Since 2015, undernourishment around the world has been on the rise, after years of decline. In the latest estimates from the United Nations, more than 820 million people are undernourished.
The current pandemic is revealing and exacerbating long-standing disparities – in income, access to health care, and social mobility. Here are some of the things to keep an eye on when it comes to hunger in a pandemic.
Read MoreEnding hunger goes beyond providing calories. The ministry of ELCA World Hunger and the work we support together is about recognizing the significance of food and the ways it can bring us together with one another, with God, and with all of creation. In the sacrament Christ initiated on Maundy Thursday, we glimpse what the banquet table God has promised for our future might look like.
Read MoreELCA World Hunger is announcing the immediate launch of Daily Bread Matching Grants. Through these grants, ELCA congregations can raise funds for their feeding ministries using an online fundraising platform and will receive a grant of $500 from ELCA World Hunger.
Up to 100 Daily Bread Matching Grants are available for ELCA congregations on a first-come, first-served basis, with the possibility of more grants becoming available in the future. Apply or donate here.
Read MoreThese reflections are a part of ELCA World Hunger’s Sermon Starter series which is published via email every Monday.
The enigmatic poet Emily Dickinson’s famous words are appropriate for a sermon that hangs off the Hebrew Scripture assigned to the day: Tell the truth, but tell it slant…
Read MoreDid you know World Water Day is March 22? Use ELCA World Hunger’s Walk for Water to educate yourself and your community about the link between clean water and a just world where all are fed. View this Walk for Water guide.
Read MoreIn the midst of pandemic, we need to remember that the fear of scarcity or vulnerability did not start with the novel coronavirus; it merely widened in scope.
Read MoreCan you name a ministry that, using a comprehensive approach, draws on the strengths of its community to break the cycle of poverty and hunger — for good?
Invite that ministry to apply for a 2020 ELCA World Hunger Domestic Hunger Grant! Registration: March 18 – May 20. Application: April 1 – May 22.
Read More¡Ya está aquí el nuevo programa de Escuela Bíblica de Vacaciones para el 2020 de Hambre Mundial de la ELCA! “En la Tierra como en el Cielo” invita a los niños de todas las edades a aprender sobre el mundo de Dios estudiando a profundidad el Padrenuestro. Este programa completo de EBV de cinco días es gratis, y está disponible en inglés y en español. Descargue la traducción en español de “En la Tierra como en el Cielo” aquí: https://bit.ly/2wvfx4I. La traducción en inglés se puede descargar.
Read MoreThe new version of this popular overnight program brings youth together in the spiritual practice of fasting. Youth are given the chance to reflect on the role they play in God’s work to reconcile, heal and restore the world — and our church.
Read MoreTime to plan for summer fun! "On Earth As in Heaven" is a free vacation Bible school study linking the Lord's Prayer to the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals through stories and activities related to hunger. Check out the guide’s sample schedules, music, skits, snacks and craft ideas — including a certificate to celebrate everyone’s participation in VBS! Download and order via the ELCA resources page.
Read MoreFrom ELCA World Hunger comes this deep dive into proposed rule changes, written by a former HUD grants administrator and current Program Assistant for Hunger Education with ELCA World Hunger.
Read MoreWe invite you to study, pray and give with us during ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving — for the good of our families, our neighbors and communities around the world.
Explore and engage during this Lenten season by bringing ELCA World Hunger into your congregation and home with resources including a Lenten Calendar, Study Guide, Coin Jar Wrapper, and Weekly Email Series.
Read MoreReformation Lutheran Church in Milwaukee serves its neighbors through youth work programs, a community garden, a store for low-cost children’s and household items, Strong Babies fairs and other ministries. The Strong Babies program is supported in part by your gifts to ELCA World Hunger.
Read MoreThe walk to Emmaus (Luke 24: 13-25) is a fairly “well-trodden” path for many Christians. It’s a story we hear once a year in the lectionary cycle – a story that comes together so well for me at the end when Jesus has vanished from the disciple’s sight – and yet, they “see” in a new and different way.
“Were not out hearts burning within us?” the disciples say to each other. Through the walking and talking, they caught a glimpse of God’s dream for a reconciled world – perhaps such a glimpse that the whole world might never look the same.
Read MoreIn a world where 820 million people go hungry, there never seems to be a lack of opportunity to support our neighbors.
Thanks to the generosity of ELCA World Hunger, the three of us are able to take part in a 12-month transformative journey that combines leadership development and faith formation with impactful advocacy that moves us toward an end to hunger and a just world where all are fed. Read the full story » We are elated to be part of the third cycle of the ELCA Hunger Advocacy Fellowship in 2019-2020 and to introduce ourselves in the ELCA. ~ Jase, Nicole & Tessa
Read MoreThis World Food Day, ELCA World Hunger is pleased to announce four ministries that have been awarded Big Dream Grants. ELCA World Hunger’s Big Dream Grants, one-time gifts of $10,000 to $75,000, support domestic ministries as they pursue innovative and sustainable approaches to ending hunger.
Read MoreELCA World Hunger has brand new resources to enrich the life of your congregation this Advent. All of them are free, with free shipping, while supplies last.
Please don’t hesitate to call (800-638-3522) or send an email (hunger@elca.org) should you need any help planning your congregation’s involvement with ELCA World Hunger this Advent.
Read MoreThe terrorist attacks of 9/11 brought into striking relief for Americans and neighbors the world over the vulnerability under which we live – and the threat posed by those who would exploit that vulnerability. In the days after, it became clear that the US and its allies would soon be at war, though few knew just how long the conflicts following 9/11 would last.
Against this background, the member nations of the UN laid out the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a framework for encouraging development toward peace and prosperity for people and the planet.
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