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  • More than 400 million people are diagnosed as obese, and 1.6 illion as overweight in developed
    countries
  • Over 850 million people suffer from hunger or malnutrition in developing countries. A child dies of hunger every five seconds.
  • Thirteen Young Global Leaders (YGLs) stood up to tackle the global health problem, and over 30 YGLs are globally endorsing the program

TABLE FOR TWO is an organization that simultaneously addresses hunger in the developing world, and life-style related diseases in the developed world.

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TABLE FOR TWO is supported by World Economic Forum in Dalian! Healthy lunches will be offered at the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader Annual Summit and in the Annual Meeting of New Champions. The Annual Meeting of New Champions is held between September 3rd and 7th. Twenty cents will be donated for every participant's lunch paid by the World Economic Forum and Publicis Events to fund a school meal in a developing country. Around 1500 people is expected to participate in both events that will support 9,000 school meals, equivalent to meals for around 45 children, a whole school class, throughout the year.

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How We Got Started

Mission

TABLE FOR TWO’s mission is to promote health in both the developing and the developed world. We seek to simultaneously address hunger in the developing world, and life-style related diseases in the developed world.

We aim to bring balance and health to the world where there is currently imbalance and suffering.

In our world of 6 billion, 1 billion suffer from hunger, while another 1 billion suffer from obesity and other life-style related diseases.

This grave imbalance is what prompted us to create TABLE FOR TWO.

TABLE FOR TWO was launched by members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders in partnership with the World Economic Forum.

The concept of TABLE FOR TWO was born at a meeting in Vancouver in summer 2006. Two groups were discussing two major challenges to health in the same room - one was focused on hunger, and another on obesity. The inescapable irony of the global inequity gripped all the participants. That’s when the group decided to create TABLE FOR TWO and to address the dichotomy head on, simultaneously.

In spring 2007, pilots were conducted at various company and government cafeterias in Japan. The format was tested and improved. A not-for-profit organization was established. Alliances were established with school meal partners in developing countries.

Then, in summer 2007, TABLE FOR TWO started its global expansion ? from Japan to China, the US, on to Europe, and then the rest of the world.