Southern Baptists’ gifts for world hunger

provided for projects in more than68 countries in 2008.

An estimated 854 million people are hungry. Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes – that’s one child every five seconds.

In the United States,12.4 million childrenlive in householdswhere people have toskip meals or eat lessto make ends meet.

Nearly half of all familiesheaded by a single motherare food insecure.

In our nation’s cities,

1 in 4 peoplein a soup kitchen lineis achild.

2000 $1.702001 $1.422002 $1.272003 $1.482004 $1.222005 $1.152006 $1.172007 $1.182008 $0.992009 $0.94

$2.00 this year, hunger giftswould riseover 112%!

$5.00 this year,hunger giftswould riseover 431%!

$10.00 this year,hunger giftswould riseover 961%!

More than 35 million Americans

are “food insecure,” hungry, or

at risk for hunger.

Over half of the families that used

a food pantry have children under

18 in the home.

An estimated 35% of poor families

are forced to choose between

buying food and paying their

rent or mortgage.

In 2009, over 5 million meals were prepared and fed to the hungryin North America with Southern Baptists’gifts to hunger relief.

The Gospel was shared over 785,000 times because of opportunities provided through hunger ministries, with more than 36,000 people professing faith in Christ!

At Calvary House Homeless Shelter in Beaumont, TX, $50 provides food assistance for a homeless family for a week.

Rushing Wind Church can feed over 200 homeless people each month on the streets of Las Vegas with just $200 a quarter.

At the Tallapoosa Christian Crisis Center in Alex City, AL, $1000 provides food assistance for 628 individuals for three months.

Every human need has a face.Through gifts supporting worldhunger efforts by Southern Baptistmissionaries, you are helping individuals,families, and communities improve theirway of life while seeing firsthandthe love of Jesus.

Your International Mission Boardmeets needs through projectsin agriculture and livestock,health, food distribution, andvocational training.

$35 may provide a food parcel to feed a family in Zimbabwe for one week.

$500 may provide food, water, seed and fertilizer to five families affected by flooding in Eastern Europe.

$1,100 may provide fertilizer and plant care to a farming community in Indonesia.

$3,400 may provide a water well to a village in Central Asia.

“A dollar in…a dollar out!” to help hungry people.

“A dollar in…a dollar out!” to help hungry people.

No other relief organization can make this promise!No other relief organization can make this promise!

While you were viewingthese images, an estimated36 children somewherein the world died frommalnutrition or starvation,the question now is ...

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