28 January 2013

IF you're not aware of this, you should be!

 Did you know?

- that nearly one billion people go to bed hungry every night

- that hunger kills over 200 children every hour

- that the world produces enough food for this not to be happening

- that it's time for us to take a stand and see an end to hunger in our generation!

In June of this year, David Cameron will be leading the G8 summit in the UK.  Leaders of the world's richest and most powerful countries will be getting together.  Here is our chance to see an end to this sickening injustice IF we are prepared to take our heads out of the sand....

What do we want?

We want our leaders to act on the four big issues that mean so many people do not get enough food.
  
Aid

Enough Food For Everyone IF we give enough aid to stop children dying from hunger and help the poorest families feed themselves.

Tax

Enough Food For Everyone IF governments stop big companies dodging tax in poor countries.

Land

Enough Food For Everyone IF we stop poor farmers being forced off their land and grow crops to feed people, not fuel cars.
 
Transparency

Enough Food For Everyone IF governments and big companies are honest and open about their actions that stop people getting enough food.

What can you do?


- Help to spread the word by blogging about the issue.

 - Sign the petition and show the G8 that we are serious!

- If you're a pray-er, pray that the 'noise' being created does not fall on deaf ears.

- Follow the cause on twitter: @enoughfoodIF and make some noise amongst your social networking sites.

- Follow some of the major charities involved: @savechildrenuk or @tearfund and tweet using #if or #tellamillion


And if you need any more convincing, take a look at this short video clip: 
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26 comments:

  1. I've just found out about this through Tearfund and have already got some fundraising ideas to do through our church along with a blog post planned later this week. Glad to see it's been picked up by bloggers through different charities too, the more noise the better!

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    1. Excellent Jess, it's so important to try to do something isn't it? We also had it flagged up at church via Tearfund yesterday....love it that so many charities are coming together to support this. Be sure to tweet out your post!

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  2. I will definitely sign the petition and join you in making some noise. For once, something CAN be done. Great post.

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    1. Exactly! It's nice to be able to do something, however small.

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  3. signed the petition, shared on twitter and facebook! It's time something was done about this! We can do it!
    Great post x

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  4. I will definitely join in and sign the petition xx

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  5. definitely in on this one...

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  6. when I get online I'll be sure to read more about this and get involved.

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  7. Brilliant post! Well done for raising awareness of this and fantastic to add in about praying - sometimes prayer can change things that nothing else can! xxx

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    1. Absolutely! Just visited your blog and saw that you posted on the same subject - the 'noise' is getting round :)

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  8. So glad to see you blogging about this too, we have such a big voice as bloggers. Mich x

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    1. Too right and I think it's wrong to forget that and not use the opportunity. X

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  9. Great post and a job well done for raising awareness for such an important cause - shocking to think that there is already enough food for everyone.Petition signed.

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    1. Thank OM. Glad I've succeeded in getting a few people on board :) x

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  10. Great post. I have signed up and written a post too: http://motheringmushroom.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/fighting-world-hunger-together-we-can-do-it-if/ Let's hope we can all make a difference by coming together on this!

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