The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and media partner Rappler are jointly organizing a forum entitled, “Aiming for #ZeroHunger” on Friday, November 14, at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City.

The forum aims to raise public awareness about the existence of hunger in the country and what can be done to help alleviate it.

It will gather government officials, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, academe, media partners and other stakeholders to share best practices in their efforts to fight hunger and poverty.

The event will be opened to social media to allow for a wider participation from netizens who will be able to convey questions and concerns related to hunger and poverty.

Through this forum, the ideas and solutions of participants to these long-standing problems can reach a wider audience and facilitate the mitigation, if not complete eradication, of hunger, especially in post-disaster situations similar to the aftermath of Typhoon Yolanda.

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman has stressed that solving hunger and poverty is not a task for government alone.

“The eradication of hunger and poverty is a collaborative effort. While the government is finding and making solutions to these problems, the public should also do its part,” said Sec. Soliman.

Sec. Soliman will be one of the main speakers, together with Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares and World Food Program (WFP) Country Representative Praveen Agrawal. ###