Subject: Fwd: From Hunger to Hope in Ecuador with WFP
From: "Blum, Jonathan" <[email-masked]>
To: "Rick Leach" <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:22:02 +0000

FYI.  Best, JB

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From: Yum Communications Network <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: September 25, 2015 at 3:46:59 PM EDT
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Subject: From Hunger to Hope in Ecuador with WFP

From Hunger to Hope in Ecuador with WFP
I recently returned from a WFP mission trip in Ecuador, where I saw first-hand the outstanding work the WFP is doing in that country. As you may know, Ecuador is a middle income country. Of a population just under 15 million people, the country is affected by recurrent natural disasters.  The prevalence of anemia in infants under 12 months is 62%, and 30-40% of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition. Nearly 40% of the entire population lives in poverty, reaching as high as 72% in rural areas.

With that bleak background, you might wonder how this visit could have been uplifting for me, but it was. I was accompanied on this trip by Christina Aguilera, the WFP and Yum! Global Ambassador for World Hunger Relief. We visited a refugee family's home, where five people lived in a very small single room with no running water. Yet this family was grateful for the assistance provided by the WFP. You see, they fled Columbia, where members of the wife's family had been murdered by a paramilitary group who slaughter anyone unwilling to pay drug lords for the privilege of survival. This family was told they would be murdered next if they didn't pay up, so they fled the border and began a new life in Ecuador, happy for the opportunity to work as day laborers and enjoy nutritious food provided by the WFP.

Next we visited two schools, where the WFP school feeding program oftentimes provides the only nutritious meal these children enjoy in the day. Many of the kids walk for 2-3 hours to get to their school. As you can see in these pictures, we saw happy kids who are thriving and able to grow normally and become meaningful members of their community thanks to the sustenance provided by the WFP. When you see all the good the WFP is doing, and you realize how fortunate each of us is to live in an environment in which the water runs, electricity works and food is available, you can't help but feel blessed to work for a company such as Yum! that has such a huge heart, helping those who can't help themselves.

It's our privilege and responsibility to help people like I saw in Ecuador move from hunger to hope. As we enter our World Hunger Relief effort this year, I thank you in advance for all you are doing to make the world a little better than we found it. Giving back and helping those in need is a legacy we can pass along to all those who will follow in our footsteps in the years to come.

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