Subject: Roadmap
From: "Rick Leach" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Samuel \"Sandy\" Berger" <[email-masked]>, "Dan Glickman" <[email-masked]>, "Randy Russell" <[email-masked]>, "Dr. Derek Yach" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Shannon Hiskey" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 19:26:23 -0400

TO:        Public Policy Working Group
FR:         Rick
DT:         May 8, 2012
RE:         Draft Roadmap to End Global Hunger

Please find attached, the final draft of the Roadmap for Continued US Leadership to End Global Hunger.  As you know, WFP USA led the effort over the last 6 months among leading NGOs to develop this document.  The Roadmap describes the comprehensive strategy required to increase global food security (including emergency response, nutrition, safety net and agricultural development programs), reviews progress achieved over the last three years towards the goals set forth in the original Roadmap, and offers recommendations to enhance the effectiveness of US food security programs.  In addition to identifying steps that can be taken to enhance the effectiveness  of US food security operations, the Roadmap provides a basis for legislation to institutionalize the administration's overall food security strategy (and authorize the "coordination mechanism" that we've discussed) and to further mobilize support for the 2013 appropriations.

Our core partners - Bread for the World, Congressional Hunger Center, CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, Save the Children and Women Thrive Worldwide - have endorsed the Roadmap and we will begin the process of engaging other NGOs later this week.  We expect to officially launch the Roadmap in mid June.

Thanks again for your support and commitment to alleviating global hunger.

All the Best,
Rick

Richard Leach
President & CEO

World Food Program USA
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Washington, DC 20036
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