Student-led community action plan created and presented during an Ambassador Leadership Summit in 2018 at Harvard University.

2. Full Plates 101
Created by the 12 Ivies:
Johan
Olivia
Divya
Chelsea
Mariana
Jacob
Jonna
Noely
Kirthana
Darius
William
Maria
“Feeding the
Future Starts
Now”

4. The Effects of Hunger
Hunger and malnutrition can affect both the physical and mental health of
people
● Protein energy malnutrition, iron deficiency, anemia, iodine, zinc, and
other vitamin deficiencies in early childhood can cause brain
impairment
○ And in some cases blindness
Cognitive Effects of Hunger
● Children experiencing chronic hunger could develop learning
disabilities or other cognitive impairments
● Many kids will have trouble focusing in an academic setting due to a
lack of energy and motivation

5. Mission Statement
Working together with passionate volunteers, donors, and partners
against worldwide hunger through food distribution and nutrition
education for the long term stability of malnourished peoples.

6. The Matter At Hand
● In the World, around 815 million people do not
have enough of the food they need to live an
active, healthy life.
● One in every nine people go to bed hungry
each night, including 20 million people currently
at risk of famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen
What causes Hunger?

7. Our Vision
Provide food and
education to those
affected by starvation
around the world

8. Jingle / Advertisement
“I can learn to feed myself now”

9. “How are we going to
accomplish these goals?”

10. Full Plates 101 Events
The Full Plates 101 Events consists of two programs: Food Distribution and Full
Plates 101 Workshop.
● Provide food for the week
● Hot, fresh, and nutritious meals (breakfast and lunch) for the day
● Agricultural and/or nutritional/culinary education

11. Action Plan: The Joint Initiative
Target Audience: We will approach those who are food
insecure and willing to learn how to provide for themselves.
1. Space Rental
2. Hold Full Plates 101 Events
3. Food Distribution
4. Begin Educating

12. Full Plates 101 Events
1. Agricultural Education
a. Objective: To teach those in developing countries how to
raise a farm of crops and harvest the crops.
b. They can trade with local farmer markets.
c. They will develop their skill of responsibility
1. Nutritional/Culinary Education:
a. Objective: To introduce simple meal planning skills and
provide weekly meal plans; to demonstrate the importance
of having a balanced nutritious diet by illustrating the five
food groups and other basic nutritional understandings.

13. The “Bring a Buddy” Policy
● Participants will be required to write their
names on a roster list at the beginning of the
program to keep track of who has attended the
Full Plates 101.
● The Bring a Buddy is a system used to spread
the availability of these programs to everyone
in the designated area.

14. The “Bring a Buddy” Policy
● If a returning participant brings a new
person, who is also in need of food
security, into the Full Plates 101 Program,
both participants will receive free food
and education as well.

15. Counter Argument / Obstacles
“How would you all adapt to the different cities
and regions?”
● The logistics of our plan will change depending
on the location of the community we serve
● Collective Greenhouses in cities
● Agricultural Education for developing countries
● Our project creates a temporary gift for a long
term solution

16. Non-profit Organizations
and how they cooperate
● Action Against Hunger
● The Hunger Project
● Feeding America
● Rise Against Hunger
● World Food
Programme
● United Way

17. “How can you keep the program
restricted to only those truly in need?”
WE WON’T.
- Restrict participants = setting a cut off point
- Setting cut off = 🚫
- People right above cut off🚫
- People that fit but have no proof🚫
- Cut off -> “come here if you're poor” -> bad
stigma

18. Citations
“Quick Facts: What You Need to Know about Global Hunger.” Mercy Corps, 1 May 2018,
www.mercycorps.org/articles/quick-facts-what-you-need-know-about-global-hunger
https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/hunger-facts
“Volunteers Help out at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to Support Disaster
Survivors.” What Is Disaster Assistance? | FEMA.gov, www.fema.gov/media-
library/assets/images/63403.
WorldVisionUSA. “Hunger Isn't Just a Stomach Thing | World Vision US.” YouTube,
YouTube, 2 June 2011, m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3abZswA5XY.
http://www.apa.org/pi/families/poverty.aspx
https://www.30hourfamine.org/2011/11/affect-of-hunger-the-brain/