We had a brilliant response to our G8 hunger campaign. Hundreds of Concern supporters emailed their MPs to call for Prime Minister David Cameron to lead the way on a new commitment to tackling world hunger. Now it’s time for G8 leaders to act.
Concern Worldwide is pushing the G8 to renew its commitments to global hunger and nutrition. Ahead of this week’s summit, I will be speaking at a number of events to ensure this message is heard.
Concern Worldwide is working with poor families in Chad, providing them with desperately needed food. As food stocks dry up, we will be distributing food along with the World Food Programme. We are also helping communities to plant good quality seeds so that they will have a better harvest this year. We aim to help around 6,880 families over the coming months.
I’m very pleased to announce that the secretary general of the United Nations has appointed me to a high-level international working group aimed at tackling child hunger in the world’s poorest countries.
A food crisis is looming in the Sahel region of west Africa and millions of people are already affected. Concern Worldwide is responding in some of the worst-hit areas in Niger and Chad, but more help is urgently needed.
In November 2011, hundreds of Concern’s supporters took action, emailing their MPs calling for a cross-party priority of aid to agriculture. And the political parties all listened!
Concern Worldwide works in Rwanda with many poor farmers. We know that with the right support the poorest farmers can grow more and eat more and better food.
