Sponsors
Co-Publisher (Gifts of $25,000 or more)
Margaret Wallhagen and Bill Strawbridge
Benefactor (Gifts of $10,000 or more)
Catholic Charities, U.S.A. includes more than 1,700 local agencies and institutions nationwide, providing help and creating hope for more than 8.5 million people of all faiths. For more than 280 years, Catholic Charities agencies have been providing vital services in their communities, ranging from day care and counseling to emergency assistance and housing. More than half of Catholic Charities services are in food services: food banks and pantries, soup kitchens, congregate dining and home delivered meals. Today, as part of its Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America—a multi-year, multi-faceted initiative aimed at cutting poverty in half by 2020—CCUSA is urging Congress and the Administration to improve programs and policies for the poor and vulnerable in four key issue areas: health care, housing, hunger, and family economic security.
Sixty-Six Canal Center Plaza
Suite 600
Alexandria, VA · 22314
Phone: (703) 549-1390
Fax: (703) 549-1656
www.catholiccharitiesusa.org
Community of Christ World Hunger Team/Tangible Love Team seeks to engage the church and others in a response to the needs of hungry people throughout the world. Its primary purpose is to support programs of food production, storage and distribution; fund projects to provide potable water; supply farm animals; instruct in food preparation and nutrition; and educate in marketing strategies for produce. It also seeks to advocate for the hungry and educate about the causes and alleviation of hunger in the world. The majority of proposals reviewed by the committee originate with Outreach International and World Accord, agencies recognized by the church as engaged in participatory human development that is global in scope. Direct grants to Community of Christ jurisdictions for community hunger projects, as well as disaster relief, also are considered.
1001 W. Walnut
Independence, MO 64050-3562
Phone: (816) 833-1000, ext. 2216
Fax: (816) 521-3097
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is a fellowship of Baptist Christians and churches who share a passion for the Great Commission of Jesus Christ and a commitment to Baptist principles of faith and practice.· The Fellowship’s purpose is to serve Christians and churches as they discover and fulfill their God-given mission. ·One of the Fellowship’s strategic initiatives is engaging in holistic missions and ministries among the most neglected in a world without borders. With more than 1,800 contributing churches and more than 3,000 individual contributors, the Fellowship supports a global mission’s field force of 131 personnel.
2930 Flowers Road South, Ste. 133
Atlanta, GA · 30341
Phone: (770) 220-1600
www.thefellowship.info
Evangelical Lutheran Church of America World Hunger Program is a 30-year-old ministry that confronts hunger and poverty through emergency relief, long term sustainable development and organizing, education, advocacy and stewardship of financial resources. Seventy-two percent of the program works internationally and 28 percent works within the United States. Lutheran World Relief (Baltimore) and Lutheran World Federation (Geneva) are key implementing partners in international relief and development throughout the world.
8765 W. Higgins Road
Chicago, IL 60631-4190
Phone: (800) 638-3522, ext. 2709
Fax: (773) 380-2707
United Methodist Committee on Relief is the not-for-profit global humanitarian aid organization of the United Methodist Church. UMCOR is working in more than 80 countries worldwide, including the United States.· Our mission, grounded in the teachings of Jesus, is to alleviate human suffering—whether caused by war, conflict or natural disaster, with open hearts and minds to all people. UMCOR responds to natural or civil disasters that are interruptions of such magnitude that they overwhelm a community’s ability to recover on its own.· We partner with people to rebuild their communities, livelihoods, health, and homes. In times of acute crisis, we mobilize aid to stricken areas—-emergency supplies, fresh water, and temporary shelter-—and then stay, as long as it takes, to implement long-term recovery and rehabilitation. UMCOR is a member of several global alliances that share the same mission to restore well-being to women, children and men. Together with these and many local partners, UMCOR embodies the life-saving humanitarian presence of the people of the United Methodist Church.
475 Riverside Dr., Rm. 330
New York, NY 10115
Phone: (212) 870-3808
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www.umcor.org
Patrons (Gifts between $5,000-$10,000)
Allegany Franciscan Ministries is a non-profit Catholic organization focused on improving the overall health status of individuals through increasing access to health services and information. Guided by the tradition and vision of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, New York, Allegany Franciscan Ministries provides grants to organizations primarily in three regions of Florida.· Allegany Franciscan Ministries strives to be a catalyst for systemic change, committing resources and working collaboratively to promote physical, mental, spiritual, societal and cultural health and well-being in these communities.
Allegany Franciscan Ministries
33920 US Highway 19 N, Suite 269
Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Phone: (727) 507-9668
www.afmfl.org
American Baptist Churches World Relief is funded by the One Great Hour of Sharing offering. It is the responsibility of the World Relief Committee to designate where donations will go in the coming year. The Committee’s purpose is to support, enable and encourage emergency relief, refugee work, disaster rehabilitation, and development assistance. Today, One Great Hour of Sharing serves people in over 80 countries around the world. Sponsored by nine Christian U.S. denominations and Church World Service, One Great Hour of Sharing makes sure that it can respond to needs as soon as they happen and that tens of thousands of people receive support for ongoing relief, rehabilitation, and development. Gifts reach the ministries and people in need through a network of regional and international partnerships.
American Baptist Churches World Relief Office
P.O. Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482
Toll Free: (800) 222-3872 x2245
www.abc-oghs.org
Baptist World Aid is the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance and is engaged primarily in disaster relief and community development.· It aids victims of disasters by working through indigenous Baptist conventions and unions in the country of the disaster and through BWAid Rescue24, a search, rescue and recovery operation.· BWAid provides assistance in health, education, vocational training, agriculture, and other types of projects. The BWA is a fellowship of 216 Baptist conventions and unions comprising a membership of more than 37 million baptized believers and a community of 105 million.· It aims to unite Baptists worldwide, lead in world evangelism, respond to people in need, defend human rights and promote theological reflection.
405 North Washington Street
Falls Church, VA· 22046 USA
Phone: (703) 790-8980
Fax:· (703) 790-5719
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www.bwanet.org/bwaid
Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of all major Canadian church-based agencies working to end hunger in developing countries.· The three pillars of our work are (a) increasing and deepening the involvement of Canadians in efforts to end hunger; (b) supporting partnerships and activities to reduce hunger on both an immediate and sustainable basis; and (c) influencing changes in public policies necessary to end hunger.· In addition to cash donations, substantial amounts of food grain are donated directly from Canadian farmers and from more than 200 community groups that collectively grow crops for donation to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.· In 2008-09, approximately $12 million in grain and cash donations was collected in addition to the $29 million matching support from the Canadian International Development Agency.· Hunger-related programming is supported by the Foodgrains Bank through its 15 member agencies and includes food aid, food security, nutrition programming, and food justice.
Box 767, 400-393 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg Manitoba
Canada R3C 2L4
Phone: (204) 944-1993
Toll Free: (800) 665.0377
Fax: (204) 943-2597
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www.foodgrainsbank.ca
Church of the Brethren, Global Food Crisis Fund
is the Church of the Brethren’s approach to education, advocacy, and action on matters of food security. It crosses cultural and national barriers to serve humanitarian need and to build mutual understanding. It affirms the parallels between the Millennium Development Goals and the Sermon on the Mount. Its grants for programs in 32 countries are directed to helping people who live on the margins move from subsistence to sustainability. Among its components are “My 2-cents worth” collections in homes and churches, “Regnuh: Turning hunger around” campaigns by age groups, and hands-on growing projects of congregations and partners to launch agricultural developments in poor communities. In summary, what the Global Food Crisis Fund is about is partnering with the poor in promoting environmentally sustainable agriculture, raising awareness as to the causes of hunger, and entering into works of compassion that convey the love and fullness of Christ.
Global Food Crisis Fund
Church of the Brethren
1451 Dundee Ave
Elgin IL 60120
Phone: 1-800-323-8039, ext. 264
Fax: (847) 742-6103
www.brethren.org
Church World Service works with local organizations worldwide to support sustainable development, meet emergency needs, help the displaced, and address the root causes of poverty, hunger and powerlessness. CWS believes there is Enough for All.
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 700
New York, NY 10115-0050 USA
Phone: (800) 297-1516
Fax: (212) 870-3523
www.churchworldservice.org
Evangelical Covenant Church Covenant World Relief is an effective and efficient humanitarian aid ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church with a sixty-year history. CWR collaborates with partners around the world to provide relief, rehabilitation, and transformational community development. These partnerships empower local ministries, increase local involvement, reduce overhead and facilitate immediate response to disaster and human suffering. Our charge is to love, serve and work together with the poor, the powerless, and the marginalized.
http://blogs.covchurch.org/cwr
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was founded in 1945 with a mandate to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, improve agricultural productivity and better the condition of rural populations
Achieving food security for all is at the heart of FAO's efforts - to make sure people have regular access to enough high-quality food to lead active, healthy lives.
FAO provides the kind of behind-the-scenes assistance that helps people and nations help themselves. If a community wants to increase crop yields but lacks the technical skills, we introduce simple, sustainable tools and techniques. When a country shifts from state to private land ownership, we provide the legal advice to smooth the way. When a drought pushes already vulnerable groups to the point of famine, we mobilize action. And in a complex world of competing needs, we provide a neutral meeting place and the background knowledge needed to reach consensus.
Today, FAO is one of the largest specialized agencies in the United Nations and the lead agency for agriculture, forestry, fisheries and rural development. An intergovernmental organization, FAO has 191 member countries plus one member organization, the European Community. A specific FAO priority is encouraging sustainable agriculture and rural development, a long-term strategy for increasing food production and food security while conserving and managing natural resources.
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
Phone: (+39 06) 57051
Fax: (+39 06) 570 53152
E-mail:
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Liaison Office with North America (LOWA)
2175 K Street NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037 USA
Phone: (202) 653-2400
Fax: (202) 653-5760
Foods Resource Bank is a Christian response to world hunger. Its goal is for hungry people to know the dignity and·hope of feeding themselves by making it possible for them, through sustainable·smallholder agricultural programs, to produce food for their families with extra to share, barter or sell. Foods Resource Bank endeavors to·build networks with various agricultural communities in “growing projects” in the United States, allowing participants to give a gift only they can give. These volunteers grow crops· or raise animals, sell them in the United States and the resulting money is used by implementing members (denominations·and their agencies) to establish food security programs abroad. Foods Resource Bank creates solidarity between America’s bounty and the needs of the world’s hungry.
4479 Central Avenue
Western Springs, IL 60558
Phone:· (312) 612-1939
www.FoodsResourceBank.org
Heifer International is a nonprofit charitable organization working to end world hunger and poverty while caring for the Earth. Heifer provides living gifts of livestock, along with seeds, trees and training to families in need around the world. These living gifts, along with training in their care and in environmentally friendly agriculture, provide improved nutrition and income, as well as access to health care, education and better lives. ·Each family agrees to Heifer’s cornerstone Pass on the Gift, passing on the first-born female offspring of their animal to another family. Passing on the Gift is fundamental to Heifer’s approach to sustainable development. As people share their animals’ offspring with others, along with their knowledge and resources, an ever-expanding network of hope, dignity and self-reliance is created that multiplies the benefit. Since 1944, Heifer has helped more than 12 million families—62 million men, women and children—in more than 125 countries, including the United States. Each year Heifer’s message of hope reaches millions through the media and through its own publications, such as World Ark magazine. Heifer’s two learning centers in Arkansas, and Massachusetts offer hands-on educational experiences with seminars, service learning projects and hunger immersion experiences.
1 World Avenue
Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
Phone: (501) 907-2697 (COWS)
Fax: (501) 907-2802
www.heifer.org
Presbyterian Hunger Program provides a channel for congregations to respond to hunger in the United States and around the world. With a commitment to the ecumenical sharing of human and financial resources, the program provides support for the direct food relief efforts, sustainable development and public policy advocacy. The Presbyterian Hunger Program helps thousands of ·Presbyterian Church (USA) congregations become involved in the study of hunger issues, engage with the communities of need, advocate for just public policies and business practices, and move toward simpler corporate and personal lifestyles.
100 Witherspoon Street
Louisville, KY 40202.
Phone: (502) 569-5832
Fax:· (502) 569-8963
www.pcusa.org/hunger
United Church of Christ Wider Church Ministries is one of four Covenanted Ministries in the United Church of Christ. We support congregations and the other settings of the church in developing relationships with a wider church that is global, multiracial and multicultural, open, and affirming, and accessible to all. Our Executive Minister is The Rev. Cally Rogers-Witte. Wider Church Ministries is in partnership with the Division of Overseas Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Common Global Ministries—the worldwide mission program of both denominations. Some Wider Church Ministry programs are unique to the United Church of Christ, others are shared with the Disciples of Christ.·Programs of Wider Church Ministries include Volunteer Ministries and National Disaster Ministries, as well as ministries of Refugee & Immigration, Health & Wholeness Advocacy, and One Great Hour of Sharing.
UCC National Office
700 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Phone: 216-736-2100
www.ucc.org
World Relief has been empowering churches to serve the world’s most vulnerable since 1944.·World Relief equips churches to minister to people’s physical, emotional and spiritual needs.·Long-term development happens as local communities and churches are engaged in the planning and implementation of programs—meaning programs continue long after World Relief funding and staff is directly involved.·World Relief serves the most vulnerable, regardless of religion, race, ethnicity or gender. In 20 countries and 20 locations in the United States, World Relief’s innovative ministries focus on economic development, health and social development, and refugee care.
7 E Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone; (443) 451-1900
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www.WorldRelief.org
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty. Motivated by our faith in Jesus, World Vision serves the poor, regardless of a person’s religion, race, ethnicity, or gender, as a demonstration of God’s unconditional love for all people. World Vision provides emergency assistance to children and families affected by natural disasters and civil conflict, works with communities to develop long-term solutions to alleviate poverty, and advocates for justice on behalf of the poor. World Vision serves more than 100 million people in nearly 100 countries around the world.
34834 Weyerhaeuser Way
South Federal Way, WA 98001 USAPhone: (888) 511-6593
www.worldvision.org
Friends (Gifts under $5,000)
Bon Secours Health System
www.bshsi.com
Christian Reformed World Relief Committee
www.crwrc.org
Congressional Hunger Center
www.hungercenter.org
Franciscans Sisters of Allegany
www.AlleganyFranciscans.org
Islamic Relief
www.islamicreliefusa.org
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod World Relief and Human Care
www.lcms.org
Lutheran World Relief
www.lwr.org
Nazarene Compassionate Ministries
www.ncm.org
Reformed Church In America
www.rca.org
S.C. Ministry Foundation
www.scministryfdn.org
Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission
www.bgct.org
World Hope International
www.worldhope.org
Bread for the World Institute
President
David Beckmann
President Emeritus
Arthur Simon
Managing Director
James L. McDonald
Director
Asma Lateef
Senior Editor
Todd Post
Policy Analysts
Diana Aubourg Millner
Andrew Wainer
Contributing Writer
Michele Learner
Project Assistants
Faustine Wabwire
Salik Farooqi
Cheryle Adams
Design
Hilary Kay Doran
Acknowledgements
Bread for the World Institute wishes to thank the following people individually for their contribution to this report. Among them are our colleagues at Bread for the World and the Alliance to End Hunger. Whitney Rhoades, Mannik Sakayan, and Monica Mills in Bread for the World’s Government Relations department gave helpful feedback on draft chapters. Ann Steensland of the U.S. Alliance to End Hunger facilitated contacts with National Alliances around the world. Carter Echols and Gary Cook in the Church Relations department, along with Tammy Walhof, David Maus, and Kathy Pomroy of the Organizing department, wrote the study guide. Communications department staff of Adlai Amor, Hans Friedhoff, James Frank, Isabel Morales, Laura Pohl, Racine Tucker-Hamilton, and Kristen Youngblood helped to create a dynamic website for the report and handled media relations for the launch. Bread for the World Institute interns Kendra Kintzi and Ivone Guillen helped with research and translation respectively. Institute staff Christine Matthews and Judith Toni also supported the development of this report.
For their written contributions in this report, we wish to thank The Honorable Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia; Ambassador Tony Hall, Director of the Alliance to End Hunger; Dr. Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development; Charles Uphaus with USAID; Joe Guinan and Katrin Kuhlmann of the German Marshall Fund; Kathleen Kurz with the Academy for Educational Development; Stuart Clarke of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank; Eric Muñoz of Oxfam America; Craig Meisner of Cornell University; Sandra Bunch and Paul Guenette of ACDI/VOCA; and Roger Thurow of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
Others we want to thank include experts and sponsors who shared their insights on issues in this report or commented on drafts: Kathleen Kurz and George Ingram of the Academy for Educational Development; Sandra Bunch and Paul Guenette of ACDI/VOCA; Jashinta D’Costa, former Bread for the World staff; Mahabub Hossain of BRAC; Paul Hagerman of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank; Jan Lane of CARE USA; Sekhar Bhattacharjee of CARE Bangladesh; Bill O’Keefe of Catholic Relief Services; Jeremy Lewis of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship; Craig Meisner of Cornell University; Nancy Arnison of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Marv Baldwin, Bev Abma, and Cher-frere Fortune of Foods Resource Bank; Joe Guinan of German Marshall Fund; Lawrencia Adams-Simpson of the Ghana Research and Advocacy Program; staff at Grameen Bank; Sabrina Quaraishi of the Grameen Foundation; Amin Uddin and Victoria Quinn of Helen Keller International; Altrena Mukuria of Infant and Young Child Nutrition/PATH; Vanessa Dick of InterAction; Roxanne Stachowski, David Kauck and Charles Ashbaugh of the International Center for Research on Women; K. Sarwar Lateef, international development consultant to the World Bank and others; Ousmane Badiane of the International Food Policy Research Institute; Cheryl Morden and Tom Pesek of the International Fund for Agricultural Development; Jan Low of the International Potato Center; Mara Russell of Land O’Lakes, Inc.; Evelyn Nassuna of Lutheran World Relief; Zeba Mahmud of the Micronutrient Initiative; Sarah Lucas, Troy Wray and Erin Kolodjeski of the Millennium Challenge Corporation; Eric Muñoz of Oxfam America; Julie Howard, Daniel Karanja, and Emmy Simmons of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa; Leslie and Cynthia Morgan of the Presbyterian Church; W. Gyude Moore, Ministry of State/Office of the President of the Republic of Liberia; John Fawcett and Jennifer Maurer of Results; Gabriel Laizer, Dan Gustafson, Ad Spikers, and Carrie Ross of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization; Michael Dunford and John Mcharris of the United Nations World Food Program; Kathleen Campbell, Jennifer Rigg, and Tim Ogborn of Save the Children; Claire Moran and Anirban Bhowmik of the UK Department for International Development; Margaret Wallhagen of the University of California, San Francisco; Charles Uphaus, Josette Lewis, Anne Williams, Denise Rollins, Bill Douglass and Bob Dakan of USAID; Ann Tutwiler of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Cindy Huang and Jocelyn Brown· of the U.S. Department of State; Phil Thomas of the U.S. Government Accountability Office; Alisha English, Danielle Mutone-Smith, and Nora O’Connell of Women Thrive Worldwide; Bill Collis of the World Fish Center; Patrick Beckley of World Hope International.
We are grateful to all who helped produce this report and apologize to anyone who was not named individually. To everyone, again, thanks so much. All mistakes and errors are ours.
