Food shortage in Zimbabwe. Earthquakes in Haiti. Empty pantries in the United States. ELCA World Hunger is present - YOU are present - in these crises around the globe. You are helping to mend lives and offer hope where it is needed most.

This church has been remarkably faithful during a year of economic challenges. In 2009, the number of individual gifts to World Hunger rose 30 percent, with significant growth in total giving through ELCA Good Gifts and God’s Global Barnyard. In total, your gifts put over $19 million to work for poor and hungry people during 2009.

Internationally, $13.6 million supported immediate relief and long-term development projects. These funds provide income-generating programs and literacy classes for women. They support microfinance initiatives, health clinics, HIV and AIDS education, clean water systems, fish-farming projects and life-saving child nutrition. This work is guided by ELCA Global Mission and carried out through partnerships with Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran World Relief, ecumenical agencies, and ELCA companion churches around the world.

In the United States, this church fights poverty through relief, development, community organizing, education and advocacy. In 2009, ELCA World Hunger provided grants totaling $800,000 to emergency food pantries and other projects in synods across this country. An additional $567,000 in grants supported organizations using education and advocacy strategies to address the root causes of hunger.

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