ARTICLE - BRAZIL SUPPORTS SOPHIA

BRAZIL SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS OF SOPHIA MARTELLY - RIO+20
(Haiti Libre) -

At the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), Sophia Martelly, the First Lady of Haiti, accompanied by Jean Robert Brutus, the Executive Director of the National Unity of "Aba grangou" (UNAG), met Friday, June 22, in Rio de Janeiro Ms. Maya Takagi, the Brazilian national Secretary of the Program of Food Security and Nutrition and Mr. Milton Rondo Filho, Minister Coordinator General of International Affairs of Combat against Hunger, of Combat against Hunger, conducted in Haiti, in the fight against hunger and malnutrition through the program "Aba grangou", based on the program of the fight against hunger, "Fome Zero", established by the Brazilian government.

During this meeting, the First Lady highlighted the social living conditions of the Haitian family and the necessity of the implementation of strategies for this program, which not only wants to reduce by half the proportion of the Haitian population suffering from hunger by the end of 2016, but also to eradicate hunger and malnutrition by the horizon of 2020-2025.

Ms. Takagi, convinced of the Mission in which the First Lady of Haiti is committed, and convinced that the Brazilian experience is relevant in the fight against hunger, has pledged to Haiti, the strengthening of the Brazilian technical cooperation in this field. It was also agreed that a dozen Haitian technicians will take part at the end of August, in a training about the Brazilian experience in social development, and the fight against hunger.

In the late afternoon, the First Lady met with Mr. Graziano da Silva, Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and his Special Advisor, Mr. Carlos Den Hartog, about the organization of a round table (of concertation) "Aba Grangou-MARNDR-FAO-PAM", in order to define strategies and medium term programs, for the population for which they will be created.

Informed of the strategy of Aba Grangou, Mr. Graziano da Silva, who was also Director of Fome Zero, has decided to send soon to Haiti, a technical mission to assist the program of the First Lady, in the establishment of a Commission composed of members of civil society and the peasantry (especially local producers).