The Greenville District UMC is hosting a Great Day of Service.
1 Billion people in our world are hungry every day. 25,000 people die each day from hunger related causes. How can we help?
A STOP Hunger Now Packaging event will be held right here at Advent! Our brothers and sisters in Christ from the Greenville district will join us as we package 285,000 meals to be sent to those most in need.
Mark your calendars to join us April 21. There will be 4 shifts to choose from. Daycare will be provided for preschool age children during the 2nd and 3rd shifts! Work to do for school age and up. There is a spot for everyone!
For more information visit their website or contact Virginia Crews at vcrews@bellsouth.net or 864-675-0055.
10 Reasons to Address Hunger First
- Eradicating hunger is a global priority. Experts agree it would be nearly impossible to meet the other millennium development goals without addressing hunger first.
- When hunger is solved, other solutions follow. Addressing the problem of hunger is the single point where we can leverage relief for all humanitarian issues.
- The elimination of hunger boosts productivity. Bringing economic opportunity to hungry regions isn’t ideal until people are fed. A workforce of starving people cannot be productive or sustain itself throughout life or across generations.
- Nutrition makes combating HIV/AIDS possible. The starving body cannot tolerate medications for HIV/AIDS. What’s more, poor nutrition speeds the onset of AIDS in HIV positive individuals.
- The removal of hunger promotes gender equality. In a poverty-stricken village, the norm is not to send all children to school. Two-thirds of school-aged children who are kept out of school are girls. Gender equality begins with education. More children attend school when a meal awaits them.
- The eradication of hunger boosts education rates. UNICEF and the World Food Program agree that the best way to get children to attend school is to feed them. In Kenya, 1.7 million children attend school due to a feeding program by the U.S.’ International Food for Education (FFE) program.
- Education heals weakened communities. Investment in nutrition and growth is an investment in health and productivity. Girls denied education are more vulnerable to poverty, violence, pregnancy and disease.
- The relief of hunger reduces child mortality and improves maternal health. Maternal undernutrition can damage a child’s lifelong capacity for physical and intellectual growth and productivity. The largest contributing factors to death during childbirth, stillbirth and miscarriage are highly curable vitamin and nutrient deficiencies.
- Hunger itself is surmountable. The world has enough sustainable resources, processing potential and distribution know-how to feed everyone ample calories daily.
- The infrastructure exists to solve hunger. With your support, relief organizations such as Stop Hunger Now have the means to deliver to ongoing school feeding programs that sustain lifelong change.