The Replication Manual Project

A special project of the Reinvesting In America Program (RIA) of WHY

In 1997, World Hunger Year (WHY), in partnership with the Corporation for National Service Americorps* VISTA program, embarked on a year-long journey with seven outstanding grassroots organizations. The organizations, drawn from the Reinvesting In America database, were selected as participants in this national project because of their remarkable track records in transforming the lives of the people and communities they served. Their successes seized our attention and inspired us to produce comprehensive replication manuals of their work. Our hope is that these manuals will serve as blueprints of the core principles, concepts and philosophies behind the models, and will inspire you to build new working versions of similar programs in your own communities. WHY continues to research, identify and select innovative and effective grassroots organizations to partner with for future manuals.

Our series currently includes a replication manual on each of the following groups:

• Appalachian Center for Economic Networks is a coalition of small/family businesses in Ohio that share a professional kitchen facility and engage in joint marketing of their specialty food products. Click here to download a copy of this manual in PDF format.
• The Bridge project of the Southwest Leadership Foundation matches local churches with homeless families in Phoenix, Arizona to foster church sponsorship of transitional middle-income housing. Click here to download a copy of this manual in PDF format.
• California Emergency Foodlink, based in Sacramento trains and employs the homeless, the previously jobless, and welfare recipients while salvaging fresh and packaged food for 1.5 million hungry Californians each month. Click here to download a copy of this manual in PDF format.
• Esperanza Unida is a Milwaukee organization that both runs revenue-generating on-the-job training centers in fields such as auto mechanics, welding, construction and day care, and assists Hispanic workers in workers compensation and unemployment insurance hearings. Click here to download a copy of this manual in PDF format.
• The Hartford Food System is dedicated to the development of an equitable and sustainable food system in Connecticut. It connects farmers with the people most in need of fresh produce. Click here to download a copy of this manual in PDF format.
• SOLD OUT LA's BEST is a citywide afterschool enrichment program in Los Angeles that has become a national model of partnership among schools, city government and private funders. Click here to download a copy of this manual in PDF format.
• The Women's Bean Project teaches work skills to economically disenfranchised women in Denver by employing them in a small gourmet bean and soup packing and catalog sales operation. Click here to download a copy of this manual in PDF format.

To order, please call us at (212) 629-8850 or Email us at RIA@worldhungeryear.org