Blatant Plagerism
This may be blatant plagerism, but I'm posting a copy of this post that a classmate & friend of mine wrote for Bread for the World. Ending Hunger Takes Time by Norma Malfatti When Bread for the World started producing Leaven, a newsletter for Covenant Churches , I was three years old. Almost 30 years have gone by since that first issue and, as I have come to realize after reading sixteen years of hunger facts, bulletin inserts, reflections, activity ideas and so much more, many things have changed. However many things remain the same regarding the plight of poor and hungry people in the world. In 1980 people in developing countries used 85% of their income on food. Today that figure is about 80% - an improvement to be sure, but only a small one, and with the rising food prices and global hunger crisis, that number is rising every day. During the mid-1980s 500 million people were food-insecure and one person died every second from hunger and hunger-related illnesses. Today nearl