“Widen gaze from Ukraine” to avert famine in Somalia, UN agency warns
London, UKReuters The world must “widen its gaze from the war in Ukraine” to prevent Somalia sliding into famine, the United Nations’ children’s agency said on Tuesday, warning only a third of the $US250 million needed to stave off catastrophe had so far been raised. Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of […]
The COVID-19 books: Pope Francis, John Piper, NT Wright and more
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, canvas some of the books on offer addressing faith in the coronavirus pandemic…
UN food chief urges Bezos, other billionaires to step up to help world’s starving
United NationsReuters UN food chief David Beasley called on the world’s billionaires on Thursday to step up to help save some 30 million people he said are at risk of dying if they don’t receive help from the World Food Programme. Globally some 270 million people were headed toward the brink of starvation and WFP […]
Hunger on campus: researchers say a quarter of US college students went hungry
Thomson Reuters Foundation About a quarter of students at 66 tertiary institutions in the United States said they had gone hungry in the previous month, researchers said on Tuesday. Experts said the findings, which are from the largest survey to measure hunger on campuses, confirmed concerns over poverty’s prevalence at universities and colleges. Jed Richardson, a scientist […]
LIFE’S TOUGH QUESTIONS: SHOULD I GIVE MONEY TO BEGGARS?
Recently confronted while in Melbourne by someone holding a sign saying they were “hungry, poor and alone”, Compassion Australia’s MICHAEL CAUCHI looks at our response to those asking for our help…