- ECHO Educational Concern for Hunger

Organization
- Main headquarters located in North Fort
Meyers, Florida (Global Farm, Research
Center, Reference Library, Seed Bank,
Tropical Fruit Nursery, Global Bookstore and
Staff Offices)
- ECHO also has impact centers in Asia and
East Africa. Which helps them to more
effectively network with partners overseas.



ECHOS CORE BELIEFS
1. We are Christian in our behavior, beliefs,
motivations, and attitudes
2. We are stewards of the resources God gives us
3. We are servants in both our management style
and our focus on others
4. We are partners as we join with other
organizations and agencies to accomplish our
goals
5. We value people as we work and interact with
each other and those we serve, giving priority to
people over institutional structure
ECHOS MISSION
ECHO is a global Christian
organization that equips people
with agricultural resources and
skills to reduce hunger and improve
the lives of the poor
- ECHO started in the 70s after the
experience of Indiana
businessman Richard Dugger in
Haiti
- Until 1981 ECHO was solely
doing work with various projects in
Haiti
- After 1981, the work in Haiti
closed and ECHO became more
of a pipeline for sharing
information, ideas, techniques,
methods, plants, books,
materials, and solutions

WHY ECHO DOES WHAT IT DOES
- Approximately 925 million people
across the world are hungry
- More than 9 million children under
age 5 die every year, and
malnutrition accounts for more than
one-third of these deaths. Most of
these children live in sub-Saharan
Africa and South Asia.
SOME MORE STATISTICS
- About 5.6 million deaths of children worldwide
are related to under-nutrition. This accounts for
53% of the total deaths of children under 5
- More than 140 million (25%) of all children in
developing countries are underweight and at
risk from the long-term effects of
malnourishment
- More than 6 million children die from
malnutrition each year
- Worldwide, 161 million preschool children
suffer from chronic malnutrition
- Already 923 million people worldwide are
undernourished, and there are more than 9
million deaths related to hunger each year
DOES THE WORLD EVEN PRODUCE ENOUGH
FOOD TO FEED EVERYONE?
According to ECHO, the world produces
enough food to feed every person on the
planet. World agriculture produces 17%
more calories per person today than it
did 30 years ago. This is enough to
provide everyone in the world with at
least 2,720 kilocalories per person per
day. The main problem is that many
people in the world do not have
sufficient land to grow, or income to
purchase, enough food.
ECHOS RESPONSE TO THIS INEQUALITY
To empower small-holder farmers to
increase their harvests, while also
increasing the nutritional diversity of
their crops. By equipping farmers to
provide for their own families, we are
creating sustainable solutions to
hunger
VIDEO ON FAMILY FARMING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9
hryUpy6_E#t=17

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
ECHO offers three basic educational
opportunities:
1. Courses and Workshops
2. Study Program
3. Internship program
ECHO community is one of the biggest
things that they offer learners. It is basically
a global agriculture network. It is a source
of information on the best solutions to the
problems of hunger and unsustainability
around the world.
EXAMPLES OF ECHO LEARNERS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg_wFuID9Vo

http://echonet.org/echo-videos/2013/4/18/echo-fights-hunger-learn-how-
here

HOW ECHO RELATES TO OUR CLASS
- It is important to study because it is
Adult Education
- They are educating adults through
workshops, internships, and the ECHO
community on global agriculture
- It is also important to study because not
only is it Adult Education but it is also
Christian adult education, which is what
we are going for in this class.