Recipe for Hope: Responding to the Global Hunger Crisis
It's in the news nearly every day: Food prices are soaring worldwide (more on the crisis). More low-income people in the United States are making trips to food banks, where stocks are quickly depleting. For the world's poorest people in developing countries—who spend up to 80 percent of their income to buy food—the situation is even more devastating.
For six weeks, Bread held the "Recipe for Hope: Responding to the Global Crisis" online campaign. Thousands of people signed up to learn more about the causes of the crisis and ways they could take action. Hundreds of phone calls and emails have reached members of Congress. Senators and representatives are hearing from their constituents that they need to pay attention—and respond—to the global hunger crisis.
It’s easy to feel helpless when you watch people around the world suffering for lack of food. Together, we can turn a Recipe for Despair into a Recipe for Hope for mothers and fathers struggling to feed their families. Check back as we monitor the crisis and identify further opportunities for meaningful action.
Download the completed recipe cards 
Ingredients from the Recipe for Hope Campaign:
- Week Six
Ingredients for Despair: Restrictive and distorted trade policies
Ingredients for Hope: Prayers for a Time of Hunger, Call Congress
- Week Five
Ingredients for Despair: The mixed blessing of increased consumption
Ingredients for Hope: Take the Five-Day Solidarity Challenge, Write to Congress
- Week Four
Ingredient for Despair: Government Subsidies for Farmers
Ingredients for Hope: Forward this YouTube video; Write to Congress
- Week Three
Ingredient for Despair: The Weather Connection
Ingredients for Hope: Flood your local food bank; Write to Congress (update)
- Week Two
Ingredient for Despair: Competition between food and fuel
Ingredients for Hope: Participate in a phone briefing; Write to Congress
- Week One
Ingredient for Despair: Rising Fuel Prices
Ingredient for Hope: Join the Campaign
