Arigatou International Joins the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
Arigatou International is pleased to announce its membership in the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty (GAAHP). Our engagement in the Alliance will be led through End Child Poverty, Arigatou International’s global interfaith initiative committed to advancing a world free from hunger and poverty for all children.
Commenting on Arigatou International’s membership, Rev. Keishi Miyamoto, President of Arigatou International, stated:
“Arigatou International is honoured to join the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty. Ending hunger and child poverty is both a moral imperative and a shared global responsibility. Through our interfaith networks, knowledge platforms, and commitment to children’s dignity, we look forward to contributing values-driven knowledge and community-rooted solutions that accelerate progress toward a world free from poverty for all children.”
We join the Alliance at a time of growing global concern. Hunger, child poverty, and inequality are increasing across regions, and the world remains off track to achieve SDG 1 (No Poverty) and SDG 2 (Zero Hunger). Addressing these challenges requires renewed collective action, stronger coordination, and the meaningful inclusion of values-driven actors—an opportunity the Global Alliance is uniquely positioned to advance.
Arigatou International brings a distinctive contribution to the Alliance, particularly to its Knowledge Pillar. Through our End Child Poverty Knowledge Centre, the SDGs Academy for Children, and our wide-reaching interfaith networks, we work to generate and disseminate evidence grounded in community realities, including children’s lived experiences. We intentionally link this knowledge to theological and ethical reflection, using it to inform faith-inspired innovations, solutions, and advocacy from the grassroots to global policy spaces.
At the core of our engagement is a clear priority: addressing hunger and ending child poverty as essential steps toward building a safe, secure, and sustainable world for all children. This commitment reflects our conviction that child poverty is not inevitable, but the result of systems and choices that can be transformed through solidarity and justice.
As we begin this collaboration, we invite partners and allies to support Arigatou International’s work, the Alliance, and similar partnerships, as together we strive to secure a better, hunger-free, and poverty-free world for all children.
About Arigatou International
Arigatou International is a global non-profit organisation that brings people from all walks of life together to build a better world for all children. “All for Children” defines everything we do—for the dignity, rights, and wellbeing of every child. Drawing on universal values and the common good, Arigatou International enables people of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds to work together on children’s issues.
About the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty
The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty aims to better align domestic and international support to design and implement policies and programmes that accelerate efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty (SDGs 1 and 2), while reducing inequalities (SDG 10). Launched under the Brazilian G20 Presidency, the Alliance seeks to revitalize global partnerships for sustainable development and advance inclusive, just, and sustainable transition pathways.
More about Arigatou International: https://arigatouinternational.org/
More about the Alliance: https://globalallianceagainsthungerandpoverty.org/
Arigatou International’s Statement of Commitment: https://bit.ly/4sJ5rox
