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   ACT NOW  |  Senate Cosponsors Needed

Photograph by Margie Nea
Six senators recently introduced the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009 (S. 1524).

The bipartisan bill aims to revitalize USAID and affirms the U.S. committment to promote global development.  

• Rev. Beckmann's Senate testimony »
• Learn about reforming U.S. foreign aid »
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   REFORMING FOREIGN AID  |  House Bill

Photograph by Margie Nea
The Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 2139), calls on the President to create a national strategy for global development.

Together with S. 1524, the bills are crucial building blocks in our campaign to reform U.S. foreign aid.

Campaign progress report »
Learn about reforming U.S. foreign aid »
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   FIELD FOCUS  |  Success on the Ground

Field Focus | Faith in Action

Planting Roof Gardens in the South Bronx

Plants sprout out of the roof of the St. Joan of Arc Church in the South Bronx. This shallow garden of assorted plants – called a rooftop wellness garden – helps reduce pollution and the energy needed to heat and cool the building.

Previously:

In Guatemala, Building More Than a School »

   World Hunger Initiative

Global Food Security Initiative
The UN and State Department will devise a comprehensive and coordinated approach to achieving global food security.

Secretary Clinton and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hosted "Partnering for Food Security," on Sept. 26, to build on recent commitments to country-led food security strategies.
Listen David Beckmann reports on global efforts to reduce hunger  

 BREADCAST  |  How to Feed Nine Billion

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Ambassador Tony Hall talks about what he saw and heard at a United Nations High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050 in Rome last month.

Dustin Miller of The Harvest Initiative tells us how this innovative non-profit group facilitates economic activity and financial literacy on the Crow Creek Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

AND... Music from the Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra of Fairfax Presbyterian Church in Fairfax, Virginia.

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