Enough Food for Everyone IF
This year Christian Aid has joined forces with other major development agencies to launch the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign, the biggest mass campaign movement since Make Poverty History.
- 1 in 8 of the world's population – 900 million people go to bed hungry every night.
- 2 million children die from malnutrition annually.
- Food prices are set to rise hitting poor people hardest everywhere.
- U.K. Waste over 4 million tonnes of edible food per year.
- 1 billion people suffer nutritional deficiencies.
- 100 million children under 5 years are under weight due to lack of food.
- 2013 – U.K. to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on aid..
- U.K. To chair G8
- The world to debate new set of development goals for ambitions and vision for next decade.
Christian Aid, with more than 50 other U.K. Based organisations inc. Save the children, U.N.I.C.E.F., and Oxfam plus major faith communities, has signed up to the IF campaign.
IF will press the U.K. Government to take a global lead in tackling defects in the world food supply system.
- Lobby David Cameron to encourage G8 to take this lead.
- Regional lobbying of MPs
- Harnessing social media via Twitter and Facebook.
- People will take to the streets, use tablets, laptops and smart phones to support the campaign to make this a global movement for change. To show G8 and other leaders there is wide spread desire for leadership on food and hunger.
IF To Target Four Specific Areas For Change
IF we give enough aid to stop children dying from hunger, and help the poorest people feed themselves.
IF we stop big companies dodging taxes in poor countries, so that millions of people can free themselves from hunger.
IF we stop farmers being forced off their land, and use crops to feed people, not fuel cars.
IF we force governments and big corporations to be honest and open about their actions which stop people getting enough food.
The IF campaign has just begun