As we set out on another year of advocacy, here is an overview of what you, our members, can expect in our work together. It will be a busy year of several campaigns and issue themes—some famil...
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Now that President Barack Obama has submitted his proposed FY 2015 budget, it is worth reviewing the annual budget process – and why it is such a crucial part of Bread’s advocacy work. This a...
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Jeb, Hillary, Marco, Rand, and others: Bread for the World wants to know: As a presidential candidate, what would be your plan to end hunger? Bread is a member of the Circle of Protection, a coal...
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Early this year, Congress finally agreed on a budget/appropriations package and passed the long-debated farm bill. Both of these major pieces of legislation included cuts to anti-poverty programs...
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Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., hosted the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty May 11 to 13. It was yet another way that the national conversation on poverty i...
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In September, the U.S. government released figures for both hunger and poverty for the nation. Annual figures look at the previous year, and statistics showed that for 2013, there was a slight de...
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The devastation wrought by major international disasters in recent years, such as last year’s typhoon in the Philippines, 2010’s massive earthquake in Haiti, and the ongoing crisis in Syria, ...
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Bread for the World is gearing up to test its elections strategy for the mid-term congressional elections in November 2014. Bread’s strategy will be tested in the 10th District of Virginia, one...
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The momentum toward ending global hunger and poverty accelerated recently as a major international development institution committed itself to this goal. More than 30 leaders of faith-based organ...
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The U.S. government has been making significant progress on the nutrition front in the fight against hunger in the last few months. Bread has been involved in these positive developments.
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Bread for the World applauds the 10-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which passed yesterday in Congress.
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Bread for the World welcomes Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change and echoes his call for global leaders to take action. The encyclical is titled Laudato Si, or "Praised Be." It underscor...
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A diverse group of faith leaders from across the country is visiting Capitol Hill today to ask their congressional representatives to prioritize funding for global health, development assistance,...
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Chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews lists a number of men and women, young and old, who had faith in God. As we read their stories, certain traits of their walk of faith are noticeable. There is no...
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Bread for the World applauds the commitment of the world’s richest countries to lift 500 million people out of hunger and malnutrition by 2030, and urged Congress to demonstrate the United Stat...
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Today, more than 250 people will take part in Bread for the World’s 2015 Lobby Day. Bread activists will advocate for hungry children in the United States and around the world by urging Congres...
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The world will not be able to end hunger and extreme poverty without confronting climate change and its threat to people who are poor and marginalized, according to a new analysis released today ...
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Bread for the World will gather more than 100 leaders of various faiths Sept. 21-22 in Washington, D.C., to reflect on Pope Francis’ teachings on hunger and poverty. They will join Catholic lea...
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Two hundred million people around the world have escaped hunger due in large part to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations reported Wednesday.
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Almost 5 million older Americans are food-insecure, and chronic heart disease and depression are just two of the health conditions that a lack of nutrition can exacerbate, according to a Bread fo...
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The Senate last night passed the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which could potentially support small businesses and smallholder farmers in Africa, helping to alleviate hunger there by...
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Liturgically, the coming weeks are a roller coaster of tone and emotion. We end the inwardly focused Lenten season and move to the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We spen...
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In his letter to the Philippians, the Apostle Paul exhorts them to “let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). Lent this year is an opportunity to reflect on the...
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1 Peter 4:10 reads: "Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received." What awesome advice from the apostle Peter! In this letter, h...
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While it is true that public policies at the federal, state, and local levels have reformed some unjust laws, today’s protests and public prayers make it clear that these past victories are onl...
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So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart (Psalm 90:12). In our modern day, time is a precious commodity. In athletic competitions, milliseconds can be the difference between a ...
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The WFP has been providing food assistance for 1.85 million Syrian refugees living in the host countries of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt.
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The $1.1 trillion federal spending bill approved by the House of Representatives Dec. 11 and pending in the Senate avoided a repeat of last year's government shutdown and largely keeps in place s...
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Washington -- Catholic Relief Services and a host of other nonprofit agencies that distribute food aid overseas were successful in getting lawmakers to purge a provision in a bill that could have...
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Fifty percent of all U.S.-sourced food aid must be transported on U.S.-flagged commercial vessels, according to the 1954 Cargo Preference Act, a law designed to help protect the U.S. cargo busine...
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A Christian aid group says problems like hunger, malnutrition and poverty cannot be solved until and unless women are treated as well as men. The group Bread for the World released a report on hu...
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Washington -- In the fight against worldwide hunger and poverty, a new report found that when women are empowered, everyone wins.
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For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. — Isaiah 9:6-7 Thi...
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Rep. Mike Conaway (R., Texas), the newly appointed chair of the House Agriculture Committee, is pledging to undertake a “thoughtful” review of food stamps.
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Vice President Joe Biden urged lawmakers on Thursday to take up the administration’s request for more than $6 billion in emergency aid to deal with the worldwide Ebola outbreak.
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The world stands at a historic juncture of achievement, loss and opportunity. At the dawn of the millennium, global leaders made an ambitious promise to meet the needs of the poor within 15 years...
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We are at a unique moment in history that makes ending hunger possible by 2030. In order to do this, however, the U.S. government must do its part to lead here and around the world in the work of...
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Jesus said about his disciples: “They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world” (John 17:16). Since we are not of this world, our worldview and way of thinking cannot ...
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I have been part of several conversations in the last few days about how the news seems more troubling than usual. There is trouble in Ferguson, Mo., in Iraq and Syria, in Israel and Palestine, a...
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For weeks, the news has been filled with stories of unnamed, faceless, unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in droves. Americans have greeted them with varied responses, from bl...
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A group of Peruvian mothers have been trained in early childhood stimulation, leadership, and nutrition. Raissa Vargas is doing what she can to improve life for her daughter.
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When Africa's worst cholera epidemic in 15 years struck Sierra Leone, mothers and young children in Mabella slum found themselves in a breeding ground for the disease.
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The kitchen of El Milagro Lutheran Church is the nerve center of this busy Minneapolis congregation. A stream of people bustle in and out of the room—to chat, pour themselves a cup of coffee, o...
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Tara Marks sits on the edge of her chair. She looks her senator’s aide straight in the eye and nicely, but firmly, asks him to consider the needs of low-income people.
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A small desk with a laptop, books, and a chair sits in Heather's living room. Her two children and even her two dogs know not to touch anything on that desk. “That’s mommy’s desk,” says H...
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David Kpan’s cocoa farm is a 20-minute walk from his home, across skinny dirt paths and small streams that lie under a couple acres of lush trees.
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If you could use only two words to describe David Kpan’s approach to life, the words on his motorbike’s license plate would suffice: “Patience Pays.”
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Forty women sit on wooden chairs in the hot sun, holding their purses as they wait for their turn to repay their loans.
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“I hope that my story gives people the idea that they don’t absolutely have to be stuck,” says DeEtte Peck. “It is not easy to escape from poverty, but it can be done."
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The people of Burkina Faso — a landlocked West African country just north of Ghana — are extremely vulnerable to hunger because of poverty and climate change.
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