Other Learning Resources
Housing for very low income seniors in Lynnwood Area is only one of the many needs to care for those who have the least among us. Here are some other Resources for Individual Action to Impact Global Poverty
Resources
Always…Therefore: The Church’s Challenge of Global Poverty DVD www.acaciaresources.com or 615-627-7766 Acacia Resources, a division of Baptist Center for Ethics.
Baptist World Aid, an arm of Baptist World Alliance for for current projects, stories and information about donating: www.bwanet.org/BWAid/index.htm
Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger: www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?&pid=1225&srcid=2391
World Vision, World relief, development and advocacy organization: www.worldvision.org
For youth about world hunger and fasting www.30hourfamine.org
Micah Challenge, for an overview, updates, additional information and resources: www.micahchallenge.org/global/home/into.html
Bread for the World Seeking Justice, Ending Hunger www.bread.org
Seattle Bread for the World—meets 3rd Tuesday at Bethel Lutheran Church 8th St NE & 175th Street, Shoreline
Millennium Campaign: The role of faith communities in defeating global poverty www.millenniumcampaign.org
International Alliance Against Hunger: www.iaahp.net
Fight Hunger: Organizing walks for world hunger on May 13, 2007 www.fighthunger.org
Global Empowerment, like World Vision for justice: www.globalempowerment.org
One Shared World–Campaign to raise awareness of global poverty and generate dialogue www.onesharedworld.org
Bread for the World: links to anti hunger and poverty organizations www.bread.org/learn/links.html
www.bread.org/learn/background-papers/2007/seeds-of-change.html
McGovern, George, The Third Freedom: Ending Hunger in Our Time, Simon & Schuster, New York, 2001. (GSBC members–use your member link to order via Amazon.com)
Heifer International www.heifer.org
DATA-Debt Aids Trade Africa: DATA aims to raise awareness about, and spark response to the crises swamping Africa: unpayable Debts, uncontrolled spread of AIDS, and unfair Trade rules which keep Africans poor. www.data.org
ONE a volunteer organization to lobby the US Government to allocating an additional 1 percent of the US Budget to help fight poverty and hunger. www.one.org/about
American Baptist Churches USA National Ministries Katrina Effort www.nationalministries.org/katrina
His Nets–preventing malaria in sub-Saharan Africa to help meet Millennium Development Goals www.hisnets.org/home.html
Africa Exchange–a ministry of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship which exchanges information and resources across cultures to positively affect hunger and education www.africaexchange.org
The Baptist Center for Ethics website–it’s mission is to provide proactive, positive and practical ethics resources and services to congregations. www.ethicsdaily.com
