT IS NOT AN IMPORTANT MATTER?

The model provided by Brazil and its supporters should be set for other countries by the United Nations. With the help of the UN, FAO and the World Bank, if other countries implement a similar program we will be able to reduce hunger in developing countries.

Ending poverty and hunger needs to be recognized and the causes must be adhered to directly. By establishing programs which assist with agriculture, food systems, and feeding programs we will be able to combat these issues and end poverty and hunger from developing nations.

THANK YOU.