ELCA World Hunger

Ryan Cumming, Elysssa Salinas & Anna Smith ​MIVES in the D Ryan P. Cumming I went to Detroit with 360 pool noodles, a three-seater latrine, a bag of tools, and a debriefing script, all to help make ELCA World Hunger’s...

Ryan P. Cumming Whew, what a week!  Even for the time, the second week of August 1965 was a whirlwind.  On August 6, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act that protected suffrage for Americans of every race.  The...

Anna Smith If you see some brother or sister in need and have the means to do something about it but turn a cold shoulder and do nothing, what happens to God’s love? It disappears. And you made it disappear....

Raymond Pickett In this series of posts, we will take a closer look at some of the areas of work ELCA World Hunger supports domestically and internationally.  Previously, we looked at relief, education and advocacy. This week, we take a look...

This summer, ELCA World Hunger welcomes three new interns to our team at the churchwide office! Anna Smith- Hunger Education Hello! My name is Anna Smith. I come from the town of Osceola, Wisc. I am will be a senior...

Ryan P. Cumming ​May 21, 2015 In this series of posts, we will take a closer look at some of the areas of work ELCA World Hunger supports domestically and internationally.  Previously, we looked at relief and education.  This week,...

Ryan P. Cumming ​In this series of posts, we will take a closer look at some of the areas of work ELCA World Hunger supports domestically and internationally.  Previously, we looked at relief.  This week, our focus is on “education.”...

Gina Tonn ​April 22, 2015 How do you honor God’s creation? Part of my spiritual practice is being a morning person, to honor the light by greeting it early, allowing the new dawn to fill me with the spirit. Each...

Gina Tonn ​The Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwest Kenya is host to 180,000 individuals,[1] more than 100,000 of whom are children. Since its establishment in 1992, the camp has become home to refugees from South Sudan, Sudan, Burundi, Ethiopia, Somalia...

Elyssa Salinas ​Please welcome our newest colleague in ELCA World Hunger – Elyssa Salinas! Hello! I’m Elyssa Salinas and I’m thrilled to join ELCA World Hunger as the program assistant for Hunger Education! Currently I’m finishing my Masters of Divinity...