Ending Hunger in America | The 2014 Hunger Report
The 2014 Hunger Report proposes bold steps to end hunger in the United States by 2030. Hunger remains a problem in this wealthy country. About one in seven American households is not always sure where...
View ArticleHarmonizing Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation Across U.S. Government Agencies
Addressing the high burden of undernutrition in developing countries through multisectoral, evidence-based approaches is increasingly recognised as a top global priority. 2013 resulted in the...
View ArticleLearning from U.S. Nutrition Investments in Tanzania: Progress and Partnerships
A wide range of projects are currently being funded in Tanzania to improve nutrition outcomes, guided by the government’s National Nutrition Strategy. Steps are being taken to strengthen internal...
View ArticleBread for the World Applauds Senate Vote on Emergency Unemployment
Washington, D.C. – This morning the Senate took a major step in reinstating emergency unemployment benefits for 1.3 million unemployed workers. The Senate voted to consider S. 1845, the Emergency...
View ArticleEnding Child Hunger in the United States
In 2013, 15.8 million U.S. children were at risk of hunger. For children, even brief periods of hunger carry consequences that may last a lifetime. Many children suffer from nutritional deficiencies,...
View ArticleWhen Women Flourish … We Can End Hunger | The 2015 Hunger Report
The Hunger Report identifies the empowerment of women and girls as essential in ending hunger, extreme poverty, and malnutrition around the world and in the United States. Women face barriers that...
View ArticleCongress Managed to Help Poor and Hungry People Despite Brinksmanship
Washington, D.C. – The 113th Congress concluded its term yesterday, a term that experienced hyper-partisanship and a government shutdown. Despite the political hurdles and low approval rating this...
View ArticlePresident Obama Commits to Investing in Families
In his penultimate state of the union address, President Obama stressed the importance of tax credits for working families, fair wages, eliminating the gender gap, and making childcare affordable. “The...
View ArticleBread for the World Launches Campaign to Reauthorize Child Nutrition Programs
Bread for the World launched its 2015 Offering of Letters: Feed Our Children campaign today, urging Congress to strengthen national child nutrition programs when the law governing them comes up for...
View ArticlePresident’s Budget Proposes Investments in Human Capital
President Obama released his budget on Monday, which includes proposals for making the 2009 earned income tax credit (EITC) and child tax credit (CTC) improvements permanent, and reforming U.S. food...
View ArticleBread 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...
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