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What is Bread for the World?
Bread for the World is acollective Christian voice urgingour nation’s decision makers toend hunger at home and abroad.
• Bipartisan• Advocacy at national level• No direct service—advocacy only• Offering of Letters as one tool
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Why advocacy?
From the Bible
• God cares abouthungry people.
• Prophets heldleadersaccountable.
Charity is important,but not enough.Government needsto do its part.
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What is an Offering of Letters?
• One key advocacy tool• Joining our voices with
others• Letters to Congress—
handwritten are best• Can happen anytime,
anywhere, with anyone
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Why our letters matter
• Members of Congress want to hear from constituents.• In a democracy, we can advocate and hold leaders
accountable.• Personalized letters
are rated highly (morethan pre-writtenform letters/emails/petitions).
• If we get discouraged,what voices willCongress hear?
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Our advocacy makes a difference
Each year, our lettershelp win victories onCapitol Hill.
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Bread for the World’s2014 Offering of Letters
Tell Congress:
Reform U.S. food aid.
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• People fed in the wilderness (manna, quails) and on hillsides (loaves, fish)
• Our neighborsare nearby andfar away.
• What other Biblepassages orstories come toyour mind?
The Bible, hunger, and food aid
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What is U.S. food aid?
• Part of foreign aid, funded by taxpayer dollars• Meets urgent
humanitarian needs(drought, famine,war, disasters likePhilippines typhoon)
• Longer-termdevelopment tool,with other aid
• Story examples…
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Who gets U.S. food aid?
In fiscal year 2012:• top recipients of emergency food aid: Ethiopia, Sudan,
South Sudan, Somalia, and Chad.• top recipients of development food aid: Ethiopia,
Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, and South Sudan.
• In Latin America (and the Caribbean), the top food-aid recipients were: Haiti, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Honduras.
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How does food aid work now?
• Most food is grown in U.S. • At least 50% transported on American ships.• It’s costly and slow
to arrive where it’sneeded.
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What smart changes are needed?1. An updated and more flexible system. That means:
More food purchasednear people in need.Why? It arrivesfaster, is lessexpensive, helpslocal farmersand economies.
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What smart changes are needed?2. Improve nutrition:
1,000 days key windowfor very nutritious foods
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What smart changes are needed?3. Maintain funding
in the face offederal budgetcuts
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The key “ask” for your letter
To Congress: I urgeyou to protect andreform U.S. food aidin ways that increaseefficiency, increasenutritional quality,and maintain fundinglevels.
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Tips
• Keep your letter brief and tothe point.
• Make the letter your own.Tell your story. (Includesomething from real life.)
• Explain why you care abouthunger.
• Make the “ask.”
• Include your name and home address.
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Congressional addresses
For Senate members:
Sen. (Name)
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510
For House member:
Rep. (Name)
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
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For more information
Check out www.bread.org/go/OL