2Gether Against Hunger

It’s one of the most inspiring stories I’ve ever heard. A ‘can-do’ attitude like I’ve never seen before; literally giving of oneself. It all begins with one mother’s reluctance to throw away excess breast milk lying in her freezer. So she googles “donate breast milk” and learns of an orphan house in South Africa in need of donor milk for their HIV+ infants and decides to send her milk their – right across the Atlantic. She contacts DHL and they agree to courier the frozen milk free... Read→

By Farwen- Don’t you just love it when many of your favorite things are rolled into one? When flavors blend to give that delicious taste?  Gaza mom is just that. Some of my favorite things rolled into one – a blogspot, a mom, a woman, a writer and a Palestinian, all rolled into one.  When this blogger speaks I listen. So when she blogged What YOU can do: 10 way to help Gaza/Palestine, during Israel’s brutal war on the people of Gaza, it had me leaping out of my chair.  By its very nature... Read→

By November this year the number of hungry people in the world had increased by more than 150 million in a year to more than 1 billion. The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) said 2009 could see the “loss of a generation” of children to malnutrition and food riots. This year, Bihar – one of India’s poorest states – has had only 15%-30% of its usual rains. Most of the state has been declared a drought zone.63 million people are expected go hungry next year. Numbers, numbers and more... Read→

With a global financial crunch biting both rich and poor, the numbers of hungry people across the world jumped to  one billion, according to United Nations estimates. Read→  Read More →