A few resources to help educate yourself and others about where poverty and hunger exist and what can be done to help heal them.

• Hunger and Poverty Around the World — A compilation of facts and statistics regarding hunger and poverty around the world.  Compiled: 2007 (View as a PDF) (View as plain text)

• Hunger and Poverty in the United States — A compilation of facts and statistics regarding hunger and poverty in the United States.  Compiled: 2007 (View as PDF) (View as plain text)

• Before you finish eating breakfast this morning… — “Placemat” poster illustrates our interdependency with the rest of the world by pointing out how products we use every day come from parts of the world where poverty is a persistent problem. (View as PDF)

• I See All of this on TV, but I Don’t know what to do…  — In this short essay Susan Hansen muses about maintaining hope in the face of urgent and on-going need.  (View in plain text)

• The ABC’s of Responding to Hunger — The editors of Seeds of Hope offer a practical structure for responding to the the Biblical mandate to care for the poor and helpless. (View as PDF)

• Responding to Hunger in God’s World: Seven Steps for Churches — Seven practical steps churches can take to get more involved with the healing of hunger and poverty. (View as PDF)

• Engaging Congregations in Acheiving the Millennium Development Goals  – Developed by Jon Singletary Director of the Center for Community and Family Ministry at Baylor University’s School of Social Work, explains the MDG’s in general and includes links to specific resources for introducing the MDGs in churches.  (View as Powerpoint).