Microfinance loans demonstrate a great way to fight poverty and hunger without government interference or state socialist ideas. The limited amounts of these effective loans proves that the problem lay in the lack of opportunity available to the poor and hungry. Additionally, the fact that these are loans and not monetary gifts, but rather loans […]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Short Clip With Facts About Poverty
This short video quickly displays facts about hunger and poverty. At only one minute and fifteen seconds long, this enlightening video is a must-watch:
Charlotte Crop Walk
Charlotte, North Carolina has been home to the nation’s largest Crop Walk for more than 20 years. This year’s walk will be Oct. 15. The Charlotte Crop Walk raises money to help Loaves & Fishes, Crisis Assistance Ministry and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina fight hunger in our area while supporting Church World […]
Gates Awards 15 Million to Grameen
Grameen Foundation recently announced it has received a $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support its work worldwide. The three-year grant will support Grameen Foundation’s strategic plan to use microfinance loans to ensure that at least 2.5 million poor families permanently escape poverty within five years Grameen Foundation is a […]
Hunger and Poverty Video: School Project
A YouTube user uploaded the following school project to show the important reality of hunger and poverty:
Welfare Won’t Work
by Scott Hughes Do you remember 9/11? I cried. 2,819 people died in the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers [1]. 16,000 children die every day from hunger [2]. That’s about one child every 5 seconds. No doubt we have to end hunger, especially childhood hunger. This terrible horror plagues the whole world, not just […]