The Hunger Project's mission is to to end hunger and poverty by pioneering sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies, and advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world.

The core of their work in Africa is based on a holistic development model they call the Epicenter Strategy. The Epicenter Strategy is an integrated approach that was created in Africa, by Africans and, over the past 20 years, has mobilized epicenter communities reaching over 1.6 million people across the continent. Their project unites 5,000 to 15,000 people in a cluster of villages to create an “epicenter,” or a dynamic center, where communities are mobilized for action to meet their basic needs.

Their work in South Asia focuses on enhancing the capacity of local leaders working in positive partnerships with local and national government. Across South Asia, the disproportionate level of poverty faced by women and girls is the result of generations of discrimination and exclusion. The Hunger Project works with local leaders across South Asia to end practices such as dowries and child marriages that have created a demeaning sociopolitical reality, especially in rural communities.

In Latin America, they work with marginalized indigenous communities. Poverty rates in indigenous communities are disproportionately high, when compared with non-indigenous communities. In Latin America, THP's programs are built in partnership with these communities to facilitate positive relationships with local government to achieve equal and fair access to resources. Through this strategic collaboration, local women, men and children lead the creation of their own development plan and realize their own vision for the future.