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FAO's first four ambassadors: singer Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer Miriam Makeba, Nobel Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini and actress Gina Lollobrigida
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FAO’s Ambassadors Programme was initiated in 1999. The
main purpose of the programme is to attract public and media attention
to the unacceptable situation that almost 800 million people continue
to suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition in a time of unprecedented
plenty. These people lead a life of misery and are denied the most basic
of human rights: the right to food.
Governments alone cannot end hunger. Mobilization of the public and
private sectors, the involvement of civil society and the pooling of
collective and individual resources are all needed if people are to
break out of the vicious circle of chronic hunger and undernourishment.
Each of the FAO Ambassadors has made a personal and professional commitment
to address the universal humanitarian issues that underpin FAO’s
mission: to build a food-secure world for present and future generations.
Using their talents and influence, the Ambassadors draw the old and
the young, the rich and the poor into the campaign against world hunger.
They aim to make Food for All a reality in the 21st century and beyond.
FAO Ambassadors call on people everywhere to play a part in this process.
The 15 FAO Ambassadors:
Singer
Magida Al Roumi
Soccer
player Roberto Baggio
Singer
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Singer
Al Bano Carrisi
Olympic
athlete Debbie Ferguson
Singer Gilberto Gil
The Italian Singers’
Soccer Team
Singer
Mory Kanté
Actress
Gong Li
Actress
Gina Lollobrigida
Singer Miriam Makeba
Nobel
Prize winner Rita Levi Montalcini
Singer Youssou N'Dour
Singer Massimo Ranieri
Singer Dionne
Warwick
More Information on FAO Ambassadors:
 More about the FAO Ambassadors
Sponsors of FAO's Ambassadors Programme
The FAO Ambassadors and hundreds of other celebrities have signed an appeal against world hunger
World Food
Day Web page
TeleFood – FAO’s global campaign to raise awareness and build solidarity to end world hunger
How to support the campaign against hunger
For more information please contact FAO's Ambassadors' Programme
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