ASIA AMERICA INITIATIVE believes that in order to promote peace and community-based economic development in areas of severe poverty, terror and armed conflict, we must first address their basic human needs. Our nutrition and agricultural livelihood programs provide health assistance to children and their families suffering from malnutrition and water-borne diseases and our farming programs empower agricultural communities to not only be food-sufficient but provide surplus through international agencies to communities in desperate need.
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Understanding The Global Food Crisis
World Bank President in Robert Zoellik alerted the international community that global food shortages and the rising cost of staple foods could cause widespread instability. Food shortages combined with rising fuel prices, global climate changes, the international financial meltdown epitomized by the US subprime mortgage crisis and the cost of wars and local armed conflicts pose a multi-faceted threat to international stability. The World Bank estimates that 33 countries around the world face potential political and social unrest because of the acute hike in food and energy prices.
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Conventional wisdom is the war on terror or "conflict among civilizations" will be a struggle lasting for generations. To counter this fear, Asia America Initiative has structured our grassroots "Development for Peace" program to integrate established and upcoming leaders to work together to build a culture of peace. Rohaniza Sumndad is AAI's Program Coordinator in the Philippines. Recently the respected Ramon Magsasay Foundation chose Ms. Sumndad as one of 10 "future leaders" in the Philippines. The annual Magsaysay Award is considered the Nobel Prize of Asia. (READ MORE)

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