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Category - Hunger

15 Nov 2012

CAFOD challenges supermarkets and government on hunger

The Catholic aid agency CAFOD has launched a new food campaign to hundreds of supporters at Westminster Cathedral in London.
8 Nov 2012

Make ending hunger a priority, Obama administration urged

US Christian charity Bread for the World is urging its supporters to write to President Obama asking him to make ending hunger a priority.
2 Nov 2012

Food event a vital opportunity to tackle causes of hunger, says Christian Aid

Christian Aid has welcomed the announcement of a UK event in 2013 on food and hunger, which currently afflicts some 870 million people globally.
30 Sep 2012

Hunger crisis threatens Yemen's development and stability, say aid agencies

The hunger crisis in Yemen, affecting almost one out of every two Yemeni citizens must be addressed immediately, eight international and Yemeni aid agencies say.
11 Jun 2012

The right to food and why hunger is not inevitable

This week in Los Cabos in Mexico heads of state from the G20 nations are meeting. Every year this meeting is crucial – it is a focal moment for discussion and action on economic and financial reform and improving the structures that feed into both, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF); and it is a moment when multilateral decisions and progress can be made on issues vital to the wellbeing and flourishing of the poorest, such as food security and development.
1 Dec 2011

Treating HIV on an empty stomach in Nairobi

Dealing with HIV is hard enough, but the rise in food prices in the Horn of Africa has produced a new problem: treating HIV on an empty stomach.
17 Oct 2011

Governments called on to tackle the root causes of global hunger

Oxfam has called upon governments meeting at the UN’s Committee on World Food Security in Rome to tackle the root causes of hunger.
14 Sep 2011

World church leaders exposed to awful scale of African famine

The World Council of Churches' Executive Committee, meeting in Addis Ababa, have seen directly the impact of the regional humanitarian crisis.
13 Aug 2011

Church leaders seek long term solutions to Horn of Africa food crisis

Religious leaders are exploring short and long term strategies for communities to end reliance on food aid in Africa, in the wake of the current crisis.
19 Jul 2011

UK public's Africa emergency donations exceed £15 million

Donations from the UK public to the emergency appeal for people suffering from severe food shortages in East Africa have now exceeded £15 million.

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