Tag archive: Hunger
Caritas organisations around the world are taking part in a “Week of Action” to end hunger by 2025. Highlights of the week include a video message from Pope Francis calling on Catholics to get behind the Caritas One Human Family, Food for All campaign.
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Take time to share a book with your child and discuss the needs of hungry people.
Two nurses describe the effects of hunger on children.
. Based on an ancient story about hunger and sharing, this animated video is part of Caritas’ “One Human Family, Food for All” campaign. The “allegory of the long spoons” teaches us that when we struggle to feed only ourselves, everyone goes hungry. But when we focus on our neighbour’s hunger, we discover there are…
Scripture readings, prayers, and songs for “Food for All” Masses
Pledge to an activity that will help reduce hunger
Interview with Caritas Japan: “By using this container, we not only take home leftover food, but also become aware of wasting food, and of the globally-skewed distribution of food.”
We call on the young people of Caritas and the whole world to raise their voices and be creative on behalf of people without food. Please post photos and descriptions of your activities on www.facebook.com/CaritasFoodforAll.
The violence that has gripped South Sudan since December 2013 has sent waves of people fleeing for their lives. Leaving homes, farms and livestock behind, families have no source of food or income. Father Biong Kwol, a priest who coordinates Caritas aid on the country’s northern border, talks about the growing hunger crisis. What is the…