National Crusade Against Hunger (Mexico)
The National Crusade Against Hunger (Cruzada Nacional Contra el Hambre or CNCH) is a program sponsored by the Mexican government.
[1] Its main purpose is to significantly reduce hunger and poverty in Mexico through social intervention, increasing the general socio economic status of the communities by the development of infrastructure.
[2][4] This will be done with the cooperation of federal, state and municipal programs,[5] such as the PROCAMPO campaign sponsored by SAGARPA, the online organization sinhambre.org, various local communities.
Mexican Red Cross will also help with logistics and distribution of basic needs, census-taking, and evaluation of damages in case of disasters, health caravans, food delivery and the Ruta contra el hambre (Route against hunger) in 120 municipalities.
Additionally, the Integral Agreement for the Inclusive Social Development- National Crusade Against Hunger was signed with the governor of the Mexican state of Hidalgo.
Moreover, the official “starting signal” was given on April 19 by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Zinacantán, Chiapas,[10] which will deploy the first groups of the crusade to gather information of the needs in the communities.
[6] The Crusade began work on January 21, 2013 in two communities in the Mexican state of Guerrero: the municipality of Mártir de Cuilapán, and the neighborhood of Simón Bolivar, Acapulco.
[12] José Luis de la Cruz Gallegos, director of the Research Center for Economy and Business at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, State of Mexico wrote an article pointing out many of the challenges the Crusade must overcome.
Finally, he mentions that the crusade must maintain long term social development, promoting the growth of communication, transport, security, public education, public health, water disponibility, the agricultural sector, economy, and job security.
