Naomi Spencer writes about homelessness in the United States: While statistics do not capture the real social dimension of homelessness in the United States, new data confirm that the homeless face increasing brutality, criminalization and neglect. But like the growing poverty population, the suffering of the homeless population finds no meaningful reflection in the budget […]
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Third of Iraqi Children Now Malnourished
Uruknet reports on Iraqi children’s malnourishment four years after US invasion: …malnutrition rates have risen in Iraq from 19 percent before the US-led invasion to a national average of 28 percent four years later. Caritas says that rising hunger has been caused by high levels of insecurity, collapsed healthcare and other infrastructure, increased polarisation between […]
Christian Charities Blow the Whistle
Christian Charities in the UK demand government address poverty: “Keep your promise to the poor” – that was the challenge from Christian charities to the UK Government at the launch of the Blow the Whistle campaign in Westminster this week. World Vision Chief Executive Charles Badenoch said that the Government could have taken moral leadership […]
Documentary Explores Poverty, Hunger, Debt and Kindness
Amy Flowers Umble recently wrote about a documentary by Chad Amour that explores poverty, hunger, debt and kindness: The 40-minute film covers some weighty topics: AIDS orphans, poverty, hunger and the debt carried by poor countries. Miller said he tried to make the music hopeful as a counterpoint. For instance, one song says, “I’ve got […]
Hopeful Passion, Not Fruitless Despair
Compared with the amount of visitors we get at the Hunger & Poverty Forums, not many people join and talk. It seems people don’t have too much interest in discussing issues such as hunger, poverty and disease. I suppose I can understand, because these topics come across as depressing and very serious, and people generally […]
Video: Children Around the World
The following video shows glimpses of children around the world, with a song by Tim Janis, in support of CROP Hunger Walks. The song is sung by school children in Kenya. Poverty & Hunger Facts: 18,000 children die everyday from hunger. Globally, over 1 billion children live in poverty. In the United States, 14 million […]