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Senators George McGovern and Robert Dole Awarded 2008 World Food Prize

October 17, 2008

On Thursday, October 16, two of the world’s most ardent supporters of efforts to end worldwide hunger, Senators George McGovern and Robert Dole, were awarded the 2008 World Food Prize for their McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Through the Program, they have helped provide food for 20 million children in 41 countries, and as a result, have helped boost school attendance rates by 14%. The director of the World Food Prize Foundation, Kenneth Quinn, comments that the Program has led to “dramatically increased international support” for similar plans, and has made a unique and demonstrable difference in the quest to end childhood hunger.

Political speaker George McGovern available exclusively through Keppler Speakers bureau.jpgA popular political speaker, Senator George McGovern has been a public servant for most of his life. A celebrated humanitarian, he was the first director of the Food for Peace Program, the first United Nations ambassador on World Hunger, and is a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner. Known for his incredible ability to affect change around the world, Senator McGovern shows how through bipartisanship and cooperation it is possible to create a better world.

Leadership speaker Robert Dole available through Keppler Speakers bureau.jpgSenator Robert Dole, a former Senate majority leader, is renowned as much for his lightning wit as his ability to build bipartisan consensus in government. Sharing insight from his 40-year career, the in-demand leadership speaker demonstrates the qualities necessary for cooperative success.

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