TABLE FOR TWO has a number of high-profile advisors and ambassadors dedicated to helping our program grow. The expertise of our advisors has provided TABLE FOR TWO with vital promotional and strategic advice, whilst the endeavors of our ambassadors have helped to advocate our cause and promote our program.

Advisors

KAWAGUCHI, Yoriko

Member of the House of Councillors, Japan

Former Foreign Minister, Japan

"Today, we can travel around the world in only 80 hours as opposed to 80 days as in the past. Yet hunger and poverty are still in existence. .

TABLE FOR TWO reduces hunger in this world through small efforts in our daily lives. It also simultaneously addresses the problem of obesity in the rich countries.

Let’s support this creative initiative. And let’s turn tiny ripples of hope into a huge current."

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KUROKAWA, Kiyoshi

Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Japan

"It is very heart-warming to learn of this very creative program toward one of the most serious social problems of the world, ie, obesity on one hand in affluent society and starvation and death on the other. This inequity is a shame we all have to be responsible. Table for Two represents a genuinely entrepreneurial innovative project collaborating with the international effort through WFP and Millennium Promise. It is more comforting that the idea and implementation came from Japanese members of Young Global Leaders (YGL), a brainchild of World Economic Forum. This global network of YGL will then be an effective means to spread this great initiative to the wide world so that such humane entrepreneurial spirit will reach out those children, women and men who suffer the misery of unnecessary hunger and death. Those who are fortunate struggling to lose weight will be pleased to support such a great cause by meeting to their own need."

NIWA, Uichiro

Chairman, ITOCHU Corporation, Japan

"In this world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds. With the cost of a cup of coffee, we can help ten children survive the day. It is critical for the private sector in rich countries to help bring an end to hunger, and for employees to have high aspirations based on compassion and values. TABLE FOR TWO is a wonderful program that is easy to understand, and offers a simple system that allows broad participation by companies and their employees. I am looking forward to seeing this creative program expand and be an example for the private sector taking a lead in tackling global issues. "

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TAKENAKA, Heizo

Professor, Keio University, Japan

Former Economic and Financial Minister, Japan

"One of the major issues facing mankind today is poverty eradication. While people in the developed world suffer from excess nutrition, people in the developing world cannot escape from the pain of hunger. Young Global Leaders selected by the World Economic Forum launched a new initiative called “TABLE FOR TWO”. Through small efforts of people suffering from excess nutrition in the developed world, many children in the developing world can be saved. I would like to support the passion of these Young Global Leaders."

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