Our next Social Action Shared Offering (SASO) will be received on Sunday, October 8 to benefit the World Food Program, an international organization within the United Nations, providing food assistance worldwide. Your Faith in Action team sees world hunger as a pressing critical need, made worse by conflict and climate change. Recent disasters in Libya (flooding) and Morocco (earthquake) have compounded the already urgent need for food in countries like South Sudan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Ethiopia, Haiti, and many other countries. Russia is using food as a weapon by preventing Ukraine from selling its grain stores to hungry nations. The World Food Program reports that more than 345 million people are facing high levels of food insecurity today.
The World Food Program is the world’s largest humanitarian organization. This year they expect to serve the food needs of 160 million people across more than 120 countries. In 2020 the WFP was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to provide food assistance in areas of conflict and to prevent the use of food as a weapon of war and conflict. WFP has earned the highest ratings from Charity Navigator and GuideStar, assuring that all donations will be well used. We invite you to check out their website for more information. While you can donate directly on the website, we encourage you to contribute to our SASOs. Such acts of giving as a group and giving from our church draw us closer in our commitment to social justice.