Dear Friend,

While we fight to impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney, to bring our troops home from Iraq, and to stop Big Brother, we must not forget the many people around the globe who are struggling to avoid starving as food prices soar. Please urge Congress to reform food aid programs to fight global hunger more effectively.  

Skyrocketing food costs are forcing families to go hungry around the world, from Haiti to Somalia to Bangladesh. As usual during times of crisis, women and children are the most vulnerable.

CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty, is already on the ground, providing food to families and helping them create lasting solutions to hunger. We place special focus on working with poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty.

But even before the current crisis, hunger had been on the rise. The truth is that long-standing U.S. food aid programs haven’t proven effective in reducing chronic hunger. The United States needs to respond to the crisis now, and begin to change the U.S. approach to hunger by addressing its underlying causes.

You can make a difference by writing your senators today and asking them to take a stand on global hunger.

Recently, there have been discussions on two important provisions to make inroads in the global hunger crisis:

Emergency food programs to help address the global increase in the price of food, and Regional and local purchase programs to pilot new, more effective approaches to fighting chronic hunger.

We need to tell Congress that more needs to be done. Please take a moment now to write your senators and urge them to improve their response to the global food crisis and make the changes needed to current food aid programs in order to create lasting solutions to hunger.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely, 

Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH President and CEO, CARE