World Hunger and U.S. Aid

Following is a teaser for a feature to run on Religion & Ethics Newsweekly this weekend. You can find airtimes at:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/

According to a new report from the Christian anti-hunger group, Bread for the World Institute, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased by 100 million in less than two years, while the number of hungry people has grown by more than 75 million. The report said the world is facing a hunger challenge unlike anything seen in the past 50 years, and called on Congress and the new Administration to revamp U.S. foreign assistance in order to more effectively reduce global poverty and hunger.

Kim Lawton is joined by Reverend David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World Institute, for a studio discussion focusing on the global food crisis and what reforms the U.S. needs to make to provide adequate help to developing countries. "We did a poll of voters on Election Day and 70 percent of American voters said they would like our government to spend more money to deal with the global hunger crisis. I think people know it’s the right thing to do," Rev. Beckmann observes. "I think we also know it’s not smart to neglect misery in far-off places. And we’ve seen how the whole global economy is interconnected. So it’s good for our economy to pay attention to the global dimensions of development." (New) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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