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Next, we'll sell Senate seats to Exxon Mobil and At&T
Next, we'll sell Senate seats to Exxon Mobil and At&T By Donald Kaul Last Updated: February 02, 2010 In days of yore they called them the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death-the scourges of humankind....
Artists say: Help us to help the Haitians
ARTISTS in Penwith have a long tradition of helping those in need, so it is no surprise to learn that a major fundraising event is being staged for the hurricane-hit people of Haiti....
Those who are concerned that once history is distorted, it often never gets corrected, can breathe easier after a startlingly accurate documentary was premiered recently at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre in Toronto....
Is Seoul Ready for the Fall of the N.Korean Regime?
The North Korean regime has sacked the Workers' Party's Finance Director Pak Nam-gi, letting him take the fall for the failed currency reform late last year....
Courage has two chief manifestations: disregard for death and disregard for pain....
North Koreans starving after currency move: reports
North Koreans are starving to death and unrest is growing due to a currency revaluation last year that crippled markets and led to the sacking of a senior cadre, reports said on Wednesday....
Stories
Haiti: Women Take Lead As Food Coupons System Rolls Out
As WFP’s food coupon system ensures delivery of two weeks of rice rations, women are always at the front of the line at the 16 fixed distribution points in the Haitian capital. It’s part of a system that ensures the weakest don’t get left behind....
Haiti: Sweet, Nutritious Porridge Keeps Kids Cheerful
In the coastal town of Jacmel, south of Port-au-Prince, WFP is providing hot meals for an average 24,000 people each day through a network of field kitchens. Children are receiving a nutritional boost with an extra daily meal of WFP’s vitamin-rich porridge -- which they seem to love!...
Davos: 70 Leaders Discuss Haiti and Nutrition
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Davos: YUM! Brands Is WFP's Partner Of The Year
Body Text: WFP’s Tent at Davos was packed on...
Davos: CEOs brainstorm with WFP on nutrition
CEO’s arrived at early today at the WFP Tent in Davos – for a day focused on fighting under-nutrition for children two years old and younger....
Davos soundbites: "Public-private partnerships are vital"
Body Text: Public-private partnerships are going to be crucial...
The New York City Hunger Blog
Hey all, We just want to let everyone know that our blog address has changed. We're now at nyccoalitionagainsthunger.wordpress.comThanks for staying up-to-date with the Coalition's latest news....
“Fresh” bridges the gap between food systems work and anti-poverty work
In Fresh, Ana Joanes focuses on the people who are re-inventing the food system in the United States. Joanes offers practical alternatives to the current food system in the U.S., an industrial model that has led to food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. ...
Senator Gillibrand Meets with Anti-hunger Advocates, Pledges Support
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Today (April 1st, 2009), SNAP/Food Stamp recipients receive 13.6% more per month. This increase is due to the American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which increases SNAP/Food Stamp benefits, gives states extra money to administer SNAP/Food Stamps, and also includes additional nutrition provisions. Here is the break...
PA Gotbaum, Advocates Call on HRA to Improve Its Automated System
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Advocates Call on Governor Paterson to Reverse Mayor’s Decision
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Tyson Foods Hunger Relief
Food banks--Putting your agencies on the map
View Tyson Foods Hunger Relief Donations in a larger map Here's a Google map I created on Friday of the truckload donations Tyson has done in the past year. Notice all of the icons are clickable for more information. You can zoom in to the street address (with apologies to those...
By Elise Mitchell As Ed mentioned in his post earlier this week, the donation last Saturday to the Northwest Arkansas Food Bank received a lot of positive media coverage and helped bring to light the hard work of many volunteers. We’ve posted some of those stories here from our local TV...
We started this Twitter list over a year ago with names of peope who have been active (online or offline) in the discussion of hunger. Since then it's grown as more and more people find Twitter a valid way to bring the community online. From time to time, I'll re-tweet...
Hunger Organizations with Facebook Presence
Facebook is the social media channel of choice for a huge and growing segment of our population. Communications-savvy hunger relief organizations are getting on board, opening the channel to their stakeholders. I did a quick scan across the interwebs and found a few hunger orgs with Facebook presence. URLs are posted below in...
Making some great plays off the field
UofA student athletes help distribute more than 40k lbs. of food to NW AR hunger relief agencies By Ed Nicholson When athletes make the news, it's usually for one of two reasons: Either they're excelling on the field or messing up in public. What a lot of people don't realize--and what doesn't...
By Ed Nicholson We get lots of plaques at Tyson Foods for being a donor. Plaques, trophies, plexiglass awards. Nice gestures from organizations who do tremendous work in their communities. But managing them can become an issue. There’s not enough room to display them, and they’re eventually discarded. So really, folks, save...
Bread for the World-New Mexico
When Robin Speaks, People Listen
Remember that old TV commercial where a brokerage company was promoting itself saying, "when [our company] speaks, people listen..." Well, I've got a great listen for you. Our western regional field organizer Robin Stephenson was featured in the February edition of Breadcast.Click here to listenRobin was joined by fellow organzer...
Check out this cool promo from The ONE Campaign, featuring my friend Rochelle Gibbs from Minnesota. This 1-minute message below is part of ONE's initiative called "Women ONE2ONE" Here is what it's all about: It's all about women taking action and connecting with each other to fight poverty. With every voice...
Thomas Awaiapo to Speak About his Journey
Catholic Relief Services PresentsThe Story of Ghana’s THOMAS AWIAPO: How Operation Rice Bowl Saved a LifeWednesday, March 10, 20107:00pm-8:30pmArchdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Center, Sandia Room4000 St. Joseph Place NW, AlbuquerqueThis free program will include information about using Operation Rice Bowl in your family and parish. Thomas Awiapo has a...
Bon Voyage to Marge Williams; Albuquerque's Loss is Florida's Gain
Marge Williams, one of our most active and loyal Bread for the World members in Albuquerque, is leaving our community to live near her brother in Florida. Marge has been a leader in the local anti-hunger and anti-poverty movement (and connected this passion to her advocacy for environmental protection, simple living...
Food Hardship a Growing National Problem; New Mexico Near the Middle
New Mexicans have become used to ranking near the top of the list on many hunger and nutrition deficiency categories. Therefore, it was a mild surprise not to find our state in the Top 10 in the new measure of Food Hardship created by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC)....
Happy Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day
The Center for Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) is urging you to observe Earned Income Tax Awareness Day today, January 29. Believe or not, it was the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Treasury Department that delared this commemoration today.Download a flier in English or SpanishFind other resources As you...
Institute Notes: A Dialogue on Overcoming Hunger and Poverty
In a packed hearing yesterday of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chairman Kerry reminded us that prior to the earthquake, Haiti had actually begun to... ...
Almost everything I read about Haiti comes accompanied with an image or piece of information about crowds of dispossessed people. Crowds on line for food.... ...
Moving Closer to a Coordinated Global Strategy to Reduce Hunger
Congratulations are in order for Ann Tutwiler, who will now head a USDA team supporting the U.S. Global Food Security Initiative. Tutwiler has been a... ...
Reconstructing Haiti (part two)
Conjectures about how long it will take to rebuild Haiti are imprecise at best, except for the one thing they have in common. It’s going... ...
Efforts in Haiti now turn to the wrenching task of clearing wreckage (with untold numbers still trapped in rubble) and housing hundreds of thousands before... ...
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The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Agriculture and Food for Development has just published...
Study: Hunger in America jumps ‘unprecedented’ 46 percent
By Daniel Tencer, Raw Story, Feb 2, 2010 70 percent of emergency food centers face threats to their...
overpopulation cartoon by Sutton Impact (source) How can I say, as I so often do on this blog, that...
Filet Friday - If You Can Get Through February...
With the prediction of a major snow in the next two days, it’s hard to believe that within the...
Your hunger for life can’t be satisfied by what they call reality. You’re wasting awaywi...
it begins in your head, then spreads to your arms, your legs, your stomach. you can’t think, y...
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We have all heard the horror stories of the hunger in Haiti….but Haiti is NOT alone…...
Your 3 Eating Senses, Can You Hear Them?
“You must finish everything on your plate, after all there are people starving around the worl...
Staggering Facts about our World
Here are some statistics I shared with our youth during the 30 Hour Famine this past weekend: Almost...
It is before 5 am as I sit here with my apple. People who know me will realize that something is str...
On January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake resulting in catastrophic conseq...
Interesting viewpoints on the future of food security
The following 2 posts were in the Western Producer. It’s interesting how Big Biotech’s a...
Orlando Homeless and Poverty Information | Rock For Hunger Blog
Free Concert - Damon Fowler in Orlando
Join the Rock For Hunger team as well as the Plaza Theatre on Saturday, January 16th at 7pm for a free concert with Damon Fowler. A portion of the proceeds will be going to drive Rock For Hunger's 2010 initiatives to help the Orlando community.Also on the bill areKevin MainesFunkUsLearn...
Volunteer Orlando - Christmas Party for the Homeless
The holiday season should be the best time of the year; filled with family, friends, and reflection on the past year. For the less fortunate, it's often just another reminder of the year's struggles. Let's help change that! Join Rock For Hunger on Monday, December 21st at Lake Eola and...
Last Thursday, November 26th Rock For Hunger, along with friends from NEMA House held a Thanksgiving Breakfast for our homeless friends in Downtown Orlando. This was an amazing breakfast of high spirits, creativity, patience and teamwork. Over 100 volunteers and 150 homeless were at the breakfast and no one left...
Orlando Thanksgiving Breakfast For The Homeless
On Thursday, November 26th, Rock For Hunger will host their 3rd annual Thanksgiving Breakfast for the Homeless in Downtown Orlando. This year we are excited to bring in NEMA House as a co-host and welcome in a new group of volunteers.Please watch the welcome video from Rock For Hunger VP...
Orlando Shares Burritos For Hunger
This afternoon Ted Murphy hosted a really cool lunch event where anyone who brought 10 or more cans to Panchero's on Church St. he would buy them a burrito. Well a few hundred cans in, I'd call it a successful day.Here is a quick video I shot with Ted about...
This Friday, November 20th from noon till 1:30pm, Ted Murphy from IZEA will be at the downtown Pancheros on Church Street collecting canned foods to benefit Rock For Hunger.Ted has been great to Rock For Hunger from auctioning off himself to building a cereal wall all to make a difference...
Hunger News
The music biopics I'd love to see
As Sundance is rocked by a music biopic of Joan Jett this week a ' the latest in a slew of high-profile films a ' might this be an appropriate time to make my request? Rock chic a Joan Jett, right, with Kristen Stewart, who plays her in The Runaways,...
Steve McQueen Rides a Dead Horse at Marian Goodman
Back in the time of cathode-ray tubes, video art was the province of the boring, the grainily obscure, and the documentary....
Home Movies: a Hunger,a Steven Soderbergh's a Chea Get Criterion Makeovers
Michael Fassbender, star of Steve McQueen's 'Hunger,' in leaner times. Courtesy IFC Films Hunger is a study in cinematic minimalism, and that, finally, is what lends it such blunt force....
Contradictions explored in 'Fish Tank'
Katie Jarvis, who plays an alienated British teenager in "Fish Tank," is an acting novice discovered while arguing with her boyfriend at a train station....
Indie film, studio film, repeat
Michael Fassbender is experiencing one of those sweet spots every actor dreams of having - constantly in demand, mixing pedigreed indie projects with high-profile studio films and poised on the brink of stardom....
Sneak preview: 'Edge of Darkness' and other new movies
Mel Gibson returns to the screen for the first time since his drunken, anti-Semitic tirade in Malibu in 2006....
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Lindsey Williams: What The Illuminati Elite Plan For 2010 and 2011!
See also: Lindsey Williams: What Will Happen To America in 2010! Lindsey Williams: Reality Disk 3....
Sinéad Marie Bernadette O’Connor (pronounced /ʃɪˈneɪd oʊˈkɒnər/, shi-NAYD-oh-KON-ər; born 8 De...
Um, My Fellow Musical Artists? I recently received a text that you want to do something for those in...
Today’s study had us examining the mysterious and challenging seven seals of Revelation. We c...
India: Violence Erupted Against Rising Food Prices !
We are in the early stages of massive food price inflation. The 3rd world countries will be in serio...
That title sounds like a GREAT MISINFORMED TITLE doesn’t it? There is not much of the US who has no...
Hunger Solutions News
How stimulus feeds Americans. CNN...
No money for food: Fresh data about families in our community
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New Survey Finds 13.8 Percent of Households in Minnesota Unable to Afford Enough Food in 2009
More than 13.8 percent of households in Minnesota reported in 2009 not having enough money to buy food that they needed during the prior twelve months for themselves or their family, according to a new report released by the Food Research and Action Center (FRAC).read more...
Minnesota to receive $11,566,739 for Heating Assistance
HHS Announces $490 Million For Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: In response to the growing demands on st… MORE...
The Twin Cities is among a handful of mostly Midwestern metros in which the concentration of poverty “tipped” during the last decade from city to suburbs. In 2008, 54 percent of the region’s poor lived in suburbs, up from 46 percent in 2000. Midwestern cities and suburbs experienced by far the...
Federal Child Nutrition Programs are Important to Rural Households
Rural America is home to approximately 6.2 million households with children.read more...
Sponsor Impact
Food for the Hungry has a number of US based staff down in Haiti helping with the relief efforts. Many of them have been writing their thoughts and experiences down in a blog. The most recent post especially caught my eye and I thought it would be great to pass...
Food for the Hungry just opened two centers for child sponsorship in Haiti. This is a great opportunity to help out this country that was in poverty even before the recent earthquake and is now even more in need of help. See the children available for sponsorship. ...
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We have a number of our staff in Haiti and they have begun to send pictures back our way. Here are a few of the images we have received. Digging through the rubble Tents for the aid workers Aid workers meeting to discuss a plan of action Reviewing a map of the affected area Waiting...
Update on Relief work in Haiti
There are a number of FH US based staff that have made their way down to Haiti to assess the damage and what part Food for the Hungry can have. To hear their thoughts and experiences see our Relief Blog. ...
Food for the Hungry is accepting donations via text messages for its ongoing Haiti relief efforts. Using mobile phones, text “QUAKE” to 85944 to make a $10 financial support. Be sure to reply with “yes” to confirm your donation. All donations will be charged to you through your monthly wireless...
Food and Faith
Good Food Revolution Hits the Mainstream Media
Last week I saw Michael Pollan on Oprah Winfrey talking about local, sustainable food. He was explaining the health benefits of avoiding processed foods and buying produce at your local farmers market. And this was on one of the highest......
Some may think saving rhubarb is going a little too far, but nothing is too small to save. If you like pie, jam, and wine, rhubarb might just be right for you. It grows without chemicals, lasts for years when......
Biotech Cat: Not all that glitters is gold
A cloned Turkish Angola kitten gives off a red fluorescence glow while an ordinary one appears to be green in this picture taken under ultraviolet light at a laboratory of Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. The cloned cat’s genes were modified with a fluorescent protein....
Yesterday I read the story of Lucy in a local newspaper. For 10 years Lucy lived locked in the basement of a house disturbingly close to my own. She was forced to do household chores for no pay and barely......
Take a drive a little northeast of Rockford, Illinois, along a long, bumpy, straight, and narrow road tracing a section line to Angelic Organics, an idyllic symbol of how important the small farm was to the American economy — and health. It is a beautiful farm with rich and lush...
Eat foods in inverse proportion to how much its lobby spends to push it....
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Beyond survival, health crisis looms
Surviving the massive quake that rocked Haiti was just the beginning. Experts say the new dangers -- among them, deaths from untreated wounds and disease outbreak -- may be compounded by Haiti's old problem: poverty....
Rains, violence leave Somali kids hungry
More and more mothers, clutching their rail-thin, malnourished children, are arriving at the packed waiting rooms of the Doctor Without Borders clinics in central Somalia, the aid group said....
U.N. chief: Hunger kills 17,000 kids daily
Somewhere in the world, a child dies of hunger every five seconds -- even though the planet has more than enough food for all....
UNICEF: Poor nutrition is killing children, stunting growth
Hunger is stunting hundreds of millions of children in the developing world, and more than 90 percent of them live in Africa and Asia, UNICEF says....
More than 1 billion going hungry, U.N. says
The global economic crisis has caused a spike in world hunger that has left more than a billion undernourished, United Nations agencies said in a new report....
U.N. seeks $230M to fight Kenya hunger
Kenya needs $230 million over the next six months to feed millions affected by drought, the United Nations said in a new report....
Portland Rescue Mission - Blog
Reaching Out To Homeless Women
Life for any homeless person is difficult. But much more so for homeless women -- a majority of whom experience dangers of violence and rape while on the streets. Last Saturday, Portland Rescue Mission provided a safe haven for around 75 of these hurting women at our Burnside Shelter. Volunteers from...
Interested in volunteering? Join us for our upcoming Partnership Overviews this month: Saturday, February 6th9:30- 11:00 AMBurnside Shelter (111 W. Burnside, Portland) Thursday, February 18th7:00-8:30 PMShepherd's Door (13207 NE Halsey, Portland) - Discover our approach to ending homelessness by healing its root causes - Learn more about the emergency services and...
Many homeless men and women watch their birthday come and go uncelebrated. But thanks to the generosity of Fred Meyer and your thoughtfulness, our homeless guests will know they're not forgotten this year.On Wednesday, February 17th, we'll throw a birthday party complete with gifts, cake, cards and colorful decorations....
A Journey That Ends On A Portland Sidewalk
From the Good News PDX blog: A journey that ends on a Portland sidewalk [James] packed a bag and walked. He walked out on family, friends and the life that he built and headed south. He never really had a destination in mind. Few people in James’ place do....
When Jennifer's four children were taken from her, she was devastated.Jennifer's Story of Hope (Quicktime Version)Jennifer from pdxmission on Vimeo.Most of us can't imagine that kind of pain. But Jennifer didn't give up.Thanks to you, Jennifer is finding help at Shepherd's Door, the women and children's ministry of...
Where would you sleep if you were homeless? -- A park?-- A bench?-- A doorway?Leo found out just how difficult--and illegal--it can be for a homeless person to get rest. Exhaustion just makes it that much harder to escape a tough situation.From the Street Roots blog: http://streetroots.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/falling-asleep-unwanted-and-waking-up-a-wanted-man/So I...
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MUSEVENI 24 YEARS LATER: It has been a move from chaos to tyranny and tyrannical stability
As reported on Monitor Online “there is one sentence in this whole article that sums the entire thing up and i could not have said it any better myself “Museveni has so changed Uganda that everything revolves around him.”” Rebecca Fowler NRM failures at a glance * Failed to deliver free-and-fair elections. * Failed...
So i have lots on my plate this year, which is quite exciting for me now as i’m no longer working. This year i’m dedicating my time to ensuring my health gets better as this “hypothyroidism” really sucks crab big time and i’m so over being exhausted and sick. I’m also...
Museveni launches campaign to improve household income
This is an excerpt from a news paper clip regarding Uganda and their President Museveni and my opinion to the comment in bold of his. President Museveni has started a campaign to improve household income among rural farmers to enhance the fight against poverty. The President, who visited farmers in Mukono...
Compassion Australia – Haiti Earthquake Fund
URGENT APPEAL LAUNCHED FOR HAITI CRISIS Compassion Australia has launched an urgent appeal for the children of Haiti after the recent devastating earthquake. Compassion has more than 64,000 children supported in the country, including more than 4,600 sponsored by Australians. * DONATE NOW The organisation has committed 100 per cent of funds raised...
So its been quite a while since i’ve written a journal entry, so i had a bit of time today so i thought i’d update. Well its been a huge start to 2010 for me, i’m now at “at home” activist and mum! Actually feels nice after working for the last...
Gulu Former internally displaced people who have returned to their homes in Gulu District are facing shortage of clean drinking water, Daily Monitor has learnt. In an interview over the weekend, the chairman of Palaro Sub-county in Gulu, Mr David Ngole, said women walk for over 15 kilometres in search of drinking...
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