10 Facts about Global Poverty
Global poverty is an issue that is intimately connected to global hunger. Throughout the world there are 795 million people who go to bed hungry each night, and many of those people are living in extreme poverty – on less...
Get Ready for Churches’ Week of Action on Food!
ELCA World Hunger October 11-18, 2015, churches around the world will join in prayer and action with people facing hunger during theChurches’ Week of Action on Food. This global event includes World Food Day (October 16) as well as the...
Hunger and Higher Education: The Campus Kitchens Project
Elyssa J. Salinas August 27, 2015 Last night I went to the grocery store near closing, and I noticed how much food was still out in the produce section. There was an abundance of avocados, a plethora of pears and...
Cleaner Cooking in Bangladesh
Ryan P. Cumming August 20, 2015 Ramoni Rani and her husband, Nor Uttam Hawlader, live in the village of Rajakhali in Bangladesh with their two sons. Like many Bangladeshi farmers, Ramoni and Nor use wood-burning stoves to cook food in...
Hunger and Higher Education
Elyssa Salinas I never thought that I would use a food pantry, but my first year in seminary changed that. I came to campus with barely enough money for a few school supplies and a meager pantry. It was embarrassing...
Hungry. And surrounded by food
Jenny Sharrick August 3, 2015 I have a very complex relationship with food. I absolutely love it. My favorite food changes almost daily because there are so many incredible ones from which to choose. So many flavors to experience within...
Water-Related Activities for Youth
Anna Smith ELCA Walk for Water Do-it-Yourself Track Experience ELCA World Hunger This guide features all the information necessary to recreate the interaction Walk for Water track in your own community or congregation. Local/ Personal Context: Community Mapping Pg. 6....
Reflections on the ELCA Youth Gathering
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...
Charleston, SCOTUS and Hunger: What a Week!
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...
Humanity and hunger
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....