Tell Congress to Keep Money in the Budget for the World's Hungry

Tell Congress to Keep Money in the Budget for the World's Hungry

The Issue

Hunger is the number one health problem in the world, affecting nearly 1 billion people and leading to a needless 3.5 million deaths each year. Many of those deaths are of children, whose parents simply cannot afford to feed them. With one tenth of one percent of the entire U.S. national budget, Americans provide lifesaving resources for the world’s poorest and hungriest people.

But now, with the U.S. government in a budget crunch, Congress is considering returning federal funding to 2008 levels. That would mean cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from global hunger programs. These cuts would provide little payoff for the American people, and would come with great consequences for the hungriest around the world.

Stand up for the world's bottom billion and tell your members of Congress that you want to save global hunger programs!  Your voice on this issue is needed more than ever to ensure that the U.S. plays its part in supporting the world's hungry.

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Meredith SlaterPetition StarterMeredith first became interested in international issues as a delegate at a Model UN conference in high school. She received her B.A. from The George Washington University in International Affairs & Spanish Language and Literature, and went on to fund raise for such organizations as World Food Program USA and Henry Street Settlement. Meredith is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Food Studies at New York University and is thrilled to supplement her work with non-profits through blogging on the Human Rights and Sustainable Food blogs at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>. Meredith has a passion for international travel, culinary arts and photography, and her master plan in life is to eat, photograph and write her way around the world!
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The Issue

Hunger is the number one health problem in the world, affecting nearly 1 billion people and leading to a needless 3.5 million deaths each year. Many of those deaths are of children, whose parents simply cannot afford to feed them. With one tenth of one percent of the entire U.S. national budget, Americans provide lifesaving resources for the world’s poorest and hungriest people.

But now, with the U.S. government in a budget crunch, Congress is considering returning federal funding to 2008 levels. That would mean cutting hundreds of millions of dollars from global hunger programs. These cuts would provide little payoff for the American people, and would come with great consequences for the hungriest around the world.

Stand up for the world's bottom billion and tell your members of Congress that you want to save global hunger programs!  Your voice on this issue is needed more than ever to ensure that the U.S. plays its part in supporting the world's hungry.

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Meredith SlaterPetition StarterMeredith first became interested in international issues as a delegate at a Model UN conference in high school. She received her B.A. from The George Washington University in International Affairs & Spanish Language and Literature, and went on to fund raise for such organizations as World Food Program USA and Henry Street Settlement. Meredith is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Food Studies at New York University and is thrilled to supplement her work with non-profits through blogging on the Human Rights and Sustainable Food blogs at <a href="http://Change.org" rel="nofollow">Change.org</a>. Meredith has a passion for international travel, culinary arts and photography, and her master plan in life is to eat, photograph and write her way around the world!
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Petition created on February 7, 2011