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Business leaders to launch National Council of the Business Alliance Against Chronic Hunger

02 Jun '06
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In discussions at the World Economic Forum on Africa, participating companies discussed specific actions they can take in the Siaya district in the near term. They will evaluate the business case for both local entrepreneurs and larger-scale companies to engage in these opportunities before convening in Nairobi in early September.

The Alliance will collaborate with the Millennium Villages Project, led by economist Jeffrey Sachs, which is working with a group of villages in the district to boost food production, improve health, water and education access as part of a ten-country effort to help communities meet the Millennium Development Goals.

Technoserve, a US-based non-profit group specializing in small-scale business development, will also be a core partner in the effort.

The Business Alliance will seek out additional corporate participants, including both Kenyan and multinational companies, to help meet specific needs in the district.

"The World Economic Forum is proud to have played a key role in the formation of the Business Alliance Against Chronic Hunger, and looks forward to supporting the Council and catalysing action through its networks, knowledge and convening capacities," said Jean-Pierre Rosso, Chairman of the Centre for Global Industries at the Forum.

The Business Alliance marks the outcome of a year-long series of meetings and analyses facilitated by the Forum to define the role of business in reducing chronic hunger.

At the Forum's Annual Meeting 2006 in Davos, business and public leaders presented a joint action plan to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who pledged United Nations support for the initiative.

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