Cafod Collective Worship 4/10/2012

www.cafod.org.uk

cafod.org.uk/hungry

#hungryforchange

What’s Hungry for change?

A new campaign that looks at the global

food system.

Food Fact

• 925 million people worldwide do not have enough to eat.

• That’s equivalent to all the people in the USA, Canada and the European Union combined.

Emily’s storyEmily in Kenya, has survived hard times.

“It hurts to see my children ask for food. I store maize to make sure we can feed the small ones. The older

ones, my husband and I, skip meals.”

Emily struggles to get a market for her crops.

Small-scale farmers need support to improve their

income, access markets and gain a voice in decisions

which affect them.

What is CAFOD already doing?• Supporting people to prioritise

their own needs and buy from local markets

• Speaking out against land grabs or forest destruction

• Providing seed banks to help crops last longer

• Agricultural training to improve yields

• Support for co-operatives and women’s groups to increase their bargaining power

and more...

1. Empowering aid for small-scale farmers, especially women, to help them access markets and increase their income, bargaining power and voice in decisions.

2. Checks on the power of global food companies, requiring them to report on the lobbying they do and their impacts on human rights – and to ensure that workers in global supply chains get a fair deal.

Did you know?

A few hundred companies control 70 per cent of the global food market and key resources such as water and land needed to produce food.

Hunger for change, in solidarity with our neighbours and through the grace of God, can

transform our world.

The action cards!

“Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish, raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing.. They all ate as much as they wanted.” Matthew 14:19-20

Take the fish…

…share the bread

and multiply the campaign!

DONATE tomorrow!

Look out for the chaplaincy team with buckets around school!

Visit the auditorium tomorrow lunchtime!

Donate and receive a simple lunch.

What else can we do?

“A future without hunger can become a reality if the only things we are hungry for are sharing, solidarity and justice.”

Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga

GOD OUR FATHER,

We give you thanks for the abundance of your creation, and the generosity of your gifts.

We are sorry that amongst us are so many people who are excluded from the feast, prepared by you for us all.

May your spirit inspire us and lead us as we seek change, so that hunger and poverty are no longer a scar and scandal in our world.

May your spirit guide us as we seek change, so everyone has enough food for flourish and a place at the table you spread for us all.

Amen