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The Peanut Man Returns on World Food Day

Mark McGowan | 15.10.2009 15:20 | Culture | Other Press

Famed artist Mark McGowan is marking World Food Day on 16th October in support of Action Against Hunger in an extraordinary performance. He will ride a tiny child’s bicycle covered head-to-toe in peanut butter on a gruelling 24-hour journey around London .



Mark's efforts aim to raise awareness on a new life-saving peanut-based treatment for children at risk of dying of hunger.

“As a father, and socially conscious artist, I want to create awareness on how it is unacceptable that 19 million children worldwide face life-threatening hunger, even though treatment is known.”

Mark McGowan

McGowan hopes his performance will increase public and political commitment to scale-up the treatment and prevention of child hunger in developing countries. He will start his journey at 10am on October 15th 2009 at Downing Street and will circumnavigate London , ending in Greenwich on World Food Day - October 16th 2009.




Mark McGowan
- Homepage: http://www.actionagainsthunger.org.uk

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Attracting passing laughter

15.10.2009 15:39

It's just a man attracting wasps & passing laughter whilst covered in peanut butter. The vast majority of people walking past are just going to laugh I'm sorry to say.

Joe Average