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Hunger is far from being History

On Tuesday Niger marked its 50 years of independence from France – but there is little or no reason to celebrate. Instead of fireworks, monuments, public holidays or parties, half of Niger’s 13.5 million people are facing famine.
Niger has the dubious distinction of being known as the poorest [...]

This group of children in Madagascar are the ones who benefit from school feeding prorams like those supported by Stop Hunger Now. Only 25 cents a meal provides a nourishing meal for kids who otherwise might not eat that day. All of us can make a difference. Help us help them.

Stop Hunger Now’s partnership with the Methodist Church of South Africa is off to a great start. Meals are already being packaged. They are already being delivered to hungry children. And they are already making a difference.
Primrose Methodist Church helps feed the children in a daycare center in the Makause Informal Settlement in Germiston, SA [...]

While Ted, Allen and I were in Cape Town we met several times with Craig Stewart, Director of the Warehouse, an ecumenical food and relief distribution center. (I was first introduced to Craig about three years ago through the Rev. Rachel Mash of the South African Anglican Church and my good friend, Max Finburg. Ted had [...]

This morning, Presiding Bishop Ivan Abrahams and I signed a MOU that  creates a partnership between the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and Stop Hunger Now.  The agreement, dated 1 June 2009, is a significant step in moving forward our high nutrition meal packaging program to enable the Methodist Church of South Africa to feed African children [...]

As I mentioned in one of my last posts, we conducted a demonstration packaging event for the Cape Town area Methodist Synod meeting. Allen trained ten volunteers, and in less than ten minutes they were able to package 500 high protien .meals for the hungry.
While the volunteers were packaging I was able to talk about [...]