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Short on time, but want to do your part to end hunger? Consider donating to an organization working to reduce poverty and hunger. Here are some you might consider:
IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
- Action Against Hunger (AAH)
Action Against Hunger is an international, non-governmental, non-religious organization, delivering programs in over 40 countries. AHA's mission is to save lives by combating hunger, malnutrition, physical suffering and the associated distress that endanger the lives of children, women, and men in emergency situations of war, conflict, and natural disaster.
www.actionagainsthunger.org
- Alliance to End Hunger
The Alliance to End Hunger is a broad coalition that engages diverse institutions in building the public will to end hunger in the United States and worldwide. The Alliance includes religious bodies, businesses, universities, civil rights groups and labor unions and others.
www.alliancetoendhunger.org
- America's Second Harvest
America's Second Harvest seeks to create a hunger-free America. The organization distributes food and grocery products, works to increases public awareness of domestic hunger, and advocates for policies that benefit America's hungry.
www.secondharvest.org
- Bread for the World
A Christian citizens' movement founded in 1974, Bread for the World lobbies the US Congress and the US administration to bring about public policy changes that address the root causes of hunger and poverty in the United States and overseas.
www.bread.org
- Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Relief Services' mission is to assist the poor and disadvantaged, applying Catholic teachings to alleviate human suffering, promote development of all people and to foster charity and justice throughout the world.
www.catholicrelief.org
- CARE
CARE works with poor communities in more than 70 countries around the world to tackle the root causes of poverty and find lasting solutions to the problem.
www.careusa.org
- DATA (Debt, Aid, Trade, Africa)
Founded in 2002 by Bono, the lead singer of U2, along with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign, DATA aims to raise awareness about, and spark response to the crises swamping Africa: debt, AIDS, and unfair trade rules which keep Africans poor. DATA does not see this effort as charity, but as a campaign for equality and justice.
www.data.org
- Food for the Hungry
Food for the Hungry was founded in 1971 and helps some of the world's most disadvantaged people in 47 countries through child development programs, agriculture and clean-water projects, health and nutrition programs, education, micro-enterprise loans and emergency relief.
www.fh.org
- Food First
Founded in 1975 with the goal to eliminate the injustices that cause hunger, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy undertakes research on the root causes of hunger, and publishes a wide range of materials.
www.foodfirst.org
- Heifer International
For more than 60 years Heifer's mission has been to help people obtain a sustainable source of food and income, to work with communities to end hunger and poverty, and to care for the earth.
www.heifer.org
- The Hunger Project
The Hunger Project is a strategic organization and global movement committed to the sustainable end of world hunger. With the empowerment of women as its highest priority, the Hunger Project empowers local people to create lasting society-wide progress in health, education, nutrition and family incomes.
www.thp.org
- InterAction
InterAction is the largest alliance of US-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations. With more than 160 members operating in every developing country, they work to overcome poverty, exclusion and suffering by advancing social justice and basic dignity for all.
www.interaction.org
- Lutheran World Relief
Lutheran World Relief works with partners in 50 countries to help people grow food, improve health, strengthen communities, end conflict, build livelihoods and recover from disasters. Lutheran World Relief seeks lasting solutions to poverty and injustice and in doing so, compels U.S. Lutherans to put their faith into action.
www.lwr.org
- Mennonite Central Committee
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief service, and peace agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches.
www.mcc.org
- Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a not-for-profit organization that exists to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression by helping people build secure, productive, and just communities.
www.mercycorps.org
- The National Council of Churches
The National Council of Churches is the leading force for ecumenical cooperation among Christians in the United States and includes over 45 million individuals in more than 100,000 local congregations across the nation. Globally, the NCC's members engage in humanitarian work in more than 80 countries, including the United States, through Church World Service (CWS). With partner churches and ecumenical agencies around the world, CWS shares in the struggle to help move people beyond poverty and powerlessness.
www.ncccusa.org
- The ONE Campaign
The ONE Campaign is a new effort by Americans to rally Americans - ONE by ONE - to fight the emergency of global AIDS and extreme poverty. The ONE Campaign is engaging Americans through a diverse coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty organizers to show the steps people can take to fight global AIDS and poverty.
www.one.org
- Oxfam America
Oxfam America is an international development and relief agency and an affiliate of Oxfam International. Working with local partners, Oxfam delivers development programs and emergency relief services, and campaigns for change in global practices and policies that keep people in poverty.
www.oxfamamerica.org
- RESULTS
RESULTS is a nonprofit grassroots advocacy organization, committed to creating the political will to end hunger and the worst aspects of poverty. RESULTS is committed to individuals exercising their personal and political power by lobbying elected officials for effective solutions and key policies that affect hunger and poverty.
www.results.org
- Save the Children
Save the Children has, for more than 70 years, created real and lasting change for children in need in more than 40 countries around the globe, including the United States. It is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, comprising 27 national Save the Children organizations working in more than 100 countries to ensure the well-being of children.
www.savethechildren.org
- Stop Hunger Now
Stop Hunger Now is a charitable, non-profit international relief organization that coordinates the distribution of food and other life-saving aid to crisis areas across the globe.
www.stophungernow.org
- World Concern
World Concern is a Christian humanitarian organization that provides emergency relief and community development in some of the most neglected areas of the world.
www.worldconcern.org
- World Vision
World Vision is a Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities worldwide reach their full potential by tackling the causes of poverty.
www.worldvision.org
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