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Canadian Foodgrains Bank Responds to Flooding in Pakistan with over $2 Million in Food Aid

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:05:18 GMT

Plans are underway for food kits to be distributed to 11,000 households affected by severe flooding in Pakistan.

With hundreds of thousands of homes already destroyed in what National Management Authority is calling “the worst disaster in Pakistan’s history” people in Pakistan are in immediate need of basic necessities.

Moving Toward the End Goal

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:11:39 GMT

Reflections on the course Our Contested Food System: Cultivating a Just Peace, offered by the Canadian School of Peacebuilding, June 14-18, 2010.

The Importance of Dialogue

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:54:16 GMT

EFICOR works with the mahadalits in the northern Indian state of Bihar. Mahadalits are considered the lowest caste of people and are not deemed worthy of acknowledgement in the Hindu system. EFICOR works with them to improve their access to different government programs, which improve their quality of life. One program is to ensure that children who are in school receive one meal a day. EFICOR works with the community members to support them as they lobby and struggle with governmental representatives to ensure they are receiving all the support they are entitled to.

Canada Commits $400 Million to Climate Change Financing

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:49:36 GMT

Canada has announced that it will invest $400 million in 2010 towards helping developing countries adapt to and fight climate change. Environment Minister Jim Prentice made the announcement on the eve of the G8/G20 summits in Ontario, billing it as Canada’s fair share of fast-start financing promised under the Copenhagen Accord.

Food Justice Update Released

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:05:56 GMT

The most recent version of the Food Justice Update has now been released.

Canada Announces Climate Change Financing

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:17:05 GMT

Nkayi Agricultural Recovery Programme, Zimbabwe

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:57:16 GMT

Sub-Saharan Africa, including Zimbabwe, is particularly vulnerable to climate change and climate variability. High temperatures and low, highly variable, precipitation already reduce yields in the region. Increased heat stress from high temperatures and drought related to climate change will make farmers even more vulnerable to disaster, increased poverty and food insecurity.

New Video: Helping End Hunger in Kenya

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:09:37 GMT

Just Food Exhibit: The Right to Food from a Faith Perspective

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:31:57 GMT

Just Food: The Right to Food from a Faith Perspective is an art exhibit highlighting artists from Canada and around the world whose inspiration for their art were Biblical texts about food and justice in juxtaposition to statements from the UN Declaration of Human Rights.

Juan Raul Junay at Canadian Foodgrains Bank Explores the Connections between Mining & Food Security

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:13:06 GMT

Juan Raul Junay sat down to talk with Honduran Pastor Francisco Machado who opposes Canadian mining activities in his country. Juan Raul will also be touring Canada to share about Canadian mining activities and food security as it relates to his home country, Guatemala. Find out more...

New Fast for Change Study Guide for Groups

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00:19 GMT

A new Fast for Change resource entitled 7 Weeks of Finding the Divine in Dinner enables groups to dig deeper into the issues presented in the booklet 7 Days of Food for the Soul, with an outline for each session including music, prayers, print-outs, fact sheets, and resource materials on how to lead the activities.

Fast for Change ecumenical event for World Food Day at St Matthew's Church in Winnipeg, Oct 16, 6pm

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:59:11 GMT

Folks from Winnipeg and beyond are invited to a Fast for Change worship event bringing together people of all denominations to come and break their fast with prayer, song, stories of hope, and a focus on food justice on World Food Day, October 16th, 6pm at St. Matthew’s Church, on Maryland St. and St Matthew’s Avenue 1 block north of Portage Ave. One of a number of WFD events.

"Give us Lord, Our Daily Bread", A Reflection by James Kornelsen

m_peasgood@foodgrainsbank.ca — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:40:21 GMT

I recently spoke to a group of people, assuring them that there is actually enough food for everyone in the world, but that nearly a billion people on the planet are not getting enough to eat. One woman sought me out urgently afterward, looking directly in my eyes and asking me “What can we do?”

Interview with Brian McLaren

webmaster@tactica.ca — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:00:12 GMT

Heather Plett sat down recently with author Brian McLaren to explore his thoughts on the value of fasting for change in a world in which more than 800 million people are living with hunger.