FROM THE FIELD
ActionAid's HungerFree campaign marked World Food Day on 16th October by handing in maize seeds from Uganda to No 10 Downing Street. From Uganda to London
The maize came from Leya Chede - a smallholder farmer from Pallisa in eastern Uganda -
who once suffered from terrible hunger, but who's now thriving (and sending her children to school), thanks to a community seed bank, which she helped set up with a local ActionAid partner. While her maize seed was being handed over in London, Leya Cheda was campaigning in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, with hundreds of poor women rural community members.She handed over a
petition from them and other groups to a prominent Parliamentarian working on food and hunger, Wonekhol Oliver. The Ambassadors' receptions Besides carrying out
HungerFree campaign actions in 26 countries last Friday - from Brazil to Senegal - ActionAid released Who's Really
Fighting Hunger. The report ranks 51 countries in their efforts in fighting hunger, and the results were handed in to
national ambassadors on the day. You can see how our team were received in their live photo blog.Read the BBC's coverage on our findings. Take action now! [ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]
