Sunday, June 9, 2013

Justin Welby calls on world leaders to tackle global hunger

From The BBC-

In a video address to a rally in Hyde Park organised by the If campaign, the Archbishop said there was an opportunity to "end hunger in our lifetimes".

He praised the UK Government for spending 0.7% of GDP on international aid, but encouraged activists to "keep the pressure on", telling them: "We can change the world in our own lives".
The Archbishop told the rally: "We've come to celebrate the opportunity we have to end hunger in our lifetimes.


"The only way that's going to happen is by mass movements of people, like yourselves, getting

together."

In a separate message to an ecumenical service in Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, the Archbishop said: "In many parts of the world, the churches are the most effective networks, through which generosity from other people can be used most effectively and without actually displacing or diminishing the work of the people on the ground locally - local people developing their own countries."


More here-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/food/10108238/Justin-Welby-calls-on-world-leaders-to-tackle-global-hunger.html

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