The World Food Programme calls the global food crisis a phenomenon, a "silent tsunami" that is affecting families in every nation on every continent. Though increases in food prices have hit all budgets, the poor bear the brunt of price inflation. The higher prices are forcing people who survive on just U.S.$1 a day to spend upward of 80 percent of their budgets just on food. The longer food prices rise, the more people will be plunged into hunger and poverty.
We continue to receive requests for funds from various countries. As resources allow, we are distributing food assistance to the most severely affected children and families first, followed by less affected families as determined by our program staff.
Please continue to pray for all those directly affected by the Global Food Crisis. Also please pray for our leadership as they make crucial decisions about how to address this issue long term.
