Giving Compass' Take:

• Silicon Valley has stepped in to help to fight hunger and achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goal through their Innovation Accelerator which already has 30 emerging projects that are having successful impact.  

• Developing and managing a program like the Innovation Accelerator comes with challenges, namely funding and bureaucracy. How can donors help supply funds and drive support for this cause?

• Here's how to fight hunger by raising awareness. 

The United Nations set the ambitious Sustainable Development Goal of eliminating hunger by 2030. To achieve it, the World Food Program (WFP) has turned to a Silicon Valley approach to aid. The idea is simple, according to Bernhard Kowatsch, Head of the WFP’s Innovation Accelerator: “Amid nearly unprecedented global conflict and natural disasters, it will take new solutions to end hunger by 2030.”

The Innovation Accelerator began in 2016 and its process, “Design. Fail. Iterate. Scale.” is reminiscent of a startup accelerator. The Innovation Accelerator accepts applications from WFP staff, aspiring startups, NGOs, and companies, selects the best, and offers funding and several months of coaching from the WFP and its partners.

Read the full article on using innovation to disrupt hunger by Maddie Seibert at Food Tank