Congressman James Oberstar of Minnesota is the latest member of Congress to show support for the Roadmap to End Global Hunger legislation (H.R. 2817). There are now 31 members of Congress co-sponsoring the bill which was put forward by Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts earlier this year.
The Roadmap to End Global Hunger would create a White House office to coordinate the U.S. response to the global food crisis. A new advisor would work with President Obama and oversee all U.S. agencies involved in fighting hunger. Worldwide there are over 1 bilion people who cannot get access to enough food. In countries like Afghanistan, Sudan, Haiti, Iraq, Pakistan, and Nepal hunger and want threaten any hopes of peace.
Programs to increase food production in developing countries is key to solving the hunger crisis. Child feeding programs like school meals are also an essential component to end hunger and promote development.
Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, the Friends of the World Food Program, and a coalition of charities made recommendations which formed the Roadmap legislation. The idea is to elevate global hunger to the top of the Obama adminstration's foreign policy agenda.
Read an interview with Heather Hanson of Mercy Corps about the Roadmap to End Global Hunger.
Download a take action flyer to contact your representative in Congress about supporting the Roadmap to End Global Hunger.
Click to order the book The Roadmap to End Global Hunger
List of representatives co-sponsoring The Roadmap to End Global Hunger
| Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 11/7/2009 | Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 6/17/2009 |
| Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 10/29/2009 | Rep Carson, Andre [IN-7] - 10/26/2009 |
| Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11] - 10/15/2009 | Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 11/19/2009 |
| Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8] - 6/11/2009 | Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 6/15/2009 |
| Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 10/14/2009 | Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 6/23/2009 |
| Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 9/14/2009 | Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 10/7/2009 |
| Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 10/29/2009 | Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 10/1/2009 |
| Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 6/11/2009 | Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 6/17/2009 |
| Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 6/17/2009 | Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 6/15/2009 |
| Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 6/24/2009 | Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 10/14/2009 |
| Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 6/11/2009 | Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 6/15/2009 |
| Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 6/12/2009 | Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 12/2/2009 |
| Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 11/2/2009 | Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 6/15/2009 |
| Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 9/22/2009 | Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13] - 6/26/2009 |
| Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 6/19/2009 | Rep Welch, Peter [VT] - 11/19/2009 |
| Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 6/17/2009 |
table courtesy of the Library of Congress
see also Food crisis in Haiti: an interview with Myrta Kaulard of the World Food Programme
Comments
sounds like a noble cause, but how much actually reaches the intended end user? probably not much! just like other aid programs in which we participate.
Yo les ofrezco la fórmula del desarrollo nacional,que inmediátamente elimina el hambre mientras genera progreso nacional.
Si me envía su e.mail, yo le remito la fórmula; así podremos trabajar en equipo.
Muchas gracias si me contesta a percydady@hotmail.com
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