Blog FeedFreedom from Hunger Day: Raising Awareness About the Global Food Crisis
Today is our third annual Freedom from Hunger Day - an occasion marking the many triumphs we’ve had over the problem of chronic hunger, and a time to honor the millions of hard-working women and families dedicated to sustaining themselves.
This year, though, Freedom from Hunger Day serves another very significant purpose, and that is to call critical attention to the severity of the current Global Food Crisis and the reality of its destructiveness.
With food shortages and food prices escalating everywhere, the extent of chronic hunger is expected to grow even more severe in the coming years, affecting almost 1 billion people across the planet. This staggering statistic is why Freedom from Hunger is vigorously stepping up its efforts to provide long-term self-help solutions for those in need.
We have already given a million women and families the tools they need to weather the storm of this food crisis. By growing their incomes, improving their food security, and safeguarding their health, women are better able to protect their families during difficult times. But we must put these tools into the hands of even more women so that they can empower themselves to climb out of chronic hunger and poverty for good.
This Freedom from Hunger Day, we ask people like you to help us show the world just how dire the Hunger Crisis is - and how important it is to expand our efforts to provide sustainable solutions. Let’scommit ourselves to a new level of passion in the fight to end hunger
Just like last year, we are using our website to provide you with easy ways to make a difference - join us today and take action!
Global Hunger Challenge
Help us empower women with sustainable solutions to the Global Hunger Crisis. If you make a donation in honor of Freedom from Hunger Day, our Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Ellen Breyer, will match your support 3 to 1 during the period of September 25 to 28. That means that your gift of $100 will be worth $400!
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Show others the faces of the Global Hunger Crisis.
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Come see women working towards better lives for their families.
Tell us what you think about Freedom from Hunger Day…
And about what’s being done to end the Global Hunger Crisis.
7 Responses to “Freedom from Hunger Day: Raising Awareness About the Global Food Crisis”
Mike | 09-26-08
Thank you Freedom from Hunger for your tireless effort to end hunger. I pledged my support and will help promote this day. Please join me.
Karen | 09-26-08
What a compelling cause and impressive mission. This campaign has piqued my interest in the methods in which you approach poverty and hunger. Thanks for sharing this info!
Amy Hill | 09-26-08
In light of the global hunger crisis, it seems more important than ever to help women achieve self-sufficiency through the programs of Freedom from Hunger.
For the one million families who have already been armed with sustainable solutions to chronic hunger, there is proof that these programs work.
I promise to do my part in the fight against hunger by letting people I know about Freedom from Hunger.
Charlie Moorse | 09-26-08
For most us sitting at a computer, surfing the internet, comfortably warm and dry in our home or office, hunger is such an abstract word. It’s an annoyance that comes and goes as quickly as we can unwrap a candy bar or open a bag of potato chips.
But for mothers faced with the reality of feeding their children with less than a dollar a day, however, hunger is a concrete reality. It lives in their homes everyday, claiming the lives of more than a million children each year.
So let us use this day to remember why it is so important to support Freedom from Hunger and unite in the fight against hunger.
Robert Chadwick | 09-26-08
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
It is estimated that over 800 million people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger and malnutrition.
To put that into perspective, consider that the 2007 census revealed that the United States is populated with just over 300 million people.
Can you image what our lives would be like if everyone we knew, everyone we worked with, and everyone we passed on the street could be described as “chronically hungry?” For much of the world, this is the reality of hunger.
Today, and everyday, Freedom from Hunger is providing women with sustainable solutions to combat the deadly global food crisis. Please join me in supporting their life-saving work.
Carol Hanley | 09-26-08
Something must be done to prevent one billion people from suffering.
Freedom From Hunger is leading the fight against by empowering impoverished families with the education, resources, and strategies to end hunger in their own communities . . . for good.
I am proud to see that change is possible and I vow to do my part to help.
Linda Uhl | 09-26-08
It seems that the model used by Freedom from Hunger is our best weapon against the global hunger crisis.
You see, Freedom from Hunger educates women through the Credit With Education program. This program teaches women the skills they need to both budget and save the money they earn.
During times of drought and other crisis, these savings often keep families from starving.
Sustainable solutions like Microfinance not only provide relief for today – they give hope for tomorrow.
Now it is up to us to help Freedom from Hunger expand their programs to reach even more people before the crisis gets any worse.
If you are like me, you will invest in the future of mankind by making sure we end hunger for good.