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A Brighter Future for Hungry People in 2009  |  DAVID BECKMANN

At start of the New Year, I ask you to join in our 2009 Offering of Letters. You can help persuade Congress to reform U.S. foreign assistance to make it more effective in reducing hunger and poverty.

This year also marks the 35th anniversary of Bread’s founding. In the months ahead, we’ll celebrate our victories and take on future challenges.

A few highlights from the past decade include:

• 29 million more African children are in school thanks to your work on the Jubilee debt relief campaign.
  
• The U.S. government has doubled funding for effective programs that help developing countries in Africa and other poor parts of the world. This would not have happened without the urging of Bread for the World members.
  
• Together, we have strengthened the U.S. nutrition programs, assisting the millions of families in this country who struggle to feed their children.

For a first-hand account of how our work together is having an impact, listen to my report of my recent trip to Mozambique and Malawi.

Plan now to join us at Bread for the World’s Gathering 2009, June 14-16, here in Washington, D.C.  

Learn from experts like Andrew Natsios, former administrator of USAID and the Wall Street Journal’s Roger Thurow.

María Otero, president of ACCIÓN International will speak and ABC television anchor Maureen Bunyan will be the mistress of ceremonies at Bread for the World’s 35th Anniversary Dinner.

Worship with Rev. Sam Rodriguez and Evensong Rising.

In Hope,



David Beckmann
President