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For the past 15 years — working in partnership with the people and leaders of Benin, Burkina-Faso, Ghana, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal and Uganda — The Hunger Project has developed a replicable, affordable, bottom-up methodology that has proven successful for achieving all eight Millennium Development Goals on a sustainable basis in rural Africa. It addresses social barriers for development – gender inequality and the mindset of resignation and dependency – by mobilising the local population to develop the physical infrastructure and local institutions to meet basic needs in the areas of health, education, food security, finance, income generation and water and sanitation.

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    The “epicentre strategy" creates dynamic centres for community action to meet basic needs, and focal points for effectively linking people to government resources. It emphasises the mobilisation of local resources, community leadership and income-generating activities to build self-reliance from the start. Through four clearly articulated phases over five years, it takes people from abject poverty to self-reliance at a cost of £4 per person per year. 1.The purpose of phase one is for villagers to create a vision of a future free from hunger, commit to realise their vision, and inspire and organise people to take self-reliant action. 2.During phase two the cluster of villages works together and constructs its epicentre building which houses a health centre, food bank, credit union, library, community meeting hall, preschool, classrooms and food-processing equipment. 3.In phase three the people in the epicentre make progress on all fronts (health, education, income generation etc) 4.Epicentre achieves self-reliance. People are successful authors of their own development. Women have equal leadership with men, and are key economic players. People have reliable health care near their homes. People are adequately nourished, and successfully manage their own food security through the community food bank. Both women and men are involved in halting dangerous practices and transforming the traditional gender roles that spread HIV/AIDS.

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