Currently, there are 821.6 million people who are suffering from undernourishment in impoverished areas. The millions of starving people come from developing countries, such as Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. With such high numbers of people living in developing countries, The Borgen Project is one of many non-profit organizations combating to end world hunger and support developing countries. One of many ways to empower people to ensure extreme poverty reduction continues is to follow the results-driven strategies of The Borgen Project ran by the President, Clint Borgen.
What makes The Borgen Project stand out from other non-profits focused on ending global poverty? Well, The Borgen Project advocates, mobilizes, educates, and builds global awareness of world issues and innovations to stop extreme poverty. This organization believes that the only way to execute and reduce world poverty and hunger is to meet with U.S. congressional leaders to obtain assistance for pivotal indigence legislation. According to the Chief of Staff, Lynsey Alexander, internship opportunities require and obligate its interns to call, email, and meet with local senators to push poverty-reducing legislation. Lynsey Alexander held a conference call answering questions about the work The Borgen Project is doing from the ground level, and she said:
"Each internship position pushes to vocalize and update what’s going on in these third-world countries. For example, journalism interns may write and publish to The Blog and The Borgen Magazine, but they get political by writing, emailing, lobbying, bird-dogging, contacting, and sending videos to congressional leaders seeking action on a bill."
Meeting with local legislators on the ground level is what made The Borgen Project a success regarding legislation. The bills passed recently are the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act, Global Health Innovation Act, Pepfar Extension Act, Build Act,AGOA & MCA Modernization.
Recently, The Borgen Project has conducted 774 congressional meetings while empowering
31, 084 people to volunteer and intern to continue to pursue their mission statement. Will you be the next helping hand? If you are seeking to volunteer or intern for The Borgen Project, email resumes to hr@borgenproject.org. Or, donate a one-time or monthly donation to the cause.