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 […]
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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 […]
The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006
Following is an excerpt from the Turkish report “The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006” published by The Information Office of the State Council on Thursday: On March 6, the U.S. Department of State released its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006. As in previous years, the State Department pointed […]
Poverty Stricken Villager Kills Children and Himself
Mangalorean.com recently reported about a poverty stricken villager killing his children and himself: Facing acute poverty and hunger, a tribal man in Bihar committed suicide by jumping into a gushing river after first throwing his four children into the water. Only one child survived. Triloki Uraon, 45, a landless farm worker, plunged into the river […]