The 90-minute webinar, from 14:30 to 16:00 CET, will take its theme from Matthew 14:13–21 – the feeding of the 5,000. The question at the centre is simple and direct: what are your loaves and fish?

World Hunger Day is observed on 28 May each year. This year’s webinar lands 12 days later, but the questions it raises are immediate. An estimated 673 million people experienced hunger in 2024 – 8.2% of the global population, down from 8.7% in 2022, though hunger continues to rise across much of Africa and western Asia, according to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025, published by FAO and partner UN agencies. 

In 2026, approximately 318 million people are already facing crisis levels of hunger or worse, according to the Global Report on Food Crises 2026. In 2025, two simultaneous famines were confirmed – in Gaza and Sudan – with the heaviest toll falling on children and women of reproductive age. These are not distant trends. They are decisions waiting to be made about what we are willing to put into circulation for the good of others.

Harold Segura, World Vision's Regional Director of Faith & Development for Latin America and the Caribbean - and an artist - has provided a work of art from which this webinar takes its name. This piece shows open hands holding loaves and fish in a circle – not hoarding, not scarcity, but gift and possibility. Matthew 14:13–21 is a text about what happens when what seems insufficient is offered anyway. The session begins there and moves outward.

Jamie Thomas of Bread for the World, USA will open with a biblical reflection on Matthew 14:13–21. The session will then turn to data: the state of global hunger in 2026, trends in malnutrition and famine, climate-driven food insecurity, and the regional differences that shape how crisis is experienced. 

A moderated panel, convened by the Prayer and Action Against Hunger Coalition, will bring in speakers on conflict and displacement, nutrition, and water security and governance. The afternoon will close with a look at community-led practice – how faith communities are moving from food aid toward food system transformation, and what farmers, women, and youth-led initiatives contribute to that work. 

Participants will have time for questions and will leave with a call to action connected to World Food Day (16 October) and the 54th session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS54) side event at FAO in Rome.

The webinar is open to all. Register here.

Landing Page of Campaign: “Give your Loaves and Fish”: https://regalatupanytupez.com/en

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 – source for global hunger prevalence and percentage figures (2024 data); published by FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP, and WHO.

Global Report on Food Crises 2026 – source for 318 million crisis-level hunger figure and famine confirmations in Gaza and Sudan; published by the Global Network Against Food Crises, April 2026.