Putting a Face on Hunger and Poverty

from Bread for the World

Bread for the World has excellent resources to help us understand hunger.

•           In 2008, a record number of Americans lived in households that experienced hunger or the risk of hunger. Find out how your state ranks. (http://www.hungerreport.org/2010/data/hunger-and-health/111-food-insecurity-by-state)

•           An estimated 1.02 billion people on earth go hungry. Find out who they are and where they live. (http://www.hungerreport.org/2010/data/downloads)

•           For policy analysis on what these facts and trends mean to hungry people, listen to some of Bread's international and domestic hunger experts. (http://www.hungerreport.org/2010/media/interviews)

•           Listen to stories from the field, (http://www.bread.org/learn/field-focus/) and share them with others.