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Church and related organizations’ response to food crises globally may need to be strengthened following the findings of a new report which projects millions of people will be without food due climate change, conflict and insecurity.

The South Sudan Council of Churches, United Nations World Food Programme, and UNICEF have signed an agreement to work in partnership towards peace building to realize food security.

As a result of a consultation on 9-10 November in Washington, D.C., Pan African Women of Faith have released a Call to Action toward a vision of sustainable communities and an end to hunger and poverty.

As churches worldwide focus on the “Action Week for Food” in October, increasing numbers of people going hungry due to violent conflicts, failed harvests and rising food costs are compelling faith-based organizations to offer urgent intervention.

The Global Day of Prayer to End Famine has found relevance in Africa, where communities bear the brunt of severe food shortages associated with the challenge. On 10 June, the WCC, All Africa Conference of Churches and World Evangelical Alliance called on churches to pray for millions of people at risk and those who face severe hunger.

The WCC, World Evangelical Alliance and All Africa Conference of Churches, along with church-related humanitarian organizations and a coalition of church-related networks and organizations and partners, are planning 10 June 2018 as a second Global Day of Prayer to End Famine to be observed in faith congregations worldwide.

El Consejo Mundial de Iglesias, la Alianza Evangélica Mundial y la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África, junto con organizaciones humanitarias vinculadas a la iglesia y una coalición de redes, organizaciones y asociados eclesiales, están planeando celebrar el 10 de junio de 2018 el segundo Día Internacional de Oración para Acabar con el Hambre, que será celebrado por congregaciones religiosas de todo el mundo.

This week world leaders are gathered in Davos under the very theme of “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”. They do so at a time when we see poverty amongst plenty; hunger and thirst in the midst of abundance; shocking disparities in the quality of life between neighboring communities: real problems that the world has the potential and the possibilities to resolve.

Observed on 15-22 October 2017, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance invites churches around the world again to a Churches’ Week of Action on Food, an opportunity to pray, reflect and take action together, for food-justice across the globe.

Del 15 al 22 de octubre de 2017, la Alianza Ecuménica de Acción Mundial del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias invita a las iglesias de todo el mundo a volver a participar en la Semana de Acción de las Iglesias por los Alimentos, una oportunidad para orar, reflexionar y actuar juntos en favor de la justicia alimentaria en todo el planeta.

As part of a Call to Action issued just before an annual meeting of the leaders of the world’s largest economies, the WCC, ACT Alliance and All Africa Conference of Churches urged G20 leaders to take action to overcome hunger and sustain justice and peace in the Horn of Africa.

En el marco del Llamamiento a la acción emitido justo antes de la reunión anual de los líderes de las mayores economías del mundo, el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), ACT Alianza y la Conferencia de Iglesias de Toda el África (AACC), instaron a los líderes del G20 a tomar medidas para eliminar el hambre y promover la justicia y la paz en el Cuerno de África.

A conference discussing how to overcome hunger, and sustain justice and peace in the Horn of Africa, ended in Nairobi, Kenya on 29 June with faith leaders and partner organizations calling for urgent action to tackle famine, a frequent experience in the region.

Following an open editorial by a range of faith leaders and partners published on 22 May, the World Council of Churches now shares a video message of faith leaders giving testimony to the importance of taking action to end famine, through politics, through faith, and as a global community of fellow human beings.

On 21 May - observed as the Global Day of Prayer to End Famine - millions of people from faith communities, organizations and neighborhoods across the world prayed, tweeted, posted and talked face-to-face about the urgent action needed to aid 20 million people facing famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria.

On 21 May - the Global Day of Prayer to End Famine - millions of people from faith communities, organizations and neighborhoods across the world prayed, tweeted, posted and talked face-to-face about the urgent action needed to aid 20 million people facing famine in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria.

El 21 de mayo, Día internacional de oración para acabar con el hambre, millones de personas de comunidades de fe, organizaciones y vecindarios de todo el mundo oraron, tuitearon, publicaron mensajes y conversaron cara a cara sobre las medidas urgentes necesarias para ayudar a los veinte millones de personas que pasan hambre en Sudán del Sur, Somalia, Yemen y Nigeria.

Not nearly enough is being done to save the lives of the 20 million people who face famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria. Among them are 1.4 million children, who are at imminent risk of death unless aid reaches them immediately.