{"id":13,"date":"2017-10-11T14:10:21","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T05:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/en_cms\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:43:06","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/about-us\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"breadcrumb\" class=\"cf\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/about-us\">About us<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Overview<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<h3>Name<\/h3>\n<p>HUNGER FREE WORLD<br \/>\nSpecified Nonprofit Corporation HUNGER FREE WORLD<\/p>\n<h3>Head office<\/h3>\n<p>8th fl, Yamasho Bldg., 4-8-13, Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0072\u3000<a href=\"\/english\/access\/\"> Map<\/a><br \/>\nTEL:\uff0b81-3-3261-4700 FAX:\uff0b81-3-3261-4701<br \/>\nE-MAIL: <a href=\"mailto:info@hungerfree.net\">info@hungerfree.net<\/a><br \/>\nOffice Hours: 10:00-18:00(Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri.)<\/p>\n<h3>Activities<\/h3>\n<p>Development works in developing countries aiming at ending hunger and poverty, and education and consciousness raising the world over.<\/p>\n<h3>Countries where HFW is active<\/h3>\n<p>Japan, Bangladesh, Benin, Brukina Faso, Uganda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\">\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/benin_nutrition.jpg\" alt=\"nutrition\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/benin_nutrition.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/benin_nutrition-250x183.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/benin_nutrition-120x88.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rtf_bd.jpg\" alt=\"harvest\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rtf_bd.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rtf_bd-250x183.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/rtf_bd-120x88.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"s_gry\" \/>\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"leftCol\">\n<h3>Management<\/h3>\n<p>Establishment\u3000April 1984<br \/>\nChairperson of the Board\u3000TSURUMI Kazuo <!--<span class=\"genericon genericon-video\"><\/span><a href=\"..\/overview\/message\/\"> Message from Chairperson of the Board<\/a>--><br \/>\nExecutive director\u3000HOSOI Nana<br \/>\nMembership\u3000336 persons (as of December 31, 2023)<!--\u8cdb\u52a9\u4f1a\u54e1--><br \/>\nDonors\u30001980 persons (as of December 31, 2023)<br \/>\nFull Members\u300023 persons (as of December 31, 2023)<\/p>\n<p>Executives\u3000Executives 10 persons\uff08Directors: 8 \/ Auditors: 2\uff09<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/english\/about-us\/overview\/executives\/\"> Roster of Executives<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Staff members<br \/>\nJapan: 15 members (Paid full-time: 11 \/ Part-time: 4 )<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/english\/about-us\/overview\/staff-members\/\">Roster of staff members<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Volunteers<br \/>\n269 persons (as of December 31, 2023)<\/p>\n<h3>Finance<\/h3>\n<p class=\"image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/png\/eng_piecharts.png\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/png\/eng_piecharts.png\" alt=\"financialgraph\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"clear linkBtn\">\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/about-us\/overview\/management\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"47\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/en_management_3btn.png\" alt=\"Organizational Management\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/en_management_3btn.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/en_management_3btn-250x39.png 250w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/en_management_3btn-120x19.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/about-us\/annual-report\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"47\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Annual-Report3btn.png\" alt=\"Annual Report\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Annual-Report3btn.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Annual-Report3btn-250x39.png 250w, https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Annual-Report3btn-120x19.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rightCol\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/about_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"s_gry\" \/>\n<h3>Organizational history<\/h3>\n<p>Apr. 1984\u3000\u3000Founded as a Japanese affiliate office of the Hunger Project, an NGO whose headquarters is located in the United States.<br \/>\nJun. 2000\u3000\u3000Terminated the relationship with the Hunger Project as its Japanese affiliate. Reorganized itself and became a new organization that has a head office in Japan.<br \/>\nSep. 2000\u3000\u3000Incorporated and acknowledged as a specified non-profit corporation by the Cabinet Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home About us Overview Name HUNGER FREE WORLD Specified Nonprofit Corporation HUNGER FREE WORLD Head office 8t&#8230; <a class=\"view-article\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/about-us\/overview\/\">View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":75,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3280,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/3280"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hungerfree.net\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}