Today I am fasting. From midnight to midnight, I am not taking a single bite of food. Drinking water helps temporarily, but every time I dish Jack up some food, or see a commercial for something yummy, I think, it would be so easy to just take a bite... I'm doing this in support of Compassion's Day of Prayer and Fasting. We have supported Jose, a little boy from Bolivia, through Compassion for the past four years.
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Food prices for popular menu items like rice, wheat and beans have doubled in the last year. Though increases in food prices have hit all budgets, it's the poor who bear the brunt of price inflation. The higher prices are forcing people who survive on just $1 a day to spend upwards of 80 percent of their budgets just on food. As a result, many people, including millions of children, are going hungry. The longer food prices rise, the more people will be plunged into hunger and poverty.
Why is the global food crisis happening? Food shortages have affected developing countries for generations. It's a cyclical problem. But this global food crisis is more rapid, urgent and devastating. Since 2005, food prices have risen a whopping 80 percent. Why?
1. rising fuel costs
2. rising food demand from populous nations like India and China
3. natural disasters destroying crop yields all over the world, including the United States
4. growth of biofuels
http://www.compassion.com/sponsordonor/global-food-crisis/default
1 comment:
What a great cause! That is certainly a long time to fast. Keep us updated on how you felt at midnight. Were you in the kitchen?
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