Pan para el Mundo es una organización vibrante gracias a los miles de defensores que componen nuestra red de base a lo largo del país.
Los miembros de Pan son los que toman acción y se comunican con sus miembros del Congreso en lo referente a la legislación que afecta a las personas que padecen de hambre y viven sumidas en la pobreza. A través de cartas, correos electrónicos, llamadas telefónicas y visitas en persona, ellos le dejan saber a sus oficiales electos, tanto en el Senado como en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos, que la erradicación del hambre es importante. Cuando ellos hablan e instan a aquellos que toman las decisiones en el gobierno a tomar medidas específicas, éstos escuchan.
"...Y detuviste el pan al hambriento."
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.