WELCOME | INNOVATION | HIGHLIGHTS 2007 | HIGHLIGHTS 2006 | 01 FIGHTING
MALNUTRITION | MEASURING OUR PERFORMANCE | 02 BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS |
NEW PARTNERS AND INNOVATIONS | 03 ENABLING INNOVATION | 04 IMPROVE NUTRITION
| FORTIFICATION PROGRAMS | 05 FINANCIAL STATEMENT | INCOME STATEMENT AS
AT 06.30.07 | BALANCE SHEET AS AT 06.30.07 | GAIN BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
GAIN MANAGEMENT
We are midpoint in the global undertaking to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. While many countries show progress, others will surely fail if they do not change their trajectory radically. The challenge is to ensure that we get back on track.
It should shock us all to learn that every year 3.5 million children die from causes related to under-nutrition. Moreover, eighty per cent of the burden of disease is concentrated in twenty countries in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa - many of which grapple with poverty, related socio-economic, as well as political challenges. We must stop mothers and children dying of preventable diseases and hunger. That is our mission.
Fighting hunger and fulfilling the right to good nutrition must become a global campaign that mobilizes all stakeholders. Interventions must be sustainable and address the failures of institutions and markets that still expose a third of humanity to the disastrous impact of malnutrition. We must build linkages to the challenges of infant mortality, maternal deaths, HIV and AIDS, food security and rising food prices.
Over the past year, my work for GAIN has given me the privilege to interact with people from all over the world and see scores of examples of effective work in the fight against malnutrition - action that gives dignity and hope to millions of people.
GAIN, as an alliance and a catalyst for action, has taken important steps to put malnutrition on the global agenda. It is building partnerships with governments, the UN system, regional institutions and civil society towards scalingup successful interventions. It is implementing new programs with the New Partnership for Africa’s Development and with a range of companies who are delivering affordable and healthy products to millions of people.
I wish to thank the Board for its unstinting participation and leadership, and in particular Marc Van Ameringen and his team for the passion and dedication with which they have pursued GAIN’s objectives.
Over the coming year, let us be guided by the African saying: ‘Sekunjalo ke Nako’, which means ‘Now is the Time’.
The time to act is now.
Jay Naidoo - Chair, Board of Directors
