World Hunger

World Hunger Statistics

• 1.02 billion people in the world do not have enough to eat. This means one sixth of humanity is undernourished. (FAO, 2009)

•  Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes - that's one child every 5 seconds. (Bread for the World)

• In 2008, nearly 3 million children died before they reached their fifth birthday due directly or indirectly to hunger and malnutrition. (Bread for the World)

Domestic Hunger Statistics

• 49 million Americans struggle with hunger, including 17 million children. That means 1 in 6 people do not get enough food to be healthy. (Feeding America)

• In our nation's cities, 1 in every 4 people in a soup kitchen line is a child.

• The cost of a meal at a Southern Baptist hunger ministry averages 30 cents per meal. (NAMB Report - PDF, 2011)

World Hunger Fund Giving Statistics

•  100% of all contributions to feed hungry people. (Personnel are already in place; thus, administrative and promotional costs are borne out of other budgets.)

•  In 2011, Southern Baptist hunger ministries fed more than 5 million meals to the hungry in North America. As a result, more than 33,000 professions of faith were reported. (NAMB Report - PDF, 2011)

   This Sunday, October 22, 2013, we will begin our World Hunger Emphasis. We will collect the offering on November 24, 2013.

   Please prayerfully consider how much you should give to this fund!

You can get more information at www.worldhungerfund.com