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  • 6 Apr 2011
    Fasting for the (un-budgeted) poor

    A biblically-inspired fast is taking place in the USA, as Christians and Jews protest the way budget debate is sidelining the poor. Martin E. Marty reflects on a movement for justice with ancient roots and modern resonances.

  • 16 Mar 2011
    US anti-poverty advocates launch 40-day Lent campaign

    United States anti-poverty church activists have launched a 40-day Lenten campaign to put the issue of global poverty into sharper focus.

  • 19 Jun 2010
    Lutheran pastor shares the 2010 World Food Prize

    Lutheran pastor the Rev David Beckmann, who once worked for the World Bank, is one of the winners of the 2010 World Food Prize, which is often seen as the Nobel Prize on food issues.

  • 22 Oct 2009
    US anti-poverty agency head urges child nutrition action

    Bread for the World, a collective Christian voice urging US decision makers to end hunger at home and globally, has welcomed the child nutrition priorities mentioned during a White House event hosted yesterday by Michelle Obama.

  • 18 Sep 2009
    Faith leaders' summit will precede major G20 meeting in US

    A major Faith Leaders Summit will precede the G20 Summit of world leaders in Pittsburgh, United States, setting out a priority agenda for tackling poverty and environmental damage.

  • 8 Jan 2007
    Christian activists highlight the need for justice in Western farming

    Bread for the World, a national Christian anti-hunger network, plans to distribute thousands of educational kits to churches around the USA urging churchgoers to lobby members of Congress to change federal agricultural and nutrition programmes in favour of the world's ‚Ä' and the country's ‚Ä' poor.