Resources

Christian Books on Hunger and Homelessness 

Links to Other Websites  HN has tried to select the best websites that can tell you more about developing countries and the forces that determine why people are hungry and poor. 

Education about Hunger and Poverty Issues  Sites that provide educational materials.

Study Tours Abroad / Work with Poor People  Got some free time? Study/work tours enable you to visit developing countries and people there.

Combining Learning, Action and Fundraising: Hunger Banquets, Crop Walks... Ways to host, or to participate in, events that enable participants to increase their understanding of, and take a concrete step to reduce, world hunger. 

The United States:  Food Research and Action Committee, Bread for the World, and Poverty USA, a website developed by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. 

Global Volunteer Network Places volunteers in community projects in China, Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, New Zealand, Romania, Russia, Thailand, and Uganda. Our vision is to support the work of local community organizations in developing countries through the placement of international volunteers.

Education about Hunger and Poverty Issues

Feeding Minds, Fighting Hunger  is an "international classroom" for exploring the problems of hunger, malnutrition and food insecurity. The basic part of the site consists of three session lesson plans, with materials on world hunger for primary, intermediate and secondary level classes.  In four languages: Spanish, French, Italian, and English. 

Food First's brief description of 12 Myths About Poverty and Hunger. A must-read.

Global Issues Good information on a large number of global issues including the causes of poverty, trade, debt, human rights and conflict.

Development Gateway  Another excellent site for information on a wide range of development issues.

Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Hunger and Poverty.  Lawrence M. Hinman's site Ethics Updates has a section on World Hunger and Poverty and Welfare.

Readings on Poverty, Hunger and Economic Development
Fits lots of Web pages together to present a coherent picture about the amount of food in the world, the role it plays in a capitalist economy, why people are poor, and what measures can be taken to eliminate poverty and hunger. 

Hunger Banquet. The banquet mimics the distribution of food in the world, with some eating very well and most not eating very well at all. Hunger banquets are done locally to raise money and awareness about hunger. Frequently done in affiliation with Oxfam America, whose campaign is also known as Fast for a World Harvest. 

Study Tours Abroad/Working with the Hunger

The Center for Global Education at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, has been providing quality cross-cultural educational opportunities in Latin America, Southern Africa and other sites across the globe since 1982.

Also see Global Citizens Network, Global Volunteers, Global Service Corps and a site with links to organizations with short-term volunteer programs, International Volunteer Programs Association.