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Back to Weekly News Briefs...October 16, 2008
- CLWR in partnership with LFC
- Global Hunger Index reveals troubled India
- World Food Day quiz
CLWR in partnership with LFC
CLWR is pleased to announce a promising new partnership with Lutheran Foundation Canada (LFC). Under the auspices of Lutheran Church–Canada, LFC helps Lutherans determine the best way to make gifts to Lutheran-based organizations.
“Lutheran Foundation Canada helps answer questions like ‘How does a charitable bequest work?’ or ‘How does my family factor into planned giving?’” says Marc Desrosiers, CLWR’s resource generation director. Desrosiers will also now serve as an LFC gift coordinator in the prairie region.
“LFC exists to help Lutherans balance the responsibility they feel towards family, church, church ministries and other social needs,” says Desrosiers. “People have more resources and assets than they are sometimes aware of, and there are also a range of charitable giving options that they don’t always explore. LFC can be a useful supplement to the services of a financial planner and to a person’s own independent research.”
For more information on Lutheran Foundation Canada, please visit www.lutheranfoundation.ca or call CLWR at 1.800.661.2597.
– CLWR News Service
Global Hunger Index reveals troubled India
Released to coincide with World Food Day on October 16, the 2008 Global Hunger Index (GHI) has revealed a hunger situation in India that it calls “extremely alarming.” This year’s report, which is published by the International Food Policy Research Institute and Welt Hunger Hilfe, sheds light on hunger in India on a state-by-state level.
The state of West Bengal, in which Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) operates programs, falls into the “alarming” hunger category along with 11 other states. The GHI measures the prevalence of child malnutrition, rates of child mortality and the proportion of people who are calorie deficient. India ranks 66 out of 88 developing countries and countries in transition. The GHI incorporates the latest-available data, in this case 2006, which means the effects of recent increases in food and fuel prices are not factored in.
“CLWR is committed to teaching Indian farmers sustainable agriculture over the next several years, as we have in the past. This is a deep-rooted problem that will take time to resolve,” says Elaine Peters, CLWR program director.
The 2008 GHI does offer up some promising points, including an overall global improvement from 1990 scores. Peru, a CLWR project country, receives the fifth-best score (lowest level of hunger) behind a handful of countries like Cuba and Jamaica. The Latin American country is among those that have made the most progress in reducing hunger since 1990.
– CLWR News Service
World Food Day quiz
Welcome to our World Food Day quiz. We have three questions that relate to CLWR’s work in Ethiopia through Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). Let’s get started!
1. How much does it cost to feed a person for one month in Ethiopia?
a) $1
b) $7
c) $13
d) $31
2. How much does it cost to fill a 50 kg bag with Canadian wheat?
a) $5
b) $10
c) $15
d) $20
3. How much does it cost to send that same bag to Africa?
a) $3
b) $6
c) $10
d) $20
Answers:
1-c, 2-d, 3-d
Surprised? The answers are based on a shipment to Ethiopia last July. The costs have shifted dramatically in a very short period of time. While today it costs $13 to feed a person for a month, $20 to fill a 50 kg bag with wheat and $20 to ship it, the costs only a few years ago were $7, $5 and an amazing $3 respectively.
Why not take a few minutes to learn about CFGB and their current programs? Visit www.endhungerfast.com. CLWR is a founding member of CFGB.
- With files from Canadian Foodgrains Bank
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CLWR is pleased to announce a promising new partnership with Lutheran Foundation Canada (LFC). Under the auspices of Lutheran Church–Canada, LFC helps Lutherans determine the best way to make gifts to Lutheran-based organizations.
“Lutheran Foundation Canada helps answer questions like ‘How does a charitable bequest work?’ or ‘How does my family factor into planned giving?’” says Marc Desrosiers, CLWR’s resource generation director. Desrosiers will also now serve as an LFC gift coordinator in the prairie region.
“LFC exists to help Lutherans balance the responsibility they feel towards family, church, church ministries and other social needs,” says Desrosiers. “People have more resources and assets than they are sometimes aware of, and there are also a range of charitable giving options that they don’t always explore. LFC can be a useful supplement to the services of a financial planner and to a person’s own independent research.”
For more information on Lutheran Foundation Canada, please visit www.lutheranfoundation.ca or call CLWR at 1.800.661.2597.
– CLWR News Service
Global Hunger Index reveals troubled India
Released to coincide with World Food Day on October 16, the 2008 Global Hunger Index (GHI) has revealed a hunger situation in India that it calls “extremely alarming.” This year’s report, which is published by the International Food Policy Research Institute and Welt Hunger Hilfe, sheds light on hunger in India on a state-by-state level.
The state of West Bengal, in which Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) operates programs, falls into the “alarming” hunger category along with 11 other states. The GHI measures the prevalence of child malnutrition, rates of child mortality and the proportion of people who are calorie deficient. India ranks 66 out of 88 developing countries and countries in transition. The GHI incorporates the latest-available data, in this case 2006, which means the effects of recent increases in food and fuel prices are not factored in.
“CLWR is committed to teaching Indian farmers sustainable agriculture over the next several years, as we have in the past. This is a deep-rooted problem that will take time to resolve,” says Elaine Peters, CLWR program director.
The 2008 GHI does offer up some promising points, including an overall global improvement from 1990 scores. Peru, a CLWR project country, receives the fifth-best score (lowest level of hunger) behind a handful of countries like Cuba and Jamaica. The Latin American country is among those that have made the most progress in reducing hunger since 1990.
– CLWR News Service
World Food Day quiz
Welcome to our World Food Day quiz. We have three questions that relate to CLWR’s work in Ethiopia through Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB). Let’s get started!
1. How much does it cost to feed a person for one month in Ethiopia?
a) $1
b) $7
c) $13
d) $31
2. How much does it cost to fill a 50 kg bag with Canadian wheat?
a) $5
b) $10
c) $15
d) $20
3. How much does it cost to send that same bag to Africa?
a) $3
b) $6
c) $10
d) $20
Answers:
1-c, 2-d, 3-d
Surprised? The answers are based on a shipment to Ethiopia last July. The costs have shifted dramatically in a very short period of time. While today it costs $13 to feed a person for a month, $20 to fill a 50 kg bag with wheat and $20 to ship it, the costs only a few years ago were $7, $5 and an amazing $3 respectively.
Why not take a few minutes to learn about CFGB and their current programs? Visit www.endhungerfast.com. CLWR is a founding member of CFGB.
- With files from Canadian Foodgrains Bank
