Make a video about hunger and you and a friend could find yourselves on a fast track to one of the world’s Hunger Hotspots to witness firsthand a WFP relief programme.
The World Food Programme calls on students, would-be filmmakers and any other interested folks in the web universe to put their creativity towards raising awareness about hunger through a unique, international competition - the best short video about ‘byting’ global hunger.
"For those of us doing the day-in, day-out backbreaking work of getting food to hungry people, it’s sometimes discouraging how few people understand that hunger stalks and kills a child every five seconds," said Nancy Roman, WFP Director Communications and Public Policy Strategy, admitting that this competition, called Hunger Bytes , is a bold attempt to raise urgent attention about an often ignored crisis.
To enter the contest, videos are submitted to WFP. The five most compelling clips, between 30 to 60 seconds in length, will then be let loose on the web through YouTube.
Competitors can increase their chances of winning by sharing the link with friends and online communities such as Facebook, MySpace and through blogs. The video that gets the most views by World Food Day - October 16, 2008 - will win.
Already students in universities are showing interest, including Universities Fighting World Hunger - a coalition of 63 universities and colleges working to raise awareness and engage students in the war against hunger.
The winner of the contest will have a chance to visit and film one of WFP’s relief operations. On the frontlines of hunger, WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency. Last year WFP gave food to 88 million people – mostly women and children – in 78 of the world’s poorest countries.
For more information please visit: www.WFP.org/HungerBytes
Related links:
www.WFP.org/
www.YouTube.com/HungerBytes
The World Food Programme calls on students, would-be filmmakers and any other interested folks in the web universe to put their creativity towards raising awareness about hunger through a unique, international competition - the best short video about ‘byting’ global hunger.
"For those of us doing the day-in, day-out backbreaking work of getting food to hungry people, it’s sometimes discouraging how few people understand that hunger stalks and kills a child every five seconds," said Nancy Roman, WFP Director Communications and Public Policy Strategy, admitting that this competition, called Hunger Bytes , is a bold attempt to raise urgent attention about an often ignored crisis.
To enter the contest, videos are submitted to WFP. The five most compelling clips, between 30 to 60 seconds in length, will then be let loose on the web through YouTube.
Competitors can increase their chances of winning by sharing the link with friends and online communities such as Facebook, MySpace and through blogs. The video that gets the most views by World Food Day - October 16, 2008 - will win.
Already students in universities are showing interest, including Universities Fighting World Hunger - a coalition of 63 universities and colleges working to raise awareness and engage students in the war against hunger.
The winner of the contest will have a chance to visit and film one of WFP’s relief operations. On the frontlines of hunger, WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency. Last year WFP gave food to 88 million people – mostly women and children – in 78 of the world’s poorest countries.
For more information please visit: www.WFP.org/HungerBytes
Related links:
www.WFP.org/
www.YouTube.com/HungerBytes
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