Global Village Champions Foundation Volunteers Feeding People in Flood Ravaged Thailand

Global Village member volunteers in Thailand bring supplies by boat and cook hot nutritious meals for 450 people in a community inundated by flood waters. This is the definition of a Global Villager. Helping their neighbors in time of need both near and far. http://www.globalvillagechampions.org/

Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry donate 1 Million Meals of Vita Pro  A soy food product!

Flooded communities are only accessible by boats.

Floating in supplies to feed a community.

Boats float right into the buildings.

Global Village volunteers carry supplies up the stairs to the rooftop.

Cooking for 450 people on the rooftop.

Filling containers with hot nutritious meals of VitaPro.

More volunteers helping with the ingredients preparation.

Global Villager volunteer chef Koi dishing up hot meals.

Volunteers filling more insulated containers.

Distributing the hot meals to the community.

A rescued puppy with a belt for a collar.

Global Villagers receiving their reward. A hug from a child.

1 million meals of Vita Pro arriving at the docks in Thailand 

Villagers from all over the world volunteer their time and expertise to make a difference in their own community.  We are thankful that we have the means to supply food, water and medical supplies to areas that are effected by Natural Disasters. 

Join the Greatest Fight - The Fight Against Hunger
Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

A Day Without Hunger - Membership Campaign

If you could make a difference in a hungry child's life with a $10.00 Members Fee,  would you? If you knew that the $10.00 not only feeds a hungry child but that it fosters hope for the future, would you become apart of a caring community. If you knew that your membership fee supports an orphanage in Haiti, would you join. Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry have adopted the entire orphanage and the children are thriving with our support.

Yank Barry with the children of La Divine Mercy Orphanage in Port au Prince, Haiti

If you knew that your annual fee of $10.00 helped to support a Hospice in the Philippines for children of families that cannot afford proper medical care, would you join us?

Ricky Reyes, Yank Barry at a Hospice in The Philippines, Yank fell in love with these beautiful children and committed to supply food to the hospice for the next year

For almost 20 years philanthropist Yank Barry and his close personal friend Muhammad Ali have been quietly travelling the globe taking food to children in dire circumstances.  The Foundation has been private until 2010 and food and funding has been provided by Yank and his many caring friends, many of them celebrities and many of them have Become Global Village Champions


Muhammad Ali and Yank Barry on one of our many trips to Africa


Global Village Champions Foundation not only has delivered over 526 Million Meals to people in need, we are also first responders to many of the world's natural disasters, with critical medical, water and food supplies.  We have established strong partnerships with many other charitable organizations including Care, The Rotary, Red Cross, The Salvation Army, Doctors Without Borders and many more. 

Timeline of Relief Effort

Food Distribution Field Reports



So Why a Members Campaign? We are committed to building a community of individuals from around the world.  That is one reason why we kept the annual fee to $10.00.  We wanted to encourage people from all economic backgrounds to become involved, to be a part of the solution, to know that there participation goes beyond a financial contribution.

With the many devastating natural disasters that the world has endured in the last few years you never know when you will be the person asking for help.  Many times "Villagers" (as we are called) will reach out to let us know of a situation in their own community that could use help. A recent example came from a Villager in Alabama.  He contacted us to let us know how critical things were in Alabama after the devastating tornadoes and that there was no access to drinking water. Partnering with the Salvation Army in Birmingham we bought all available bottled water we could locate and delivered 9200 bottles to them, along with energy bars and canned  food.  Yank Barry jumped on a plane and went to survey the damage himself to see what other help we could give to the region. 




Membership in Global Village Champions Foundation has benefits.  You will be entered into a Members Only draw to win one of 50 pairs of VIP Tickets to Las Vegas, flight, 3 nights, $1,000.00 spending money and VIP seat to the much anticipated Pacquiao vs Marquez Welter-weight World Championship Title, VIP Passes to the Weigh-in and an exclusive after-party. (please note that this expense is being paid for by Yank Barry and not the Foundation or your membership fees). Become a Member

 
So where do you come in, there is power in a Social Crowd. A group of dedicated friends can raise thousands for charities and if a gaming element was added. such as Empire Avenue it has been demonstrated the tremendous power to affect someone’s actions by providing game-style achievements.  The charitable and game motivations combined can certainly change the world in a very positive manner.

To help increase our members base  a group of Empire Avenue Participants have generously pledged (to buy shares) their eaves to anyone who joins our community. Below is a chart of those that have become members as well as those that have pledged their eaves. When you buy shares in those that are members would you kindly use the hashtags: #ADayWithoutHunger and #EAv4Good - this will let the person know that you are honouring your pledge.


October 26th UPDATE: Welcome to several new members who have joined our community to make a difference in the lives of hungry children.

The table will be updated as we go, please let us know if you become a member in the comment section below. or on Empire in the shareholder email or let me know on Facebook.  As of the launch we have a commitment of 1750 share purchase in your stock, and I am sure this will increase as word spreads. If you would like to donate shares, please leave a comment and you will be added.  Shares purchases can be spread over a period of time in order to reward all paying members. Please make sure to leave your name and your eave ticker.

#	NAME	EAV TICKER	SHARES	MEMBER
1	Jackie Bigford	(e)JackiesBuzz	350	YES
2	Global Village	(e)GOGVM	200	YES
3	Steven Hughes	(e)SBHSBH	500	YES
4	William Pitcher	(e)WMPITCHER	600	YES
5	Cyndee Haydon	(e)CYNDEEHAYDON	600	YES
6	Dolphins Love Us	(e)Dolphins	200	YES
7	Naomi Shapiro	(e)NAOMI		YES
8	Jackie Green	(e)VIEWERSCOURT		YES
9	Michael Robinson	(e)GENERATEUK	100	YES
10	Adriel Hampton	(e)ADRIEL	600
11	Tom Cooley	(e)DOMINOORACLE	600
12	Helen Ossterveen	(e)EHLEN	600
13	Claire McGonigal	(e)CMCG	600	YES
14	Steve Hall	(e)THISISSPAIN	200
15	Chuck Gallagher	(e)ETHICSPEAKER	500	YES
16	Kevin Strehlo	(e)MARATHON	300	YES
17	Steven Spitz	(e)VEGANPETMAN		YES
18	Rohit Verma	(e)IMROVER	50
19	Mick Say	(e)MICKSAY		YES
20	Cheryl Kissell	(e)EZNG		YES
21	Gabriele Lenga	(e)DEXLEN		YES
22	Robert Akeroyd	(e)SUCCESS		YES
23	Jeroen Van Zelst	(e)VANZELST	400
24	Diny van den Bout	(e)DINY		YES
25	Sally K Witt	(e)SALLYKWITT		YES
26	Lucky Nugroho	(e)LUQ	200	YES
27	David Sanger	(e)DSP		YES
28	Jason Ramsey	(e)JASONRAMSEY		YES
30	Jeff Hurt	(e)JEFFHURT		YES
31	Patricia Wilson	(e)BRNDCTG		YES
32	Anne Thomas	(e)ANNET		YES
TOTAL			6600

UPDATE: Two Members of our Team have WON EARLY BIRD PRIZES:
Cyndee Haydon and Michael Robinson have each WON a Signed Limited Edition Muhammad Ali Print! Congratulations to each of you! More Early Bird Prizes will be Won along with the Grand Prize of 50 Pairs of Tickets to Las Vegas, all expenses! Good Luck...this seems to be a lucky group!!! Here is the Link to the Press Release

NOTE: If you belong to another Social Network you can still become apart of this team and you will be posted above as contributing.

Thank you and together we can make a positive change and show the world the power of Social Networks. Our Goal is to have 100 New Members Join via this initiative A Day Without Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Global Villagers -Early Bird Winners Summer Membership Campaign

 Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry are very excited to advise several New Global Villagers that they are Early Bird Winners and that they have won A Signed Limited Edition Print of Muhammad Ali.  Ten Lucky Winners have been drawn todate.  




Peter McDermott from Australia and Dan Sosa from USA share their excitement about winning the Early Bird Prize

Juan Manuel Cano Hernanz, Spain

Global Villager - Early Bird Winner - Muhammad Ali signed limited edition print

Dan Sosa, USA

Global Villager - Early Bird Winner - Muhammad Ali signed limited edition print

Elohim Marron Flores, Mexico

Global Villager - Early Bird Winner - Muhammad Ali signed limited edition print

 Peter McDermott, Australia

Global Villager - Early Bird Winner - Muhammad Ali signed limited edition print

Olegs Romanuks, Latvia

Global Villager - Early Bird Winner - Muhammad Ali signed limited edition print

If you want to be apart of the excitement and possibly win one of the remaining 90 Signed, Limited Edition Prints of Muhammad Ali, it is so simple.  Become a Member  $10.00 Annual Fee is not alot to join us as a Villager and know that 100% of your money goes directly to feed kids.  Our team are all volunteers and the Foundation incurs no admin fees.  All expenses are paid from Yank Barry's private resources.  Win/Win Literally.

The Main Prize is 50 Pairs of Tickets to the most anticipated Boxing Fight of the Year - The World Welter-Weight Title between Pacquiao vs Marquez in Las Vegas at the MGM Grande, November 12th 2011.  The prize package also includes VIP Tickets to the Weigh-in, airfare from anywhere in the world, 3 nights and $1,000.00 spending money and an exclusive after party.

Become a Member and Join the Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Singer Aims to Help World's Hungry

Singer aims to help world's hungry - Stuff.co.nz

Nelson singer-songwriter Aly Cook has joined the ranks of Celine Dion, Michael Jordan, Jon Voight, Evander Holyfield, Bo Derek, Muhummad Ali, Buzz Aldrin and Steven Seagal in being named a "luminary" supporter of a charity seeking to end world hunger.
Cook is now a "Champion" for Global Village, an international group working with other volunteer and non-government organisations to feed poverty-stricken people around the world.
It is another recent accolade for Cook, a self-managed, independent country crossover musician. Together with Nelson race walker Nyle Sutherland, she is among the 25 national finalists for this year's Next Magazine New Zealand Woman of the Year Awards.
Global Village, in existence for 18 years, counts 42 "champions" as public supporters, and Cook is the first New Zealander to become one.
She was in illustrious company, she said. "They choose people who are different kinds of figureheads for different reasons. It's a small organisation that works as a team providing support for meals and helping out wherever possible. They do a good job of feeding millions of children."
Her role was to raise awareness, and she said it was her skill with social networking that landed her the job. She's now charged with spreading the word about the charity online. "It's an honour and I'm there to help in my way."
Cook has thousands of international contacts on social-network platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and fan fundraising sites such as Sellaband. Through them, she raised US$20,000 in four months to pay for her album Brand New Day. "That's the thing with social networking now.
"You can become more of an entity online than people around you realise. You start to become powerful when you post something and it reaches thousands of people instantly."
Because of her success in crowd-sourcing funds, Cook has become something of a media maven on the topic. She was recently invited to speak at a seminar on social networking for artists when she performs at the Canberra Country Music Festival in November, passing on her tips to others.
Cook has also recently contributed to a CD fundraising for the Christchurch earthquake, We Will Rise Again, that has garnered $9000 for Red Cross.

• Global Village does not accept donations, but offers membership for US$10 annually. To find out more visit adaywithouthunger.com.

Reprinted from :

- The Nelson Mail

Join The Greatest Fight - The Fight Against Hunger  
Jackie Bijgford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Verne Troyer Joins "The Greatess Fight - The Fight Against Hunger"

Yank Barry and Global Village Champions Foundation are proud to partner with Verne Troyer and welcome him as the foundation's newest Champion.  

Verne Troyer earned his claim to fame as “Mini Me” in Austin Powers film franchise.  Verne actually began his acting career in 1993 as a stunt double for a 9 month old baby in John Hughes’ Baby’s Day Out.

 Since then he has appeared in numerous films including Men in Black, Instinct, Bubble Boy, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and last summer’s The Love Guru.  This year will find Verne starring alongside Christopher Plummer, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus,

Bio and picture taken from the Official Website of Verne Troyer

Some of the charities that Verne actively supports:
Best Buddies
- Helping people with intellectual disabilities. Please reach out to a local office and see what you can do to help out a “buddy”.
amfAR
- Raising awareness and money for AIDS research worldwide. I attended this years Cannes and Toronto Film Fest events. They host events throughout the world to help the cause out.
Ante Up For Autism
- This great event raises money for TACA, Talk About Curing Autism. TACA aims to speed up the cycle time from the diagnosis to effective treatments. This charity is close to home as my manager’s nephew has Autism.
Starkey Hearing Foundation:
- The Starkey Hearing Foundation help people all over the world improve their lives by better hearing through education and research. They go on “Hearing Missions” year-round in order to give the gift of hearing to those that need it the most.

Verne will join many of our Champions, including Mohammad Ali, Celine Dion, Buzz Aldrin in asking members to support our Summer Membership Drive and become Active Paying Members and join our growing community of caring individuals who really want to make a difference.  We are all working towards the same goals: A Day Without Hunger

For the price of a McDonald's Meal you can become Member - know that 100% of your membership fee goes directly to feeding kids around the world.  The Foundation is entirely run with volunteers from around the world and there are zero administration fees.  All expenses are supported by the Founder and Chairman Yank Barry from his personal resources.

When you become a Global Villager (as we are called) your name will be entered into a Member's Only Draw - 50 pairs of VIP Tickets to the most anticipated event of the boxing season plus tickets to the weigh in - The World Welter Weight Title between Pacquiao and Marquez in Las Vegas, airfare from anywhere in the world, 3 nights and $1,000.00 spending money. WOW!

Even if you don't like boxing, sell the tickets..it is still gonna be a blast!  There is going to be an after party that will blow your socks off...this will remain a surprise!


Complete List of Global Village Champions

Please join "The Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Bo Derek Joins The Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Yank Barry and Global Village Champions Foundation are pleased to welcome Bo Derek as our newest Champion.  Bo is an actress best known for her iconic role in the movie "10". She is also a passionate animal rights activist focusing on the illegal trade in wild animals and the rescue and re-habilitation of big cats.

Bo will join many of our Champions, including Mohammad Ali, Celine Dion, Buzz Aldrin in asking members to support our Summer Membership Drive and become Active Paying Members and join our growing community of caring individuals who really want to make a difference.  We are all working towards the same goals: A Day Without Hunger

For the price of a McDonald's Meal you can become Member - know that 100% of your membership fee goes directly to feeding kids around the world.  The Foundation is entirely run with volunteers from around the world and there are zero administration fees.  All expenses are supported by the Founder and Chairman Yank Barry from his personal resources.

When you become a Global Villager (as we are called) your name will be entered into a Member's Only Draw - 50 pairs of VIP Tickets to the most anticipated event of the boxing season plus tickets to the weigh in - The World Welter Weight Title between Pacquiao and Marquez in Las Vegas, airfare from anywhere in the world, 3 nights and $1,000.00 spending money. WOW!

Even if you don't like boxing, sell the tickets..it is still gonna be a blast!  There is going to be an after party that will blow your socks off...this will remain a surprise!


Complete List of Global Village Champions

Please join "The Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

World Hunger - Josette Sheeran & The World Food Organization

 There are 925 million undernourished people in the world today. That means one in  seven people do not get enough food to be healthy and lead an active life. Hunger and malnutrition are in fact the number one risk to the health worldwide — greater than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined.

Among the key causes of hunger are natural disasters, conflict, poverty, poor agricultural infrastructure and over-exploitation of the environment. Recently, financial and economic

crises have pushed more people into hunger.

 As well as the obvious sort of hunger resulting from an empty stomach, there is also the hidden hunger of micronutrient deficiencies which make people susceptible to infectious diseases, impair physical and mental development, reduce their labour productivity and increase the risk of premature death.

Hunger does not only weigh on the individual. It also imposes a crushing economic burden on the developing world. Economists estimate that every child whose physical and mental development is

stunted by hunger and malnutrition stands to lose 5-10 percent in lifetime earnings.

Among the Millennium Development Goals which the United Nations has set for the 21st century, halving the proportion of hungry people in the world is top of the list. Whereas good progress was made in reducing chronic hunger in the 1980s and the first half of the 1990s, hunger has been slowly but steadily rising for the past decade. (source: http://www.wfp.org/hunger )

Countries where Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry has provided "A Day Without Hunger"

Josette Sheeran, the head of the UN's World Food Program, talks about why, in a world with enough food for everyone, people still go hungry, still die of starvation, still use food as a weapon of war.

Her vision: "Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together." TEDTALK

Global Village Champions Foundation has quietly been feeding people around the globe for the past 2 decades.  As Josette Sheeran states this problem cannot be solved with any one person or any one agency of foundation.  

Yank Barry and Global Village Champions recognized the substantial need in the last drought to hit Somalia and once again we have gifted a substantial financial contribution to our partners that are working in the Horn of Africa working to save as many lives as possible.  The Need is Dire, please make a contribution to whatever organization you are the most comfortable with.

Visit our website page to view documentation of the food, medical supplies and financial contributions that our foundation has gifted to our NGO partners: Making A Difference Our most recent substantial contribution was in aid of the crisis in The Horn of Africa to: 

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Help if you can, become a Global Village Champions Member and Join The Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Membership Campaign
Global Village Champions Foundation

Note: A special thank you to Terri Nakamura for the inspiration for this post ~ #ADayWithoutHunger

Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry Donate to the Famine in Africa

Member Contributions directly aid some of the world's most devastating natural disasters.  From the horrendous earthquake in Haiti in January 2010 to the most recent drought in the Horn of Africa and many disasters in between.

Yank Barry, founder and Chairman of Global Village Champions believes in complete transparency and documents all food deliveries with bills of lading to ensure that the Vita Pro food  goes directly to the humanitarian agencies that we partner with and ultimately to the people in need.  We have developed trusting strategic NGO partners around the Globe and in times of crisis we make substantial donations to these organizations in order to be first responders with food, water and medical supplies.

Food Donated by Yank Barry and Global Village Champions Foundation to Southern Thailand after the devastating floods Spring 2011

Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry have just made a substantial financial donation  to agencies that are directly working on the ground in the Horn of Africa:  The International Red Cross, The International Medical Core and The Humanitarian Coalition which includes Care Canada, Oxfam Canada and Save the Children Canada. To view a complete list of the letters and or receipts for our most recent substantial donations Visit Our Making a Difference Page 

Global Village Champions Foundation is looking to increase it's Global Members and we launched our Summer Membership Drive We chose to offer a membership drive as opposed to a straight-up contest or a raffle because we recognize that true givers like to belong. There are many people who have given 5 or 10 dollars to the Red Cross or the Salvation Army and almost immediately say out loud, "I wish I could do more."

Money raised will go directly to feeding children around the globe, whether it be an orphanage in Haiti that we have adopted, the children in a cancer hospice in the Philipinnes or responding with immediate aid in a natural disaster.  The Foundation has kept very strict records and to date we have fed of 500 million people around the globe.  With your help we will reach our goal of 1 Billion people fed by December 31st, 2013.

The pins represent countries where Yank Barry and Global Village Champions Foundation have provided enough food for every person in the country to have #ADayWithoutHunger 

Our current membership drive has a very specific focus, boxing. There are many reasons for this and one of them is that a number of World Champion boxers are Global Village Champions. They care about Yank Barry's  determined effort to create A Day Without Hunger. The fan base for boxing is World Wide. Now let's face it, not everyone loves the sport. We knew that going in. The thing is, the new members don't have to love boxing in order to catch the vision of delivering meals to people in need. Even if the new member who wins a trip to Las Vegas with us do not  love boxing, they can still take a fabulous trip, for FREE, and meet the team from around the World. Global Village Champions is a registered charity but we do not solicit donations from anyone including the members.

Please consider joining our Membership Summer Campaign and The Greatest Fight, the Fight Against Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Aly Cook Joins The Greatest Fight - The Fight Against Hunger

Global Village Champions Foundation and Mr. Yank Barry welcome the foundation's newest champion: Aly Cook

Aly is an international recording artist/songwriter and philanthropist. She is a proud Kiwi and can be found hosting her very enjoyable "Kiwi Sofa" every Saturday afternoon. The live stream chat can be found here: Kiwi Sofa TV

Aly was nominated as Female Country Vocal Artist of the Year in New Zealand .

Enjoy her new single "Spend It"


Another favourite "Country Storm" Please enjoy the video below


We know that Aly's passion and commitment will make a huge impact on our ultimate goal - to see A Day Without Hunger.

Aly will join many of our Champions, including Mohammad Ali, Celine Dion, Buzz Aldrin in asking members to support our Summer Membership Drive and become Active Paying Members and join our growing community of caring individuals who really want to make a difference.  We are all working towards the same goals: A Day Without Hunger

It is simple to become Member -Annual fees are only $10.00 and  know that 100% of your membership fee goes directly to feeding kids around the world.  The Foundation is entirely run with volunteers from around the world and there are zero administration fees.  All expenses are supported by the Founder and Chairman Yank Barry from his personal resources.

When you become a Global Villager (as we are called) your name will be entered into a Member's Only Draw - 50 pairs of VIP Tickets to the most anticipated event of the boxing season plus tickets to the weigh in - The World Welter Weight Title between Pacquiao and Marquez in Las Vegas, airfare from anywhere in the world, 3 nights and $1,000.00 spending money. WOW!

Even if you don't like boxing, sell the tickets..it is still gonna be a blast!  There is going to be an after party that will blow your socks off...this will remain a surprise!


Complete List of Global Village Champions

Please join "The Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Global Leadership Awards - 2011

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Held on July 2011 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Yank Barry, founder of Global Village Champions Foundation. received the prestigious 'Global Leadership Award: Philanthropist of the Year". 

Mr Shahul Hameed Dawood, Group Chief Executive Officer of The Leaders International Magazine; Yang Berhormat Dato’ Seri Utama Rais Yatim, Minister of Information, Communication and Culture; Mr.Yank Barry, Founder of Global Village Champions Foundation; Mr Arthur F Carmazzi, Secretary General of American Leadership Development Association.

The Global Leadership Awards 2011 is all about achievers and accomplishments! The awards are an extension of Malaysia Business Leadership Awards or better known as MBLA (Malaysia’s most prestigious award), an event targeting the crème de la crème of global leaders . It is a one of its own kind that highlight, recognize and reward astute Global Leaders who apply the best of leadership modules and practices. Make it easier to absorb..these Leaders are Indeed Masters in their field of trade. The awards portray  high levels of professionalism and excellence never before seen in Malaysia. 

Over 35 categories were recognized for their achievements and honored with its unique award. The awardees were selected by high profile leaders from various fields in Malaysia. The event seeks to honor Leaders for their exemplary contributions towards global post-recession economic development. As a recipient of this award "Global Leadership Awards 2011: Philanthropist of the Year" you will automatically be a member of the American Leadership Development Association.

The entire team from Global Village Champions Foundation are so proud to be lead by such an exemplary man whose goal is to see "A Day Without Hunger"

We invite you to join
The Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger
Become a Member

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Manny Pacquiao Joins the Greatest Fight - The Fight Against Hunger

Global Village Champions Foundation welcomes Manny Pacquiao, Professional Boxer, as our newest "Champion".  Shown here in the Philippines with Founder Yank Barry. - August 2011

Manny Pacquiao, born December 17th, 1978 is a Filipino professional boxer and politician.  He is the first eight-division world champion having won ten world titles, including lineal championship in three different weight classes.  He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000's by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). He is also a three-time The Ring and BEWW "Fighter of the Year", winning the award in 2006, 2008 and 2009.

Currently, Pacquiao is the WBO Welterweight World Champion (Super Champion). He is also currently rated as the "number one" pound-for-pound best boxed in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including - The Ring, BoxRec.com, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Yahoo!Sports, Sporting Life and About.com.

Aside from boxing, Pacquiao has participated in acting, music recording and politics.  In Many 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the province of Sarangani. (reprinted from Wikipedia)
Manny Pacquiao continues to work hard for his people. He is pledging to get behind the bills that matter and to help build all aspects of what can help his country men and women have a better life. Pacquiao supports The Department of Social Welfare and Development's anti-poverty program. To read more visit Manny Pacquiao's Official Website

Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry look forward to our collaboration and welcome "Manny" in joining our fight "The Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation

Crisis in the Horn of Africa

Parts of Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are facing one of the worst droughts in 60 years, and more than 12 million people are desperately in need of food, clean water and basic sanitation.

Despite the urgency of the situation, most world leaders are responding too slowly. Immediate aid is essential. Yet at the same time we must not let them drop the ball on long term solutions as has too often happened in the past.

Anderson Cooper talks to musician Bono and Somalian singer K'nann about the famine in Somalia




Bono: “It’s hard to believe that this is the 21st century and you know we mustn’t let the complexity of the situation absolve us from responsibility to act. That’s really the message … When you hear stories, and as you’ve reported, of women leaving their dead children on the road to come beg for food, to choose between children, can you imagine? ‘I have to leave this one, he looks the weakest or she looks the weakest, I’ll take this one.’ This is outrageous! This can’t be happening, it must be stopped. And it’s not our intentions, it’s our actions. It’s not the possibilities of the United Nations or the AU, it’s our priorities that define us. This is a defining moment.”

Join the over 150,000 people that are letting their governments know that they need to urgently provide the funding to help the people in the Horn of Africa
Sign the Petition

Yank Barry has responded with a substantial financial donation gifted to our partners that are working in Africa dealing with this crisis on a daily basis.  They include The International Red Cross, The International Medical Core andThe Humanitarian Coalition which includes Care Canada, Oxfam Canada and Save the Children Canada. For complete transparency of where the money is spent please visit our Making A Difference Page


We invite you to become a part of our Global Village and become a Member - Your $10.00 Members Fee goes directly to feeding children around the globe that otherwise would have no access to food, water and shelter. Our Foundation is driven by all volunteers and your contributions do not pay any administration fees.  Global Village Champions Foundation and Yank Barry are one of the few Not-For-Profit's in the world that does not pay administration fees.

Join us in "In the Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger"


Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation
Join the Greatest Fight, The Fight Against Hunger

Members Make a Difference #ADayWIthoutHunger

Global Village Champions Foundation has launched our 2011 Summer Membership Drive.  Yank Barry, our Founder and Chairman is excited to reward and meet 50 of our members and guests in Las Vegas for the most exciting boxing event of the year -  Pacquiao vs Marquez World Welterweight Champion Fight.

The The Members Only Draw will enter you  to win an all expense paid trip for two to Las Vegas with many  exciting events planned.

We felt it was important for you to know what we have accomplished this past year with the help of Champions and members from all around the world.  The world has seen some of the worst natural disasters in a generation and our Global village Champions Foundation has mobilized our resources and NGO partners to provide immediate provisions including water, food, medical supplies and basic necessities.

January 2010 - Devastating Earthquake Haiti
Global Village Champions chartered a private plane and was delivering aid to Haiti within three days of the quake and we flew 7 planeloads of water, food, medical supplies into Haiti in the weeks just following the earthquake.  Working with our partners, The Bahama's Red Cross and The Haitian Rotary and the UN we were able to deliver the needed supplies directly to those in need.

Critical Medical Supplies Flown into Haiti days after the Earthquake hit

Yank Barry our Founder delivering plane load of water to Haiti 

Orphans Safe and Protected - La Devine Mercy, Port au Prince

Our Foundation has continued our on going support to Haiti and we have adopted and taken stewardship for the orphan children at the La Devine Mercy Orphanage, Port au Prince Haiti

November 2010 - Yank Barry, Founder of Global Village Champions Foundation Receives 2010 Gussi Peace Prize "International Humanitarianism and Philanthropy" for his untiring efforts to End World Hunger.

2010 Laurette's Gusi Peace Prize, Manila Philippines 

10,000 Invited Guests watch as Yank Barry is Escorted to Stage to Receive The Gussi Peace Prize

In recognition of the excellent work of Ambassador Barry Gusi and his wife Dr. Evelyn Gussi  Mr. Yank Barry gifted to the poor children of the Philippines one million meals.

March 2011 - Mom Luang Rajadarasri Jayankura, affectionately called ‘Mom. Joins Global Village as one of our "Champions" the great, great granddaughter of King Rama IV of Thailand, famously depicted with much license, in the beloved musical The King and I. 

 

"I am honored to join Yank Barry as a Global Village Champion and I truly rejoice with Yank and Yvette's merits in feeding the hungry, "The Perfect Incredible Couple". I am very proud of Yank & Yvette Barry and if we had a couple more of Yank & Yvette, this World will be a better place and we can change the World (World peace).” Mom

April 2011 - Devastating Floods Hit Thailand- The Foundation immediately donated rice and water to be distributed by Global Villagers to the hardest hit areas, Southern Thailand

During Televised Fund Raiser for Flood Victims, Yank Barry Donates 1 Million Meals and $50,000.00

Container arriving by ship of 1 Million Meals of Vita Pro

Vita Pro ready for distribution

March 2011 - Devastating tsunami and earthquake hits Japan - Global Village Champions medical team was in Japan on March 13th to relay their assessments back to Yank Barry.  Our immediate response was a donation of 10 tons of rice, 100 field emergency kits, 4 cases of first aid kits and $50.000.00 USD. These donations were made through the Salvation Army, Save The Children, Global Giving, Oxfam Japan, Care Canada and the Red Cross. To view our letters and receipts please visit "Making A Diffrence Page"

April 2011 - Devastating Tornado rips thru Southern United States - Global Village Champion volunteers immediately assessed the dire situation and donated to the Birmingham Salvation Army a truck load of water, over 9,200 bottles, energy bars and bratwurst.  Our Founder, Yank Barry immediately flew to Alabama and spent the day touring the devastation with Villager Cameron Jacques and John Tidwell of the Birmingham Salvation Army.

We have accomplished alot this year and we continue to provide aid as first responders in Natural Disasters as well as supporting our NGO partners The Salavation Army, Rotary, Care Canada, The Bahamas Red Cross and others.

The map illustrates countries where we have already delivered enough meals to feed every hungry person in the nation. The global food crisis is real. We are determined to do our part to help as many people as possible. Todate, Global Village Champions Foundation has delivered over 540 million meals world-wide.

Our current projects are focused in the Philippines and Mexico where Global Village Champions Foundation has committed to providing millions of meals to each country.  Yank Barry has just completed a visit to the Philippines were once again his love of children and generosity of heart has led to supporting a cancer hospice for children. Yank has donated to feed all of the children for one full year.

Ricky Reyes & Yank Barry visit Child Haus in the Philippines, committing to feeding the children for one year, the children are at Child Haus for the treatment of cancer.

 

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Jackie Bigford
Social Media Director
Global Village Champions Foundation