Bread for the World

      Urging our nation's leaders to end hunger

 

About Hunger

 

In 2005, the latest year for which data are available, 1.4 billion people in developing countries lived in extreme poverty—on less than $1.25 a day—down from 1.9 billion in 1981.
In the United States, 14.5 percent of households struggle to put food on the table. More than one in four children is at risk of hunger.
We can end hunger in our time. Everyone, including government, must do their part.

By making our voices heard in Congress, we make our laws more fair and compassionate to people in need.

What We Do

 

Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation's decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad.

Confronting the problem of hunger can seem overwhelming.
What can one person do? Plenty.
Bread for the World members write personal letters and emails and meet with our members of Congress.
Working through our churches, campuses, and other organizations, we engage more people in advocacy.
Each year, Bread for the World invites churches across the country to take up a nationwide Offering of Letters to Congress on an issue that is important to hungry and poor people.

How You Can Help

 

Food is a basic need, and it is unjust that so many people go without enough to eat.
Confronting the problem of hunger can seem overwhelming. What can one person do? Plenty—and Bread for the World can help.

Write to Congress

Everyone—including government—must do their part to end hunger. With the stroke of a pen, policies are made that redirect millions of dollars and affect millions of lives. Make your voices heard in Congress by speaking out for the needs of hungry and poor people.