Agricultural project supported by BWAid Hunger assistance Hunger continues to be one of the greatest problems facing our world
today. Hunger stems from many causes. Natural disasters and human- made catastrophes have a devastating effect on food production. Poor people in the developing world spend up to 80 percent of their income to buy food, usually basics such as wheat, rice or corn. Government policies make people hungry. Governments in both the developed and developing parts of the world exercise negative policies that can have extreme impact on the food chain. A price reduction on a commodity in the developed world often means that the producer in a developing country suffers a loss in income. In the developing world, unfair distribution systems can often cause food shortages. BWAid not only feeds the hungry, but looks at these chains of causes and seeks to alleviate these causes. At times, hunger funds are needed to purchase or ship food to those who are hungry. At other times, we provide the resources for people to grow their own food. In the United States, funds can be designated to BWAid from CROP Hunger Walk activities.
Medical BWAid often receives requests for urgent assistance
with medical needs. Sometimes the need might be for basic medical equipment, supplies or drugs. At other times the request is to assist with a particular situation that has occurred, such as an outbreak of cholera. BWAid needs to be able to offer an immediate response to many situations. Through the Gifts-in-Kind program, BWAid, working with its overseas partners, is able to send shipments of requested medical equipment and medicines that have been donated. Because the contents are donated, BWAid is able to cover the cost of shipping. In 2012 a shipment of food, water purification, metal roofing panels, and medicine/personal hygiene items was sent to Eastern Cuba following Hurricane Sandy at a cost to BWAid of US$7,000.
BWAid-funded program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to empower girls
Micah Challenge In
2000, the nations
Day care center in India funded by BWAid
of
the
world adopted eight
Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) for the alleviation of poverty. The eight goals are eradicating extreme poverty and hunger; achieving universal primary education; promoting gender equality and empowering women; reducing child mortality rates; improving maternal health; combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; ensuring environmental sustainability; and developing a global partnership for development. Targets were set for all of these goals, and nations have made commitments to meet these targets by 2015. We are now two years out from the target year. The Micah Challenge is a global Christian movement encouraging Christians to be committed to the poor and hold governments accountable for their pledge within the Millennium Development Goals.
The Micah Challenge works to educate, train and resource Christians to become a global voice on poverty, encouraging Christians to be informed, to engage and to speak out for justice. In 2004, the BWA General Council approved the following statement: “CALLS UPON the nations of the world to take seriously the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations in the desire to halve current levels of poverty by 2015.” Christians around the world have been supporting this movement. Many Baptists are involved in their own countries. Read more on the Micah Challenge at
www.micahchallenge.org. This project enables BWAid to support the work of Micah Challenge.
It is important that Baptists around the world support the work and ministry of BWAid through their prayers and gifts. Donations are accepted online via the BWA website:
www.bwanet.org
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