Nikki Toyama-Szeto is Executive Director of Christians for Social Action, which combines biblical scholarship with policy analysis to further economic justice, support interdependence, promote racial and ecological justice, and generally try to make the world a better place. Previously, Toyama-Szeto served in leadership positions at International Justice Mission, the Urbana Conference, and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. She writes on justice, leadership, gender issues and racial justice for various outlets. She is co-author of God of justice: The IJM Institute Global Church Curriculum and Partnering with the Global Church (Urbana Onward), and co-edited More than Serving Tea, a collection of essays, stories and poems looking at the intersection of race, gender, and faith for Asian American women. Toyama-Szeto holds a mechanical engineering degree from Stanford University and completed her master's in organizational leadership at Eastern University, studying in South Africa. Toyama-Szeto is evangelical. Washington, DC.
Afghanistan would be considered likely to have high rates of hunger because at least two of the major causes of global hunger affect it—armed conflict and fragile governmental institutions.
Malnutrition is responsible for nearly half of all preventable deaths among children under 5. Every year, the world loses hundreds of thousands of young children and babies to hunger-related causes.
Bread for the World is calling on the Biden-Harris administration and Congress to build a better 1,000-Days infrastructure in the United States.
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in faith.” These words from Colossians 2:6 remind us of the faith that is active in love for our neighbors.
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The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is designed to respond to changes in need, making it well suited to respond to crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bread for the World and its partners are asking Congress to provide $200 million for global nutrition.
In 2017, 11.8 percent of households in the U.S.—40 million people—were food-insecure, meaning that they were unsure at some point during the year about how they would provide for their next meal.