Fwfp House Subcommittee On Africa

For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Contact: Maria Reppas (202) 530-1694 ext. 111 [email protected]

ADVISORY****

HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA AND GLOBAL HEALTH CONVENES TO DISCUSS U.S. GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY Hearing to Focus on the Obama Administration’s Global Strategy and Recommendations WHAT:

The Obama administration announced its plan for global hunger alleviation and improved food security. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health will hold a hearing, “A Call to Action on Food Security: A Progress Report on the Administration’s Global Strategy” to discuss the administration’s initiative and gather key recommendations for further developing and implementing the plan.

WHO:

Witnesses* include: Dr. Helene Gayle, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE Julie Howard, Ph.D., Executive Director, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa Richard Leach, Senior Advisor for Public Policy, Friends of the World Food Program Thomas Melito, Director, International Affairs and Trade Team, United States Government Accountability Office (GAO)

WHEN:

Thursday, October 29, 2009, 9:30 AM

WHERE:

Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

ABOUT:

Friends of WFP is a U.S.-based, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that focuses on building support in the United States for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and other hunger relief operations. Friends of WFP unites organizations and individuals committed to solving world hunger. Our education, advocacy and fundraising efforts in the United States support WFP’s life-saving global food assistance and development programs. For more information, visit www.friendsofwfp.org.

* Witnesses may be added.