1. Planet Aid & Food for Progress:
Community Based Solutions
to Hunger Abroad
Compassion in Action Roundtable
March 13, 2008

2. Planet Aid, Inc.
• Committed to helping disadvantaged citizens of the
earth improve their lives and the future for
generations to come
• Support programs addressing health, education,
food production and income generation in
impoverished communities

3. • Collection boxes throughout the United States
– 8,000 from coast to coast
• Raised $6 million for development in 2006
Clothes Collection

4. Humana People to People
• International Humana People to People Movement:
over 200 projects implemented in 38 countries by
29 members
• Child welfare and schools for OVC; teacher training;
farmer capacity building; HIV/AIDS prevention and
care

5. Partnership with USDA
Program Objectives:
• Work to train teachers
• Organize farmers and build their capacity
• Help communities and individuals affected by
HIV/AIDS
Planet Aid implements two Food for Progress
projects in Mozambique and Malawi.

6. Food for Progress - Mozambique
• 60,000 m/ts of wheat monetized
• Farmers Clubs supporting 10,500 farmers
• HIV/AIDS assistance to 450,000 people through
the Total Control of Epidemic (TCE) program

7. Food for Progress - Mozambique
• 900 teachers trained at teacher training colleges
• 180 teachers receiving advanced degrees
permitting them to instruct other teachers

8. Food for Progress - Mozambique
• Constructing One World University to educate
teacher trainers
• 5,000 people affected by HIV/AIDS receive free
soy meals through 50 soy canteens

9. Food for Progress - Malawi
• 30,000 m/ts of wheat monetized
• 230 Farmers Clubs supporting 11,500 farmers
• HIV/AIDS assistance to 400,000 people through
the Total Control of Epidemic (TCE) program

10. Food for Progress - Malawi
• 330 teachers trained at teacher training colleges
• American Soybean Association conducts
nutrition training for 200 TCE field officers and
150 teacher trainees

11. Combating Hunger and Malnutrition
• Food security = farmer having enough food for
the family year round (3 nutritious meals a day)
• Farmers Clubs: Malawi

12. Combating Hunger and Malnutrition
• Each area covers 3,000 farmers organized in
60 clubs of 50 members
• 6 Extension workers and 1 Project Leader
• 1 Extension worker responsible for 10 Clubs

13. Combating Hunger and Malnutrition
• Training in: crop diversification, land
preparation, crop management, early planning,
food preservation, storage, pest control, and
disease
• Develop capacity of farmers by using low-cost
irrigation rope pumps
• Develop capacity to increase produce through
introduction of high yield crop varieties
• Livestock pass-on grants provided

14. Combating Hunger and Malnutrition
• TCE soy canteens – Mozambique
• 50 soy canteens operated by TCE
‘Passionates’ (volunteers)

15. Combating Hunger and Malnutrition
• Soy meals are sold to general population at an
affordable price
• Free meals provided to orphans, those living
with HIV/AIDS and pregnant women

16. Soy Canteens – Results to Date
• 200 follow-up surveys completed at 6 months;
found soy foods well-accepted
• 67% of adults improved BMI, 81% of all
improved strength
• 94% of children improved in malnutrition
categories