Michael Kors and Lupita Nyong’o, the Academy Award-winning actress, held court at the United Nations on Monday morning to raise awareness of Watch Hunger Stop, the fashion brand’s global philanthropic campaign against hunger.
Now entering its seventh year, Watch Hunger Stop supports the United Nations World Food Programme and its school meals program. Since its inception, the Watch Hunger Stop campaign has helped WFP deliver more than 18 million meals to children. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, and assists more than 86 million people in 83 countries around the world annually.
Cleo Wade, an activist and author who served as moderator, asked Kors why he got involved in this fight.
“I’m very pragmatic, and I’m very results-oriented,” said the designer. He said he believes that when everything on this planet “seems so insurmountable,” that the hunger epidemic around the world — one out of nine people does not get the nutrition they need — “is something that we actually can roll up our sleeves and get accomplished.”
As a fashion person, Kors said he’s “a little antsy and always wants to do the next thing.”
“It became apparent to me, that this was a solvable problem,” he
Now entering its seventh year, Watch Hunger Stop supports the United Nations World Food Programme and its school meals program. Since its inception, the Watch Hunger Stop campaign has helped WFP deliver more than 18 million meals to children. The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide, and assists more than 86 million people in 83 countries around the world annually.
Cleo Wade, an activist and author who served as moderator, asked Kors why he got involved in this fight.
“I’m very pragmatic, and I’m very results-oriented,” said the designer. He said he believes that when everything on this planet “seems so insurmountable,” that the hunger epidemic around the world — one out of nine people does not get the nutrition they need — “is something that we actually can roll up our sleeves and get accomplished.”
As a fashion person, Kors said he’s “a little antsy and always wants to do the next thing.”
“It became apparent to me, that this was a solvable problem,” he