1. June 10, 2013 • Washington, DC
HariFitriPutjuk
Sustaining Political Commitments
to Scaling Up Nutrition

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AcknowledgementsandThanks
This meeting is a remarkable gathering of stakeholders representing civil society and governments in many Scal-
ing Up Nutrition (SUN) countries, international nongovernmental organizations, donor governments, multilateral
institutions, and the private sector. We are particularly grateful to our colleagues from civil society in SUN coun-
tries, to whom the facts and the cost of undernutrition are too well known. We wish to thank our partners, the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation, Save the Children, Helen Keller International, RESULTS, 1,000 Days Partnership,
Action Against Hunger, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, ONE, SUN Civil Society Network Secretariat,
World Vision, Church World Service, ChildFund International, International Medical Corps, and World Food
Program USA. Without their generous financial and planning support, this event would not be possible. A team of
staff from each of these organizations worked closely to develop a program that is informative, thought-provoking,
and challenging.
We are honored to have U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Rajiv Shah and Ireland’s
Minister of State for Trade and Development Joe Costello with us as keynote speakers. We are grateful to David
Nabarro, special representative of the UN Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition, for providing a
video message. We value his leadership, energy, and ceaseless commitment to ensuring that SUN countries—gov-
ernments and civil society—are at the center of the SUN Movement.
We thank Wilbald Lorri for bringing a message from Tanzanian President Jayaka Kiketwe, and we thank the
Deputy Ambassador of the United Kingdom Philip Barton for his remarks on behalf of his government.
With great appreciation for the time and effort, we recognize our expert panelists: Robert Black, Johns Hopkins
University; Keith Hansen, the World Bank; Rajul Pandya-Lorch, International Food Policy Research Institute;
Martin Bloem, the World Food Programme; Kaosar Afsana, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee; Rose
Ndolo, World Vision International, Kenya; Joyce Ngegba, Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania; Juan Carlos
Paiz, Competitiveness, Investment, and Millennium Challenge Corporation, Guatemala; William Chilufya, Zam-
bia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance; Cassim Masi, Zambia National Food and Nutrition Commission;
The Hon. Highvie H. Hamududu, Parliament of Zambia; Rigobert Oladiran Ladikpo, Professional Association of
Vegetable Oil Industries, West Africa Economic Monetary Union; Ivan Mendoza, Secretariat for Food and Nutri-
tion Security, Guatemala; Harouna Souley, FORSANI, Niger; Carmel Dolan, Emergency Nutrition Network.
We are delighted and honored that InterAction and its members chose this opportunity to pledge their support
for maternal and child nutrition and the 1,000 Days Partnership. Our thanks to Sam Worthington, John Coonrod,
Anne Goddard, and Kent Hill for presenting the pledge.
We extend our special thanks to Tom Arnold, Carolyn Miles, Kathy Spahn, and Lucy Sullivan for their roles as
moderators of key sessions and to District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray, Ambassador Elkanah Odembo of
the Republic of Kenya, and Ambassador Tony Hall for offering remarks at the evening reception.
We are so grateful to all the breakout session facilitators and rapporteurs for their work in the lead up to this meet-
ing and for fostering and capturing what we hope will be an engaging and productive dialogue on key issues.
Finally, we are extremely grateful to Roger Thurow for rearranging many plans to be the master of ceremonies.
We will produce a summary report of the proceedings—in print and video and all presentations will be available
on the meeting website: www.bread.org/meeting.

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Welcome
We are delighted to welcome you all to this gathering on “Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutri-
tion.” On behalf of Bread for the World Institute, Concern Worldwide, and all our partners who have helped
make this time together possible, we want to thank everyone for coming, particularly those who have made long
journeys to be here.
This event marks approximately 1,000 days since September 2010, when the United States and the government of
Ireland launched 1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future—a Call to Action. At the same time, the Scaling
Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement was launched. Many of us here have spent the last 1,000 days working to scale up
what we know works, so that vital nutrients reach more pregnant women and young children at risk.
Today, civil society, government representatives, international organizations, private sector representatives and
other stakeholders will reconvene to celebrate progress and reflect on the experiences and lessons from the first
1,000 days. We are gathered here today as a group of stakeholders unified by a common vision and cause, that of
ending early childhood malnutrition. We hope all stakeholders will reaffirm their commitment to accelerate prog-
ress against maternal and child undernutrition over the next 1,000 days and identify policy and implementation
challenges and solutions that will require coordinated action.
In 2013 the world reached a pivotal point in relation to the nutrition agenda, one which we hope will be a true tip-
ping point. Building on a series of important events and on the latest evidence, this meeting focuses on the critical
role of civil society in scaling up nutrition.
In June 2011, Bread for the World Institute and Concern Worldwide hosted “1,000 Days to Scale Up Nutrition for
Mothers and Children: Building Political Commitment” to help organize a voice for civil society. Since then civil
society alliances have emerged in many SUN countries. Today, we will look at specific ways that civil society can
partner with national governments and other stakeholders to effectively reduce malnutrition. We hope to discuss
ways to amplify civil society’s voice and mobilize civil society, in advocacy and in developing and supporting nutri-
tion plans and goals, especially at the country level.
Generation after generation, early childhood malnutrition has taken a devastating toll in death and disability. But
today, we know that effective, affordable ways exist to prevent the irreversible damage that malnutrition causes
during the “1,000 Days,” the time between a woman’s pregnancy and her child’s second birthday. With this knowl-
edge comes the responsibility to act. Ensuring that all people have enough nutritious food to eat is not only the
right thing to do—it is also a smart thing to do.
Remembering that at the center of this work is a young child, a mother, and their future will keep our work on
track. It is also our motivation and inspiration. It is possible to make dramatic progress against child malnutrition
in a fairly short period of time. Some of us here come from countries that have done it.
Thank you for taking time from your busy lives to join us here in Washington, D.C. We deeply appreciate your
partnership.
David Beckmann Joe Cahalan
President, Bread for the World CEO, Concern Worldwide

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.........................................................................................................................................................2
Welcome.............................................................................................................................................................................3
Agenda................................................................................................................................................................................5
Background.......................................................................................................................................................................9
Breakout Sessions..........................................................................................................................................................12
Presenters.........................................................................................................................................................................14
About Bread for the World........................................................................................................................................ 22
About Concern Worldwide........................................................................................................................................ 23
Partners............................................................................................................................................................................ 24
Metro Map...................................................................................................................................................................... 26
Floor Plan of the Mead Center..................................................................................................................................27
Neighborhood Map...................................................................................................................................................... 28
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Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
The Mead Center for American Theater
1101 Sixth St., SW, Washington, DC 20024
n Breakfast and Registration
8 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Grand Lobby
n General Session
Opening Plenary: Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Fichandler Stage
Master of Ceremonies
Roger Thurow, author, The Last Hunger Season; senior fellow, Global Agriculture and Food Policy; fellow, Chicago
Council for Global Affairs; fellow, ONE
Welcome
David Beckmann, president, Bread for the World Institute
Joe Cahalan, chief executive officer, Concern Worldwide, U.S.
Keynote Speakers
Raj Shah, administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Joe Costello, Minister of State for Trade and Developement, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland
Video Message
David Nabarro, special representative of the UN Secretary General for Food Security and Nutrition and
Coordinator of the SUN Movement
n Panel Discussion
Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days: Global Perspectives
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Fichandler Stage
Moderator
Lucy Sullivan, executive director, 1,000 Days Partnership
Panelists
Robert Black, director of the Institute for International Programs, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health; author
of the Lancet series on maternal and child nutrition
Keith Hansen, acting vice president and network head, Human Development, World Bank
Rajul Pandya-Lorch, head, 2020 Vision Initiative and chief of staff, International Food Policy Research Institute
Martin Bloem, senior nutrition advisor, World Food Programme
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n Second Morning Plenary
Political Leadership for Results
10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Fichandler Stage
Introduction
Carolyn Miles, president and chief executive officer, Save the Children (U.S.)
Speakers
Wilbald Lorri, advisor on nutrition issues, Office of President Jakaya Kikwete, Republic of Tanzania
Philip Barton, deputy head of mission, Embassy of the United Kingdom
n InterAction Nutrition Pledge
10:50 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.
Fichandler Stage
Sam Worthington, chief executive officer, InterAction
John Coonrod, executive vice president, The Hunger Project
Anne Goddard, president and chief executive officer, ChildFund International
Kent Hill, senior vice president, International Programs Group, World Vision
n Panel Discussion
Taking Stock and Looking Ahead to the Next 1,000 Days: Country-level Perspectives
11:10 a.m. – noon
Fichandler Stage
Moderator
Kathy Spahn, chief operating officer, Helen Keller International
Panelists
Kaosar Afsana, director of health, nutrition, and population; Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
Rose Ndolo, national nutrition coordinator, World Vision, Kenya
Joyce Ngegba, program and advocacy manager, Partnership for Nutrition, Tanzania
Juan Carlos Paiz, presidential commissioner for Guatemala’s Competitiveness, Investment, and Millennium
Challenge Corporation
n Lunch
noon – 1 p.m.

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n Afternoon Plenary
Taking SUN to Scale
1:15 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Fichandler Stage
Moderators
Tom Arnold, former chief executive officer, Concern Worldwide, member of the lead group of the Scaling Up
Nutrition Movement
Marie-Pierre Allié, president, Medecins Sans Frontieres, France, and member of the lead group of Scaling Up
Nutrition
• Panel Discussion: Perspectives from Zambia
William Chilufya, national coordinator of the Zambia Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance
Cassim Masi, executive director of the National Food and Nutrition Commission of Zambia
The Hon. Highvie H. Hamududu, member of Parliament and chair of the Parliamentary Committee on
Estimates, National Assembly of Zambia
• Panel Discussion: SUN Country Experiences with Scaling Up
Rigobert Oladiran Ladikpo, executive secretary, Professional Association of Vegetable Oil Industries, West
Africa Economic Monetary Union
Ivan Mendoza, director, the Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security, Guatemala
Carmel Dolan, Emergency Nutrition Network Study
Harouna Souley, president, FORSANI (Niger Health Forum)
n Mid-Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
n Breakout Sessions
3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
• Capacity Development in Nutrition
Mac Hall
Facilitators
Manisha Tharaney, nutrition policy and health systems advisor, Helen Keller International
Paul Amuna, consultant, African Nutrition Society; lecturer, University of Greenwich
Rapporteur
Anu Narayan, deputy director, Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally
• Best Practices: Nutrition-Specific Interventions
Kogod Cradle
Facilitators
Karin Lapping, senior director of nutrition, Save the Children
Francis Zotor, president, African Nutrition Society
Rapporteur
Sandra Remancus, project director, Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance, Family Health International 360

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• Best Practices: Nutrition-Sensitive Development
Molly Study 1
Facilitator
Charlotte Dufour, food security, nutrition, and livelihoods officer; Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
Rapporteur
Anna Herforth, independent nutrition consultant
• Civil Society’s Role in Advocacy and Monitoring Progress at National and Global Levels
Molly Study 2
Facilitators
Connell Foley, director of strategy, advocacy, and learning; Concern Worldwide
Buba Khan, food coordinator, ActionAid, the Gambia
Rapporteur
Lisa Bos, policy advisor on health and education, World Vision
n Coffee Break
5 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
n Breakout Group Readouts
5:15 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
Kogod Cradle
Facilitator
Tom Arnold, member of the lead group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
n Session Takeaways, Concluding Remarks, and Looking Forward
5:45 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.
Kogod Cradle
Facilitator
Tom Arnold, member of the lead group of the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement
Speakers
Layla McCay, senior manager for global and national policy and advocacy, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
Neil Watkins, program officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
David Beckmann, president, Bread for the World Institute
n Reception
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Catwalk Café and Terrace
Remarks
Roger Thurow, fellow, Chicago Council for Global Affairs
Mayor Vincent Gray, District of Columbia
Ambassador Tony Hall, executive director, Alliance to End Hunger
His Excellency Elkanah Odembo, ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the United States

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Sustaining Political Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
The First 1,000 Days
This meeting provides a chance to celebrate all that has been achieved in the approximately 1,000 days
since September 2010, when both 1,000 Days: Change a Life, Change the Future and the Scaling Up Nutrition
(SUN) Movement were launched. The United States and Ireland were
leaders in the 1,000 Days call to action on early childhood malnutrition.
Uganda, Malawi, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Ghana were among the first to
commit to the goals of SUN.
The initial 1,000-day phase of these significant global efforts to reduce
early childhood malnutrition is coming to a close. These first days of
increased global efforts on maternal and child nutrition mirror a critical
1,000-day period in human life. We have definitive scientific and medical
evidence that this period—from a mother’s pregnancy to her child’s second
birthday— is a window of opportunity when children are growing and
changing rapidly, making it a time when sufficient nutritious food is vital.
In fact, malnutrition during this window causes millions of children every
year to die or suffer irreversible, lifelong health and cognitive damage.
This is why advocates must continue to make 1,000 Days a priority. We
only have one chance to get this right. If a child misses out on essential
nutrients before his or her second birthday, better nutrition in preschool years may strengthen his or her
health, but it cannot make up for the ground lost in infancy. Fortunately, good nutrition during this period
is affordable, and it sets a child up for a lifetime of good health and the capacity to contribute to her or his
community.
In response to the September 2010 call to action, Bread for the World Institute and Concern Worldwide
hosted “1,000 Days to Scale up Nutrition for Mothers and Children: Building Political Commitment” in June
2011. The goals of this meeting were to help organize a voice for civil society to maintain and build on the
political momentum behind the SUN Movement. Participants noted progress on efforts already being made
to scale up nutrition at the country level, identified challenges, and developed a joint advocacy agenda for
upcoming global forums.
One outcome of this meeting was a civil society joint statement that called for
• national governments to lead the way,
• scaling up nutrition programs,
• international leadership,
• increased focus on human capacity, and
• accountability
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The meeting also started a new and exciting process
of engagement among civil society stakeholders, laying
the foundation for a stronger enabling environment
for civil society to be an influential player within the
SUN movement at the country level. All country
representatives identified key priorities and actions to
further strengthen the involvement and ownership of
civil society at the national level. The meeting spurred
the establishment of civil society platforms and
alliances in SUN countries.
Building on this, in September 2011 Civil Society
Alliances in 11 SUN countries developed proposals
to enhance civil society engagement in the SUN
Movement. Most received funding through the SUN
Multi-Partner Trust Fund, a new mechanism through
which funds could be received, proposals reviewed,
and grants provided.
The SUN Movement has made tremendous
progress during the first 1,000 Days. To date, 40
countries have joined SUN. These countries are
home to 80 million stunted children, representing
nearly half of the global stunting burden. Sixteen of
these countries have costed out national plans. In
addition, the SUN Movement has transitioned to a
more formal and structured way of working, with a
high-level lead group that is supported by a small
secretariat and four stakeholder networks, including
one for civil society.
Nutrition was more prominent at global meetings
in 2012. During the World Health Organization’s
annual meeting, the World Health Assembly passed
a resolution that included six nutrition targets,
including targets on stunting and wasting. The
2012 G8 Summit and The Child Survival Call to
Action included nutrition as a key component of the
new food security and maternal and child health
commitments. In addition, in the lead up to the 2012
G8 Summit, President Barack Obama delivered a
major speech on global hunger and food security in
which he said that the United States would continue
to focus on maternal and child nutrition.
The 1,000 Days Call to Action and the 1,000 Days
Partnership that emerged from it have played a
critical role in increasing attention to the urgency of
addressing malnutrition. U.S. leadership has helped
elevate nutrition in global, regional, and country
agendas. The first 1,000-day period—from the launch
of the 1,000 Days Call to Action in September
2010 through June 2013—has mobilized support for
maternal and child nutrition across governments,
civil society, and the private sector.
The Next 1,000 Days
The next 1,000-day period—coinciding with the
deadline of the Millennium Development Goals
and the beginning of a new global development
framework—offers a new political window of
opportunity to build on initial work and realize
significant new gains in maternal and child nutrition.
Bread for the World, Concern Worldwide, and
partner organizations have convened this civil society
event in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2013, near the
culmination of the first 1,000 Days.
The purposes of this meeting are to reconvene civil
society, government representatives, international
organizations, private sector representatives, and
other stakeholders to
• celebrate progress and reflect on the
experiences and lessons from the first 1,000
Days;
• reaffirm political commitment to renew and
strengthen the Call to Action for the next 1,000
Days;
• identify policy and implementation challenges
and solutions; and
• discuss ways to amplify civil society’s voice
and mobilize civil society in advocacy and in
developing and supporting nutrition plans and
goals, especially at the country level.

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Meeting organizers will particularly seek out
the participation of representatives of the SUN
Civil Society Network. This meeting is being held
alongside Bread for the World’s biannual gathering
of grassroots anti-hunger activists. The Bread activists
from across the country will carry what they learn
about 1,000 Days and SUN to Capitol Hill on June 11
and to their churches and communities thereafter.
This meeting follows a series of global hunger
and nutrition events, including a high level meeting
on hunger, nutrition, and climate justice in Ireland
in April; a UNICEF conference on nutrition; the
launch of the new Lancet series on maternal and child
nutrition; and the U.K.-hosted Nutrition for Growth
summit, which was held June 8 in London.
The Nutrition for Growth summit was a key
pledging moment for nutrition. This June 10 civil
society event will provide a platform to bring
attention to the outcomes of the summit and to
celebrate U.S. leadership and its role in the 1,000
Days Call to Action and the SUN Movement—as well
as showcase the many achievements of the first 1,000
days. It will also provide an opportunity for the U.S.
government to update a largely U.S. audience on
nutrition investments and new commitments made in
London.
Policy Goals and Objectives: Sustaining Political
Commitments to Scaling Up Nutrition
At this international, civil society-led event, we
seek to renew the 1,000 Days Call to Action, which
increases the political will to scale up action and
resources that improve maternal and child nutrition.
This is happening within the context of a U.S. global
initiative on hunger and poverty, the final push on the
Millennium Development Goals, and negotiations
on a post-2015 development framework. During the
next 1,000 Days, it will be necessary to deepen the
commitment among stakeholders to work together to
consolidate the impressive and much-needed gains in
scaling up nutrition during the initial 1,000 Days and
to realize the full potential of the SUN Movement.
Specific objectives for the meeting:
• To enshrine and embed U.S. political
leadership on 1,000 Days.
• To advance civil society advocacy and
engagement in SUN.
The meeting will advance a set of short and
medium term goals for the next 1,000 Days:
At the global level
• Continued political leadership on nutrition
in the 1,000-day window of opportunity,
particularly by the U.S. government
• A critically needed financing pledge to support
costed nutrition plans of SUN countries and
other countries taking action to scale up
nutrition
• Agreement on an interim global stunting target
and plans for how to reach that goal between
2013 and 2016
• Inclusion of a specific nutrition goal and target,
especially a stunting target and indicator, in the
post-2015 development framework
At the country level
• Participation of all 36 high-burden countries in
either the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement or
actions to scale up nutrition
• Costed action plans and commitments to
implement the action plans from all SUN
countries
• Greater voice and participation of local civil
society organizations in developing and
implementing national nutrition plans
• Increased investments to improve nutrition
capacity at the national level

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Breakout Sessions
During the afternoon, participants will have the
opportunity to participate in one of the four breakout
sessions described below. These will be interactive
discussions intended to tackle questions and issues
included in the descriptions, as well as those that come
up in earlier sessions of the meeting. Groups will generate
recommendations for the next 1,000 days, which will
inform a civil society statement and be compiled into
an event report summary that participants may use for
advocacy and planning.
n Capacity Development in Nutrition
Mac Hall
Facilitators
Manisha Tharaney, nutrition policy and health
systems advisor, Helen Keller International
Paul Amuna, consultant, African Nutrition Society;
lecturer, University of Greenwich
Rapporteur
Anu Narayan, deputy director, Strengthening
Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition
Globally (SPRING)
Capacity development has been identified as a
need and challenge in Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
countries. The sustainability of efforts to scale up
nutrition interventions and programming will require
increased in-country capacity at multiple levels and
across sectors. This breakout session will provide
a brief background on challenges and capacity
development needs in SUN countries and will seek to
1. facilitate discussion about which donor support
and civil society investments are needed to
strengthen human capacity for scaling up nutrition
across sectors, particularly in light of existing
national nutrition strategies;
2. develop some consensus around short- and longer-
term capacity development strategies for SUN
countries; and
3. facilitate an interest group to develop country-level
progress on capacity development.
This session will include a short overview of capacity
development issues. Those with expertise in capacity
building then will be invited to speak about tools they
have developed on workforce profiles and human
resource management. There will be an opportunity
for discussion and time in small groups to arrive at
practical recommendations for action. These are
potential discussion questions:
• How well equipped is the nutrition workforce in
countries to accomplish stated goals?
• What is the current level of partnership in the
international nongovernmental organization
community and other sectors to build capacity for
SUN (at country level)?
• What can realistically be achieved in the next
1,000 days? What is the longer-term vision?
n Best Practices: Nutrition-Specific Interventions
Kogod Cradle
Facilitators
Karin Lapping, senior director of nutrition, Save
the Children
Francis Zotor, president, African Nutrition Society
Rapporteur
Sandra Remancus, project director, Food and
Nutrition Technical Assistance, Family Health
International 360
This breakout group will provide an opportunity to
learn about the challenges and successes of scaling up
nutrition-specific interventions at the country level. We
will explore best practices and innovative approaches
to improving nutrition at scale, including examples
of effectively communicating social and behavioral
changes and collaborating across sectors. The session
will begin with a short panel discussion with experts
in the field, including one programmatic expert who
works on nutrition at scale globally and two SUN
country representatives who can draw lessons learned
from their own efforts to scale up nutrition.
Discussion will follow based on participants’
experiences and insights. The goal of this session is
to identify a set of recommendations for scaling up
nutrition-specific interventions over the next 1,000
days. These are potential discussion questions:

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• Which interventions have been able to be scaled up?
• What barriers remain to effective scale up of the
nutrition-specific interventions?
• How can the role of maternal nutrition be
enhanced in the next 1,000 days?
n Best Practices: Nutrition-Sensitive Development
Molly Study 1
Facilitator
Charlotte Dufour, Food & Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Rapporteur
Anna Herforth, independent nutrition consultant
The work of many sectors is important to effectively
prevent malnutrition, given its multiple causes.
Agriculture, water and sanitation, education, health,
social protection, and other factors all have unique
and critical roles. This session will discuss how
interventions from various sectors can be designed to
be nutrition sensitive through a deliberate planning
process—for example by ensuring that nutritionally
vulnerable people are included in the intervention
area. Such planning includes promoting nutrition,
addressing gender dynamics, and ensuring that
pregnant and lactating women have access to time
and resources for proper care of themselves and
their children. Through lightning presentations,
conversation, and small group discussions, this session
will explore issues such as
1. how nutrition sensitive approaches are being
planned and implemented in SUN countries,
2. how interventions can be made nutrition-sensitive, and
3. how policy can support various sectors by creating
incentives beneficial for nutrition.
The session will generate recommendations that build
on the experiences of participants and other available
evidence. These are potential discussion questions:
• How can interventions in various sectors be made
more nutrition-sensitive?
• What are some examples from SUN countries
where multisectoral nutrition policies are
emerging and where programming has been
designed to be nutrition-sensitive?
• What is needed to enable multisectoral work for
nutrition?
n Civil Society’s Role in Advocacy and Monitoring
Progress at National and Global Levels
Molly Study 2
Facilitators
Connell Foley, director of strategy, advocacy, and
learning; Concern Worldwide
Buba Khan, food coordinator, ActionAid, the
Gambia
Rapporteur
Lisa Bos, policy advisor on health and education,
World Vision
Countries are expected to put in place their own
monitoring and evaluation frameworks based on
costed national nutrition plans. In this session, we will
look at what the new SUN monitoring and evaluation
framework means for the SUN Civil Society Network
at the national level, particularly as it relates to how
country-level networks and alliances could interact with
others in support of SUN processes. We will discuss
what type of tracking and monitoring the country-level
Civil Society Alliances could be doing to ensure that
progress is being advocated for and monitored. High-
level advocacy for nutrition has been effective at global
and national levels, resulting in greater commitments
for nutrition. Multiple indices are emerging to assist
with global and national-level monitoring of these
nutrition commitments and subsequent action.
This session will include a short presentation on the
new SUN monitoring and evaluation framework
and various tools and processes for monitoring
progress. Small group discussions will generate
recommendations on how to facilitate both monitoring
and advocacy at the national level. We will identify key
barriers and challenges for local civil society and how
donors and others can support them in monitoring
and evaluation and advocacy. These are potential
discussion questions:
• What are the challenges of monitoring and
tracking progress at the national level? At the
global level?
• How can Civil Society Alliances effectively
monitor progress on SUN costed plans?
• What kinds of advocacy are most effective in
ensuring that plans are effectively implemented
in-country?

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Kaosar Afsana is director of health,
nutrition, and population for the
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Com-
mittee, providing technical support
and policy making in reproductive,
maternal, neonatal, child, and adoles-
cent health and nutrition. Afsana is a
professor at the James P. Grant School
of Public Health, BRAC University. She was awarded the
2011 Woman of Distinction Award from the NGO Com-
mittee on Women’s Status, New York, for her contribu-
tion to maternal health and women’s empowerment.
Afsana earned her medical degree from Harvard— along
with master’s and doctorate degrees in public health from
Edith Cowan University, Australia.
Marie-Pierre Allié is the president
of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
France. Allié worked in South Africa,
Cambodia, and Iran with the organi-
zation before joining the Paris office of
MSF, to oversee programs in Burundi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Sudan, Mali, Niger, Cambodia,
Thailand, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, and China. Allié
went on to work as a public health physician in France
and joined the board of MSF France, from 2004 to 2007,
before rejoining the Paris office as deputy director.
Paul Amuna is a medical doctor, a
registered public health nutritionist,
and a consultant with the UN Food
and Agriculture Organization, provid-
ing training in nutrition education for
Africa. He also works with the World
Health Organization on implement-
ing tools for the management of
nutritional problems in Africa, including severe acute
malnutrition. Amuna has previously served on the Scal-
ing Up Nutrition (SUN) Task Force and is an advocate for
the standardization of nutrition training and workforce
capacity building in Africa to support SUN interventions.
Amuna is principal lecturer at the University of Green-
wich, U.K., where he has designed curricula for post-
graduate training in the management of nutrition related
non-communicable disease and for continuing develop-
ment for field workers in developing countries.
Tom Arnold was recently appointed chairperson of the
Convention on the Irish Constitution. He is a member of
the lead group of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Move-
ment. Previously, Arnold was chief ex-
ecutive officer of Concern Worldwide.
He served as assistant secretary gen-
eral and chief economist in Ireland’s
Department of Agriculture and Food
and on a number of high-level bodies
concerned with hunger, including the
United Nations Millennium Project’s
Hunger Task Force, the Irish Hunger Task Force, the
United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund’s
Advisory Group, and the European Food Security Group.
Arnold earned his master’s degrees from the Catholic
University of Louvain and Trinity College Dublin and
is a graduate in agricultural economics from University
College Dublin.
Philip Barton is the deputy head
of mission at the British Embassy in
Washington, D.C. He has previously
served in a range of countries includ-
ing Venezuela, Gibraltar, Cyprus, and
India. He has also worked as private
secretary to the Prime Minister, first
for John Major and then, following the
election of the new Labour Government in 1997, for Tony
Blair. More recently, Barton has worked extensively on
South and West Asia. In 2008, he became the foreign of-
fice director for South Asia. In September 2009, he moved
to a newly-created post in the U.K.’s Cabinet Office as di-
rector, Afghanistan/Pakistan. In May 2010, following the
creation of the U.K.’s first National Security Council by
Prime Minister Cameron, his role was expanded to cover
all foreign policy issues. Barton earned a master’s degree
in economics from the London School of Economics and
studied economics and politics at Warwick University.
Rev. David Beckmann, president
of Bread for the World and a 2010
World Food Prize laureate, is one
of the foremost U.S. advocates for
hungry and poor people. He has been
president of Bread for the World since
1991, leading large-scale and successful
campaigns to strengthen U.S. politi-
cal commitment to overcome hunger and poverty in the
country and globally. Beckmann is also president of Bread
for the World Institute, which provides policy analysis on
hunger and strategies to end it. He founded and serves as
president of the Alliance to End Hunger, which engages
diverse U.S. institutions—Muslim and Jewish groups, cor-
porations, unions, and universities—in building the politi-
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cal will to end hunger. Prior to joining Bread, Beckmann
worked at the World Bank for 15 years, overseeing large
development projects and driving innovations to make
the bank more effective in reducing poverty. He earned
degrees from Yale University, Christ Seminary, and the
London School of Economics. His latest book is Exodus
from Hunger: We Are Called to Change the Politics of Hunger.
Robert E. Black is the director of
the Institute for International Pro-
grams at the Department of Interna-
tional Health, Johns Hopkins Bloom-
berg School of Public Health. Black
has served as a medical epidemiologist
at the Centers for Disease Control
and has researched childhood infec-
tious diseases and nutritional problems in Bangladesh
and Peru. His research includes micronutrients and other
nutritional interventions, evaluation of health services in
low- and middle-income countries, and the use of evi-
dence in policy and programs. Through his membership
in professional organizations such as the U.S. Institute of
Medicine and advisory groups of the World Health Or-
ganization, he focuses on policies that improve children’s
health.
Martin Bloem is chief for nutrition
and HIV/AIDS policy at the United
Nations World Food Programme.
He holds a medical degree from the
University of Utrecht and a doctor-
ate from the University of Maastricht
and has joint faculty appointments at
both Johns Hopkins University and
Tufts University. Previously, Bloem was the senior vice
president and chief medical officer of Helen Keller Inter-
national. Bloem has participated in task forces convened
by the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition, the UN In-
ternational Children’s Emergency Fund, the U.S. Agency
for International Development, and the World Health
Organization.
Lisa Bos is policy advisor on health
and education at World Vision. She
is responsible for advocacy and gov-
ernment relations duties related to
health programs and education pro-
grams. Bos works within coalitions
and with Capitol Hill to advocate
for federal funding for global health
and education.
Joe Cahalan is the chief executive officer of Concern
Worldwide, U.S. He joined Concern after more than 40
years at the Xerox Corporation, where he held a series of
positions in public affairs and communications. Cahalan
also served as president of the Xerox
Foundation, the philanthropic arm of
the Xerox Corp., which invested $13.5
million in the non-profit sector in 2011.
He has served on the board of trustees
of the Arthur Page Society, the board
of advisors at the Democratic Leader-
ship Council, the board of directors
of the Stamford Center for the Arts, and the Advisory
Council of the Business Committee for the United Na-
tions. Cahalan has also served on the board of Concern
Worldwide, U.S. since 2008.
William Chilufya is the national
coordinator of the Zambia Civil Soci-
ety Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance. He
provides leadership on the Alliance’s
advocacy agenda in Zambia, ensuring
that civil society’s concerns are con-
sidered and urging the government,
members of parliament, donors, and
other key stakeholders to take action to scale up nutri-
tion. Chilufya provides overall direction on implementing
programs that will result in a Zambia where every child
is assured of sufficient nutrition through strengthened pol-
icy, financial commitment, and adequate implementation.
Chilufya is currently working toward a master’s degree in
development studies at the University of the Free States,
Bloemfontein, South Africa. His research is on malnutri-
tion in Zambia’s young children and its implications for
development planning.
John Coonrod is the executive vice
president of The Hunger Project,
where he is responsible for research
and advocacy and programs in South
Asia and Latin America. He works
closely with the president and chief
executive officer on all aspects of
strategy, including programs, fundrais-
ing, and communications. Coonrod serves as co-chair
of InterAction’s Food Security and Agriculture working
group and as advisor and board member to a number of
emerging international nongovernmental organizations.
Joe Costello minister of state for trade
and development at the Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland, with
responsibility for Trade and Develop-
ment. Minister Costello was first elected
to Seanad Éireann (the Senate, or upper
chamber, of the Irish Parliament) in
1989 and has served since then in the
Seanad Eireann or the Dáil Eireann (the House of Repre-
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1997 to 2002, he was leader of the Labour Seanad Group.
Since 2002, he has served in the Dail Eireann.
Carmel Dolan is the technical
director of the Emergency Nutrition
Network Study. She has more than
30 years’ experience in the nutri-
tion sector, starting in the mid-1980s
working in famine relief in Sudan and
Ethiopia. She also worked with the
U.K. Department for International
Development in Tanzania on a multi-sectoral nutrition
program. Dolan was a founder of NutritionWorks and
has remained a senior partner, working on numerous
nutrition policy and program development and technical
reviews with governments, donors, and nongovernmental
organizations in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Charlotte Dufour is food security, nutrition, and liveli-
hoods officer at the UN Food and Agricultural Organi-
zation (FAO) and is working on the project Supporting
Food Security, Nutrition, and Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Prior to this, Dufour spent ten years working on
nutrition and food security in Afghanistan with Accion
Contre la Faim, Groupe URD, FAO, the Afghan Ministry
of Agriculture, the Ministry of Public Health, and other
development partners. She holds a bachelor’s degree in
human sciences from Oxford University and a master’s
degree in public health nutrition from the London School
of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Connell Foley is the director of
strategy, advocacy, and learning at
Concern Worldwide, where he is re-
sponsible for learning and innovation,
program quality, technical support, or-
ganizational policy and strategy, and
global advocacy. He has been with
Concern since 1998 and has provided
technical support on capacity building, partnerships,
and development strategy in more than 20 developing
countries.
Anne Lynam Goddard is presi-
dent and chief executive officer of
ChildFund International, a global
child development organization dedi-
cated to helping vulnerable children
living in poverty have the capacity
and opportunity to thrive and bring
positive change to their communities.
As president, Goddard is focused on leading a strategy
that expands and deepens ChildFund’s efforts across the
globe. Through her leadership, ChildFund has helped
to enhance the lives of children and communities on five
continents, working to improve children’s health, educa-
tion, and economic conditions and opportunity. She led
the organization’s rebranding, which strategically aligned
the organization as a member of the ChildFund Alliance
to better serve vulnerable children around the world.
After earning a master’s degree in public health, Goddard
went on to live and work overseas for almost 20 years in
Somalia, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Egypt.
Vincent Gray is the sixth elected
mayor of the District of Columbia. A
native Washingtonian, Mayor Gray
grew up in a one-bedroom apartment
at 6th and L Streets, NE. He gradu-
ated at the age of 16 from Dunbar
High School and studied psychology
at The George Washington University
(GWU) at both the undergraduate and graduate school
levels. While at GWU, he became the first African-Ameri-
can admitted in the fraternity system. Gray’s professional
career includes work for the Arc of D.C.; the Department
of Human Services; and Covenant House Washington, an
international, faith-based organization dedicated to serv-
ing homeless and at-risk youth.
Ambassador Tony Hall is the
executive director of the Alliance
to End Hunger. Nominated three
times for the Nobel Peace Prize for
his humanitarian and hunger related
work, he served as the United States
Ambassador to the United Nations
Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
Prior to his diplomatic service, Hall
represented the Third District of Ohio in the U.S. Con-
gress for almost twenty-four years. He founded the Con-
gressional Friends of Human Rights Monitors, founded
and chaired the Congressional Hunger Center and is a
founding member of the Select Committee on Hunger,
where he served as chairman from 1989 to 1993. As
director of the Alliance to End Hunger, he leads the
organization’s work in engaging diverse institutions in
building the public and political will to end hunger at
home and abroad.
The Hon. Highvie H.
Hamududu is a member of Zam-
bia’s Parliament and chairs the Par-
liamentary Committee on Estimates
of the National Assembly. Previ-
ously, he was a lecturer in economics
at the Institute of Higher Education,
Windhoek, Namibia. He earned his
bachelor’s degree in economics and demography from
the University of Zambia in 1993 and has also worked
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Keith Hansen is the World Bank’s
acting vice president and head of net-
work for human development, which
comprises education, health, nutrition,
population, social protection, and
labor. Hansen is also the sector direc-
tor for human development in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC),
where he is responsible for the Bank’s overall strategy,
analysis, and policy advice and oversees a portfolio of
more than 75 projects in 25 countries, largely aimed at
helping LAC countries achieve Millennium Development
Goals. He holds graduate degrees in development from
Princeton and in law from Stanford.
Anna Herforth is a consultant specializing in nutrition
as a multisectoral issue related to agriculture and the envi-
ronment. She consults for the World Bank, the UN Food
and Agriculture Organization, and USAID’s SPRING
project. She has worked with universities, nonprofit orga-
nizations, agencies of the United Nations and the Consul-
tative Group on International Agricultural Research on
nutrition policy and programs in Africa, South Asia, and
Latin America. She holds a doctoral degree from Cor-
nell University in international nutrition with a minor in
international agriculture, a master’s degree in Food Policy
from Tufts Friedman School, and a bachelor’s degree in
plant science from Cornell University.
Kent Hill is senior vice president of
the International Programs Group at
World Vision. He collaborates with
the international partnership of World
Vision to help facilitate the overseas
allocation of resources from govern-
ment grants, corporate donated goods,
and individual donors. Previously, Hill
served as assistant administrator of Europe and Eurasia
at the U.S. Agency for International Development (US-
AID), and was responsible for U.S. foreign assistance to 26
countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
He has extensive experience with multiple U.S. govern-
ment departments and agencies, international assistance
agencies from other countries, and hundreds of U.S. and
international nongovernmental organizations, including
faith-based organizations. He received a master’s degree
in Russian studies and a doctorate
degree in history from the University
of Washington.
Buba Khan is food coordinator at
ActionAid, the Gambia. He is an agri-
culturist by training with experience in
civil society mobilization, networking,
and lobbying. In his advocacy work
with ActionAid, he has planned, led, and implemented a
number of national campaigns on women’s access to land,
opposition to land grabs, and strengthening African agricul-
ture. Khan has worked closely with vulnerable communities
across the African Union to assert their rights and insure
citizen participation in the implementation of the Compre-
hensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme.
Rigoberto Oladiran Ladikpo is
the executive secretary of the Profes-
sional Association of Vegetable Oil In-
dustries for the West Africa Economic
Monetary Union. He was appointed
as minister of industries and of small
and medium size enterprises of the
Republic of Benin in 1991. He was also
a member of the board of governors for World Bank. He
spent a significant part of his professional life lecturing
in distinguished universities in Nigeria and Switzerland
and was a Trade Unions Leader. Ladikpo now devotes
his time to ensuring that all the member industries of his
professional association add vitamin A to vegetable oil to
improve child survival and reduce morbidity and mortal-
ity in vulnerable population groups of West Africa.
Karin Lapping is the senior direc-
tor of nutrition at Save the Children.
She has 14 years of experience in
international nutrition, including nu-
trition program assistant in Pakistan,
global coordinator for Positive Devi-
ance informed programs, nutrition-
ist on emergency response teams in
Ethiopia and Darfur, and Viet Nam Country Coordinator
for the Mainstreaming Nutrition Initiative and Asia Area
Nutrition Advisor for Save the Children. Lapping holds a
master’s degree in public health from Emory University
in infectious disease and a doctorate in Food Policy and
Applied Nutrition from the Friedman School.
Wilbald Lorri is personal advisor
on nutrition issues to His Excellency
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, president
of the United Republic of Tanzania.
Lorri worked for more than 25 years
at the Tanzania Food and Nutrition
Centre, a multidisciplinary institute,
including nine years as its managing
director. He also worked as coordinator of the Tanzania/
Japan Food Aid Counterpart Fund, which finances food
security and poverty alleviation projects. Lorri earned a
doctorate degree in food science from Chalmers Universi-
ty of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and a master’s
degree in food science and technology from Agricultural
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Cassim Masi is the executive direc-
tor of the National Food and Nutrition
Council of Zambia (NFNC). The man-
date of NFNC, a semi-autonomous
corporate body under the Ministry of
Health, is to enhance the optimal food
and nutritional status of the Zambian
population. NFNC is the focal point
for SUN designated by the Government of Zambia. As
director, Masi has played a critical role in moving Zambia
to be an active member of SUN since its early stages in
2011. Most recently, he galvanized government support
to launch the National First 1,000 Most Critical Days
Program in April 2013. Masi has more than 20 years of
experience managing projects in sustainable agriculture,
food security and livelihoods, health, and HIV/AIDS.
Prior to joining NFNC, Masi worked for the Ministry of
Agriculture, Ministry of Tourism and Environment, and
World Vision Zambia. Masi holds a doctorate degree in
agronomy from the University of Nebraska.
Layla McCay is senior manager
for policy and advocacy at the Global
Alliance for Improved Nutrition and
visiting scholar at Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health.
McCay has worked as clinical advisor
to the World Health Organization in
Geneva, and to the British Govern-
ment. She has been assistant medical director for Bupa,
and director for Basic Needs. She’s conducted health
services research at Glasgow, Osaka, Harvard, and John
Hopkins School of Public Health, and has published in
journals including the Lancet and BMJ.
Ivan Mendoza is director of the
Guatemalan Secretariat for Food and
Nutrition Security. Previously, he
was project coordinator for a United
Nations and USAID program. He
also served as general manager of the
Ministry of Health, Food Security, and
Nutrition Program. Mendoza has also
worked as a faculty vice dean, a monitoring and evalua-
tion coordinator, and a medical officer at the Instituto de
Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá.
Carolyn S. Miles is president and
chief executive officer for Save the
Children, which has served more than
85 million children in 120 countries
around the world. Miles was previ-
ously chief operating office for Save
the Children, during which time the
organization doubled the number of
children it reached with nutrition, health, education, and
other programs. She has served on numerous boards,
including Blackbaud, InterAction, USGLC, the Modern-
izing Foreign Assistance Network, and the University of
Virginia’s Darden School of Business, where she received
her master’s degree in business administration.
David Nabarro is special represen-
tative of the UN Secretary General
for Food Security and Nutrition and
is coordinator of the SUN Movement.
He has worked in child health and
nutrition in Iraq, South Asia, and East
Africa. He has also served as chief
health and population adviser and
director for Human Development in the U.K. Department
for International Development. At the World Health
Organization he led Roll Back Malaria and Health Action
in Crises. In 2005 Dr Nabarro became Senior Coordina-
tor for Avian and Pandemic Influenza and in 2009 was
appointed coordinator of the UN’s High Level Task Force
on Global Food Security.
Anu Narayan is the deputy direc-
tor of Strengthening Partnerships,
Results, and Innovation in Nutrition
Gobally (SPRING). She has over 14
years of experience working with
nongovernmental organizations
and academia on nutrition and food
security in Africa, Asia and Latin
America. Prior to joining SPRING, Narayan was Helen
Keller International’s deputy regional director for Africa,
where she oversaw a broad program portfolio in nutrition,
neglected tropical diseases, and eye health strategies. She
has solid technical knowledge of infant and young child
feeding, micronutrients, women’s nutrition, and HIV/
AIDS, as well as experience working on gender-sensitive
agricultural and food security programs.
Rose Ndolo is the national nutrition
coordinator of World Vision, Kenya.
She chairs the interagency nutrition
response advisory group in Kenya,
and has worked in emergency, devel-
opment, and advocacy aspects of nutri-
tion with CARE, Save the Children,
and World Vision. Ndolo was active in
developing Kenya’s National Nutrition Action Plan 2012-
2017, and in planning a national Scaling Up Nutrition
symposium in November 2012.
Joyce Ngegba is program and advocacy manager of
the Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania, a 300-mem-
ber network of civil society organizations. She has
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health, and development with both
local and international civic society
organizations. Ngegba earned a
master’s degree in human nutrition
and a bachelor’s degree in home eco-
nomics and human nutrition from
Sokoine University of Agriculture,
Morogoro, Tanzania.
His Excellency Elkanah Odem-
bo is the ambassador of the Republic
of Kenya to the United States. Previ-
ously he served as the Kenyan ambas-
sador to France. H.E. Odembo has
held senior level positions at philan-
thropic and non-governmental organi-
zations in East Africa for two decades.
Advocating for human rights and social Justice has always
been at the core of his work. He was the founding direc-
tor of Ufadhili Trust, a Nairobi based organization that
promotes philanthropy and the use of local resources for
social development, especially through corporate social
responsibility, cross-sector partnerships, technical as-
sistance, and policy research. H.E. Odembo earned his
bachelor’s degree in biology from Bowdoin College in
Maine and his master’s degree in public health from the
University of Texas.
Juan Carlos Paiz is Guatemala’s
presidential commissioner for com-
petitiveness, investment, and Millen-
nium Challenge Corporation. He is co-
founder and president of Pani-Fresh,
an industrial bakery that exports to 20
Latin American countries, and is for-
mer president for McDonald’s Supply
Chain Latin-American Counsel. Paiz has been a profes-
sor of economics at Universidad Francisco Marroquín
and is regional director for Central America and Haiti
for the Dutch cooperation agency ICCO. He cofounded
and became President of the Fundación Proyecto de Vida
“GuateAmala,” which coordinated community activities
that empowered citizens.
Rajul Pandya-Lorch is head of the
2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture,
and the Environment Initiative at the
International Food Policy Research In-
stitute (IFPRI). She also manages the
IFPRI Environment Initiative, a global
project that identifies solutions for
meeting world food needs while reduc-
ing poverty and protecting the environment. She recently
led a major project, “Millions Fed: Proven Successes
in Agricultural Development,” which documents poli-
cies, programs, and investments that have significantly
reduced hunger. Pandya-Lorch earned a master’s degree
in public and international affairs from Princeton and a
bachelor’s degree in economics from Wellesley College.
Sandra Remancus is the project director of Food and
Nutrition Technical Assistance at Family Health Inter-
national 360. She has more than 25 years of experience
related to maternal and child health and nutrition; food
security; HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support; repro-
ductive health; and project management. She previously
worked in West Africa with the U.S. Department of State’s
Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration and US-
AID’s Family Health and AIDS Project. Remancus also
worked as a Food Program Specialist with the USDA’s
Food and Nutrition Service and was a fisheries volunteer
with the U.S. Peace Corps in the Democratic Republic of
Congo. She has a master’s degree from the Tufts Univer-
sity Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
Rajiv Shah serves as the 16th
Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development
(USAID) and leads the efforts of more
than 8,000 professionals in 80 mis-
sions around the world. Since taking
on the role in January 2010, Shah has
managed the U.S. response to the 2010
earthquake in Port-au-Prince, co-chaired the State Depart-
ment’s first-ever review of American diplomacy and devel-
opment operations, and now spearheads President Barack
Obama’s landmark Feed the Future food security initia-
tive. He is also leading USAID Forward, an extensive set
of reforms to USAID’s business model around seven key
areas, including procurement, science and technology,
and monitoring and evaluation.
Harouna Souley is the president of FORSANI (Niger
Health Forum), a Nigerien nongovernmental organiza-
tion that he founded in 2004, along with other physicians,
to improve healthcare for the most vulnerable popula-
tions. FORSANI runs a large nutrition project in south
Niger. One of its main activities has been the develop-
ment of a training platform to respond to the acute need
for medical professionals trained in child malnutrition.
In collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine in Niamey,
Souley has trained health workers in the implementation
of community-based management of acute malnutrition.
Souley was involved in the launch of the Nigerien Civil
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Kathy Spahn is president and
chief executive officer of Helen
Keller International, which is saving
sight and lives in 22 countries. She
has also served as president and ex-
ecutive director of ORBIS Interna-
tional, a global nonprofit dedicated
to the prevention and treatment of
blindness in the developing world, and as executive
director of God’s Love We Deliver, a New York-based
AIDS service organization dedicated to combating
malnutrition and hunger among people living with
HIV/AIDS. She recently concluded a term as board
chair of InterAction and currently serves on its execu-
tive committee.
Lucy Martinez Sullivan is
executive director of 1,000 Days—a
partnership that champions action
and investment to improve nutri-
tion during the critical 1,000 days
between a woman’s pregnancy and
her child’s second birthday—as a way
to achieve greater progress in global
health and development. Prior to joining 1,000 Days,
Sullivan served as executive director at CCS, a philan-
thropic advisory firm, working with clients such as the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wildlife Conser-
vation Society, and the UN Foundation. Sullivan holds
a master’s degree in business administration from the
Wharton School of Business and a bachelor’s degree
with distinction from the University of Florida.
Manisha Tharaney is the nutri-
tion policy and health systems advi-
sor for Helen Keller International.
She started her work in primary
health care in India and continued
to work at all levels of the health
system, from community to district
to national. From 2004 to 2007,
Tharaney served as a country manager at Helen Keller
International’s office in Tanzania, where she man-
aged the micronutrient programs under two USAID
flagship projects, MOST and A2Z. Having recently
earned her doctorate degree in international health
systems, she is focusing on combining her expertise on
systems strengthening with nutrition programming.
Tharaney is currently serving as the policy and health
systems technical advisor at Strengthening Partner-
ships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally
(SPRING).
Roger Thurow is a fellow for ONE
and senior fellow for global agricul-
ture and food policy at The Chicago
Council on Global Affairs. Thurow
served as a Wall Street Journal for-
eign correspondent in Europe and
Africa for 20 years. In 2003, he and
Journal colleague Scott Kilman wrote
a series on famine in Africa that was a finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. In 2009, they
were awarded both Action Against Hunger’s Humani-
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award. He is the author of The Last Hunger Season: A Year
in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, and,
with Scott Kilman, ENOUGH: Why the World’s Poorest
Starve in an Age of Plenty.
Neil Watkins is program officer on
the program advocacy team at the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,
where he focuses on nutrition and its
linkages with agriculture. He man-
ages a portfolio of grants for nutri-
tion and agriculture advocacy and
recently led the development of the
foundation’s first nutrition advocacy strategy. Previous-
ly, Watkins served as director of policy and campaigns
at ActionAid USA, an international anti-poverty agency
working in nearly 50 countries. Watkins was also execu-
tive director of the Jubilee USA Network, an alliance of
more than 75 faith-based organizations, development
agencies, and human rights groups advocating for debt
relief and just global economic policies.
Sam Worthington is president
and chief executive officer of Inter-
Action, the nation’s largest alliance
of nongovernmental organizations
working to decrease poverty and
hunger, uphold human rights,
safeguard a sustainable planet, and
ensure human dignity for poor and
vulnerable populations. Worthington’s advisory roles
include the Inter-Agency Standing Committee at the
United Nations, the Advisory Council for Voluntary
Foreign Assistance at USAID, and the Council on
Foreign Relations. He sits on the boards of the Alliance
to End Hunger, CIVICUS, and Religions for Peace. He
was a founding board member of the ONE Campaign
and served on the steering committee of the NGO
Leadership Forum at Harvard.
Francis B. Zotor is a registered
public health nutritionist and a fel-
low of the Higher Education Acad-
emy of Great Britain & Ireland. He is
a member of the Scaling Up Nutri-
tion Civil Society Steering Commit-
tee Network. Zotor is the current
president and a trustee of the Afri-
can Nutrition Society, the leading movement promoting
the nutrition agenda across Africa. He recently joined
the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho,
Ghana, as a senior academic to help strengthen teach-
ing and research capacity within the School of Public
Health. Previously, he was a senior lecturer at the Uni-
versity of Greenwich, U.K., and recently spent a year as
a researcher at the University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada.

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Bread forthe World
WHO
Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation’s
decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. By changing policies,
programs, and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, we
provide help and opportunity far beyond the communities where we live.
WHY
God’s grace in Jesus Christ moves us to help our neighbors, whether they
live in the next house, in the next state, or on the next continent. Food is a
basic need, and it is unjust that so many people do not have enough to eat.
We can end hunger in our time. Everyone, including our government, must work together. With the stroke of a
pen, policies are made that redirect millions of dollars and affect millions of lives. By making our voices heard in
Congress, we make our nation’s laws more fair and compassionate to people in need.
HOW
Bread for the World members write personal letters and email messages and call their representatives in
Congress. We also meet with our representatives, either in their local offices or in Congress. Working through our
churches, campuses, and other organizations, we engage more people in advocacy. Each year, Bread for the World
invites churches across the country to take up a nationwide Offering of Letters to Congress on an issue that is
important to hungry people.
Bread for the World has two affiliate organizations. Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on
hunger and strategies to end it. The Alliance to End Hunger engages diverse institutions in building the political
commitment needed to end hunger at home and abroad. Hunger is not a partisan issue, and Bread for the World
works in a nonpartisan way. It enjoys the support of many different Christian denominations, church agencies,
and local congregations. Bread for the World also collaborates with other organizations to build the political
commitment needed to overcome hunger and poverty.
WHAT
Bread for the World has a remarkable record of success in Congress, often winning far-reaching victories despite
the partisan gridlock. In 2012, for example, members of Bread for the World were influential in seeing that
Congress made no major cuts to programs for hungry and poor people, despite continued budget threats. Bread
members also convinced Congress to extend tax credits for low-income people in 2012.
Bread for the World is now urging advocates to write letters to Congress to ensure adequate funding for programs
that help hungry and poor people. We are also asking advocates to sign our petition to President Barack Obama
asking him to work with Congress on a plan to end hunger. Your letters and signature are needed.

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Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental,
international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the
reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate
elimination of extreme poverty and hunger in the world’s
poorest countries. Founded in 1968, Concern World-
wide—through its work in emergencies and long-term
development—has saved countless lives, relieved suffering
and provided opportunities for a better standard of living
for millions of people. We have more than 3,200 personnel
working in 25 countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
Concern works in partnership with local
organisations and people in their own
communities to develop practical and lasting
solutions to extreme poverty. We target the
root causes of poverty and hunger and
empower people to meet their basic sur-
vival needs and gain a voice in deci-
sions that affect them. Our emergency
response and long-term development
programs focus on education; food,
income and markets; health; HIV and
AIDS, and emergency response.
We use our knowledge and experience on the ground
to influence policy decisions at the local, national and
international level, thus ensuring that we have the greatest
possible impact on the lives of the world’s poorest people.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
52-55 Lower Camden Street,
Dublin 2
T +353 1 417 7700
F +353 1 475 7362
E info@concern.net
ENGLAND AND WALES
13/14 Calico House
Clove Hitch Quay
London SW11 3TN
T +44 207 801 1850
F +44 207 223 5082
E londoninfo@concern.net
USA
355 Lexington Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017
T +1 212 557 8000
F +1 212 557 8004
E info@concern.net
Our Vision A world where no-one lives
in poverty, fear or oppression; where all have access
to a decent standard of living and the opportunities
and choices essential to a long, healthy and creative
life; a world where everyone is treated with dignity
and respect.
Our Mission Our mission is to help
people living in extreme poverty achieve major
improvements in their lives which last and spread
without ongoing support from Concern.
www.concernworldwide.org

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partners
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Rather than look at the challenges that people face by region we identify challenges that
can be tackled on a global level. We work with partners that can help to affect change
globally, and then scale solutions to a local level.
www.gatesfoundation.org
Save the Children
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in
the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world.
www.savethechildren.org
Helen Keller International
Our mission is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
We combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing
programs based on evidence and research in vision, health, and nutrition.
www.hki.org
Results for Development Institute
Results for Development Institute is a non-profit organization whose mission is to
unlock solutions to tough development challenges that prevent people in low- and
middle-income countries from realizing their full potential.
www.resultsfordevelopment.org
Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network Secretariat
The Civil Society Network is made up of national and international organizations
working in various areas including: farmers, fisherfolk, human rights defenders,
women’s groups, humanitarian and aid assistance agencies, research entities, consumer
groups, trade unions and many others. The primary purpose of the Network is to align
the strategies, efforts and resources of civil society with country plans for scaling up
nutrition within the SUN Framework.
www.scalingupnutrition.org
1,000 Days Partnership
The 1,000 Days Partnership promotes targeted action and investment to improve
nutrition for mothers and young children during the critical 1,000 days from pregnancy
to age 2, when better nutrition can have a lifelong impact on a child’s future and help
break the cycle of poverty.
www.thousanddays.org
Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger saves the lives of severely malnourished children and helps
vulnerable communities become self-sufficient.
www.actionagainsthunger.org

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Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
GAIN’s mission is to reduce malnutrition through sustainable strategies aimed at
improving the health and nutrition of populations at risk.
www.gainhealth.org
ONE Campaign
ONE is a grassroots campaign of more than 3 million people committed to the fight
against extreme poverty and preventable diseases.
www.one.org/us
World Vision
World Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with
children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full potential by
tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
www.worldvision.org
ChildFund International
ChildFund International is inspired and driven by the potential that is inherent in all
children: the potential not only to survive but to thrive, to become leaders who bring
positive change for those around them.
www.childfund.org
Church World Service (CWS)
CWS works with partners to eradicate hunger and poverty and to promote peace and
justice around the world.
www.cwsglobal.org
International Medical Corps
International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated
to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and
development programs.
www.internationalmedicalcorps.org
World Food Program USA (WFP USA)
World Food Program USA is a nonprofit organization that builds support in the United
States to end global hunger. WFP USA engages individuals and organizations, shapes
public policy and generates resources for the United Nations World Food Programme
and other hunger relief operations.
usa.wfp.org

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