Washington, D.C. - As Congress moves toward finalizing legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY 2011, we respectively request Members of Congress to maintain the longstanding U.S. commitment to addressing global hunger. Dating back to the Marshall Plan, when the United States helped prevent hunger among a generation of Europeans, America’s commitment to the world’s hungry people has been steadfast.
Cuts of the magnitude proposed by H.R. 1 to global hunger programs would have a devastating impact on the world’s most vulnerable people. Cuts of 42 percent to P.L. 480 Title II and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program would eliminate feeding programs for approximately 18 million of the world’s poorest and hungriest people, including 2.5 million school children currently receiving school meals. Cuts of approximately 75 percent proposed to Feed the Future would prevent between 11 and 14 million small-scale farmers from pulling themselves out of hunger and poverty with U.S. assistance; 4 million children would not have access to improved nutrition, resulting in stunting and child mortality…
Cuts of the magnitude proposed by H.R. 1 to global hunger programs would have a devastating impact on the world’s most vulnerable people. Cuts of 42 percent to P.L. 480 Title II and the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program would eliminate feeding programs for approximately 18 million of the world’s poorest and hungriest people, including 2.5 million school children currently receiving school meals. Cuts of approximately 75 percent proposed to Feed the Future would prevent between 11 and 14 million small-scale farmers from pulling themselves out of hunger and poverty with U.S. assistance; 4 million children would not have access to improved nutrition, resulting in stunting and child mortality…
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