We can end hunger in our time. But doing it depends on people like you getting involved and making serious commitments to prayer, action, and giving. When you raise your voice and urge our nation’s decision makers to change policies, programs, and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, you are helping to build the political will to end hunger. When your voice is joined with others, it is amplified.
What can one person do? Plenty. Join Bread for the World and make a difference.
Pray
Commit yourself to ongoing prayer for the end of hunger. Whenever you say, “Give us this day our daily bread,” let it mean a prayer for the end of hunger. Encourage your church, family, and friends to join you in praying for an end to hunger. By praying for an end to hunger, we participate in God’s work of caring for all people in need.
Act
Redouble your commitment to advocacy. Bread wants to help end hunger, and to do that, we need to build the political will to make hunger a national priority. Put your faith into action by:
- writing a letter, sending an email, or calling your members of Congress on critical issues
- urging candidates for Congress to address hunger and poverty issues
- joining in-person or online campaigns and actions
- involving your church, campus, or community group in Bread’s annual Offering of Letters, Bread for the World Sunday, or other advocacy activities
- participating in a local or campus Bread for the World team or being a leader for Bread in your community
Give
Provide the resources to leverage big changes. When you give a gift to Bread for the World, its impact is multiplied. For every $1 you donate, Bread helps win more than $100 in federal government assistance for hungry and poor people in the U.S. and around the world.
God's grace in Jesus Christ moves us to help our neighbors, whether they live in the next house, the next state, or the next continent. Join us, and let’s work together to end hunger.
"So faith by itself, if it has no works,
is dead."
James 2:17
How to Get Results
Bread for the World’s work in organizing communities and individuals to speak up about hunger and poverty gets results! Bread for the World’s work in organizing communities and individuals to speak up about hunger and poverty gets results.
Tools
from our Resource Library
For Education
FAQ: Hunger Crisis in Afghanistan
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.
Global Malnutrition Fact Sheet 2021
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.
MEMO ON THE HIGH RETURNS OF INVESTING IN A 1,000 DAYS INFRASTRUCTURE
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.
For Faith
Finding Hope, Ending Hunger on Both Sides of the Border: A Bilingual Latino Devotional
Devotional writers challenge us to feel the Spirit of God within us and to hear God’s urgent call to demand justice so all can put food on the table.The Bible on Health as a Hunger Issue
“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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Faith Leaders' Unity Declaration on Racism and Poverty
A diverse body of Christian leaders calls on the churches and Congress to focus on the integral connection.
For Advocacy
Fact Sheet: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and SNAP
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.
Fact Sheet: Why We Need $200 Million for Global Nutrition Programs
Bread for the World and its partners are asking Congress to provide $200 million for global nutrition.
Fact Sheet: Hunger by the Numbers
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.