Bread for the World President Testifies on Capitol Hill on Development Aid
Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, testified today before the House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, urging its members to fully fund poverty-focused...
View ArticleNew Congressional Budget Proposals Cut 220 Meals a Year from SNAP Participants
Bread for the World today warned both the House and Senate not to enact harmful fiscal year 2016 budget cuts that would jeopardize the availability of healthy and nutritious meals for adults and...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds Reintroduction of Global Food Security Act in House
Washington, D.C. – Bread for the World welcomes yesterday’s reintroduction of H.R. 1567, the Global Food Security Act, in the House of Representatives and the ways it will help end hunger. The act...
View ArticleBread Joins World Bank, Other Faith Groups, In Call to End Hunger, Poverty by...
Bread for the World, the World Bank, and leaders of 30 faith groups and organizations issued today a call to end hunger and extreme poverty by 2030. “Now that it has become clear that it is feasible to...
View ArticleGlobal Food Security Act Advances in House
The Global Food Security Act, H.R. 1567, unanimously passed out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday. It authorizes a comprehensive, whole-of-government strategy to address hunger and...
View ArticleBread for the World Urges Senate to Confirm New Head of USAID
Bread for the World welcomes the nomination today of Gayle Smith as the new administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). It urges the Senate to confirm Smith’s appointment...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds Introduction of Global Food Security Act in Senate
Bread for the World applauds the introduction of the Global Food Security Act of 2015, S. 1252, last night in the Senate. This legislation seeks to improve the livelihoods of the more than 500 million...
View ArticleMillennium Development Goals Help 200 Million People Out of Hunger
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. Bread for the World has long...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds G-7’s Commitment to Lift 500 Million Out of...
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 States’...
View ArticleBread for the World Activists Visit Capitol Hill to Advocate for Domestic and...
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 Congress to...
View ArticleFaith Leaders Meet With Congressional Leaders on Poverty-Focused Programs
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,...
View ArticleA land of prosperity, a land of hunger
By Shalom Khokhar Growing up, my family and I would go grocery shopping on Saturdays. My favorite place to go was Sam’s Club because they always had free samples. From snacks to desserts, it was always...
View ArticleU.S.-Africa Trade Bill Passes Congress
Bread for the World applauds the 10-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which passed yesterday in Congress. This is the first 10-year reauthorization of AGOA since it was...
View ArticleClosing the summer hunger gap
By Jennifer Gonzalez A year ago, Lane Riley took a leap of faith. She moved from her home in South Carolina to operate a summer meals site for children in rural Shaw, Miss. One pastor helped secure a...
View ArticleStrengthening Local Capacity: The Weak Link in Sustainable Development
Country ownership is critical to achieving development outcomes such as reducing hunger and extreme poverty. Well-functioning state and non-state institutions are necessary elements of an enabling...
View ArticleAdvocacy 101: Making a Difference in Congress
Advocacy 101 provides a largely secular explanation of how Bread for the World carries out its advocacy with Congress. It explains the legislative process at the federal level and how Bread activists,...
View ArticleGlobal goals? We're getting there
By Stefanie Casdorph At the beginning of the new millennium, world leaders gathered at the United Nations to shape a broad vision to fight poverty and its many causes and effects. This vision turned...
View ArticleCollege student fights hunger on multiple fronts
By Jennifer Gonzalez Nothing irks Maria Rose Belding more than hearing legislators say that food pantries can fill in the food gap when SNAP (formerly food stamps) benefits are cut. “No, no, no. That...
View ArticleSchool's out for the summer (but hunger's not)
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View ArticleTell your representative to ‘Feed the Future’
By Eric Mitchell Thanks to your calls and emails, there is strong, bipartisan support for the Global Food Security Act of 2015 (H.R. 1567) in Congress. This act authorizes — makes permanent — the Feed...
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