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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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We have now made our first donation to our school meal providers!
Through this one donation alone, TABLE FOR TWO and our participating companies have now provided approximately 131,400 school meals to hungry children in Uganda, Malawi and Rwanda.

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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 this global inequity gripped all the participants. That’s when the group decided to create TABLE FOR TWO and address the dichotomy head on.

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 created and partnerships established with school meal partners in the developing world.

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