Canadians invited to pray for end to famine
Canadian Foodgrains Bank is inviting Canadians to join Christians around the world in a Global Day of Prayer to End Famine on June 10. The call for this day of prayer comes from the All-Africa Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches and the World Evangelical Alliance, which invite Christians to “stand in…
Full Cupboard provides emergency help in Wellesley
Four years ago, while part of a missional leadership group, Kara Carter, pastor of Wellesley Mennonite Church, received news from the local school parents advisory group that there were children who were coming to school hungry. She shared the need with the local ministerial, which explored the issues of food security with regional government officials,…
Growing projects celebrate a successful 2017
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank likes to talk about its “farm”—the thousands of hectares across Canada, from P.E.I. to B.C., that are planted by community growing projects to raise funds for the work of ending global hunger. In 2017, the “farm” was 6,500 hectares of land that grew crops such as wheat, barley, corn, pulses, soybeans,…
A hard look at hunger
Once again, famine plagues the headlines and swollen bellies afflict the airwaves. The Horn of Africa is hungry. Babies are dying. Statistics are swirling. And the rest of the global village, wired as it is, has pulled up a front-row seat. Since the food crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya debuted in the news last…
