RESOURCES ON HUNGER AND POVERTY

These are some of the best resources on hunger and poverty produced by Alliance, its members and friends.  Here you will find links to information on the hunger crisis, domestic and international hunger issues, child hunger, public opinion surveys and recent studies on hunger and malnutrition.  This page will be updated on a regular basis, so check back for new ideas and resources.

HUNGER CRISIS 

Alliance to End Hunger
Report on the U.N. High-Level Conference on World Food Security by Rev. David Beckmann, President of the Alliance to End Hunger and Bread for the World.

Statement by Rev. David Beckmann, President of the Alliance to End Hunger and Bread for the World at the U.N. High-Level Conference on World Food Security, June 5, 2008 (To listen to audio, click here.)

Testimony by Eva Clayton, Honorary Co-chair of the Alliance to End Hunger, before the House Committee on Financial Services on May 14, 2008.

America’s Second Harvest

Hunger Action Center: a community of individuals who are deeply passionate about solving the problem of hunger in America

Testimony by George Braley, Senior Vice President, America’s Second Harvest, before the Senate Joint Economic Committee on May 1, 2008.

Bread for the World/Institute

VIDEO:  "The Price of Hunger" American News Project, featuring Bread for the World

Recipe for Hope: Responding to the Global Hunger Crisis

Hunger in the News – Daily updates on international and domestic hunger issues, especially the ongoing global hunger crisis.

BLOG:  Institute Notes - Dialogue on overcoming hunger and poverty is a forum to discuss current news and research on domestic and international hunger and poverty issues.

Bread Notes – Rising Food Prices Are Producing Global Hunger Crisis

Bread Notes – Rising Food Prices Hit Hungry and Poor People Hardest

Testimony by Rev. David Beckmann, President of the Alliance to End Hunger and Bread for the World, before the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on June 18, 2008.

Testimony by David Beckmann, President of the Alliance to End Hunger and Bread for the World, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on May 7, 2008.

Congressional Research Service

Food Price Inflation:  Causes and Impacts

Friends of the World Food Program
Learn More about the Global Hunger Crisis

Gallup Polls on Hunger and Food Prices

A Portrait of Hunger in Africa – a poll measuring how often residents in 29 sub-Saharan African countries went without enough to eat before the recent food price surges.

Affording Food a Challenge for Many – even before food crisis,this poll shows that across 134 countries, a median of 26% said they could not buy food at times.

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Testimony by H. Eric Schockman, Ph.D., before the California State Assembly on the impact of rising food prices on low-income families in California, May 15, 2008.

National Farmers Union
Testimony by Tom Buis, President, National Farmers Union, before the Senate Joint Economic Committee on May 1, 2008.

Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
Testimony by M. Peter McPherson, Chair of the Board, Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 14, 2008

World Bank
Rising Food Prices:  Policy options and World Bank response

World Food Program
WFP Media Backgrounder – Rising Food Prices: Impact on the Hungry

New Faces of Hunger – Presentation by Josette Sheeran, Executive Director

High food prices:  Impact and recommendations– Paper prepared by WFP, FAO and IFAD for the Chief Executives Board of Coordination Meeting on April 28-29, 2008

RESOURCES BY ALLIANCE MEMBERS AND FRIENDS                                         

Alliance to End Hunger
Hunger Message Project 2007 (For past Hunger Message Projects, click here.)

UN International Alliance Against Hunger Overview Presentation

Ramadan—Hunger Awareness, Action and Advocacy

America’s Second Harvest
The Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America 2007
Comprehensive Guide to National and State Facts on Hunger and Poverty

Hunger Fact Sheets (PDFs)
Hunger and Poverty Statistics

Hunger in the Suburbs

Rural Hunger

Senior Hunger

Bread for the World Institute

BREADCAST:  Bread for the World's monthly podcast featuring legislative updates, interviews and advocacy alerts.

Background papers on issues ranging from Agriculture and the Millennium Development Goals to How the Farm Bill Can Help Reduce Hunger

2008 Hunger Report – Working Harder for Working Families - Focuses on families struggling to get by on these kinds of jobs, living in or on the edge of poverty. It recommends policies to support low-wage workers and help them and their families build assets. 

2007 Hunger Report – Healthy Food, Farm and Families - Focuses on the farm bill reauthorization before the 110th U.S. Congress. Many elements of this legislation affect hungry people in the United States and the developing world.

Evangelical Lutheran Church World Hunger
Information on global hunger and resources for advocacy and education.

Friends of the World Food Programs
Information, stories and resources on school feeding programs around the world.

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
One corporation’s contribution takes on Millennium Development Goal #1 - eradicating hunger and poverty.

Heifer International

Read to Feed - Developed in collaboration with the University of Denver's Center for Teaching International Relations, Read to Feed encourages children to connect books and learning to doing something to make the world a better place!

Coming soon…Heifer International study and activity guides for teachers and students.

Islamic Relief
Policy and research on a variety of hunger and poverty related issues with an emphasis on the Islamic world.

The Lancet Series: Maternal and Child Undernutrition

Executive Summary - The Lancet Series Maternal and Child Undernutrition

Presentation - The Lancet Series Maternal and Child Undernutrition

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Hunger No More Curriculum - a set of 6 lessons for adults and youth that seeks to facilitate discussions around hunger, poverty and powerlessness in the United States and the developing world.

Save the Children

State of the World's Mothers Report 2008 - Closing the Child Survival Gap for Children Under 5

State of the World's Mothers Report 2008 - Complete Report

Share Our Strength
Resources and statistics on childhood hunger in America.

Sodexo Foundation
Help Stop Hunger – Sodexo’s plan to fight the root causes of hunger at the local, state and national levels.

Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity
Issue on the Rise: Media Coverage of Poverty in Politics - This study examines U.S. media print coverage of the topic of poverty and politics from 2003 through 2007.  By Freedman Consulting, LLC