http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.aspxLatest Fast Facts from the ELCA2012-05-14T05:00:00The quality of food aid is a crucial factor in addressing hunger and nutrition. According to Bread for the World, “Women who are malnourished during pregnancy face a greater risk of dying in childbirth and of giving birth to a low birth weight baby."http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-05-07T05:00:00In many famine sensitive countries women do most of the farming. However, women own 2% of land worldwide and often have problems securing loans, agricultural inputs, and learning about opportunities to improve technique.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-04-30T05:00:00.6% of the federal budget is spent on poverty focused development assistance.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-04-23T05:00:00In fiscal year 2010 the USDA spent $17 billion on child nutrition programs.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-04-16T05:00:00In 2010 47% of SNAP participants were under age 18 and 8% were age 60 or older.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-04-09T05:00:00The National School Lunch Program serves 31 million children per day, 2/3 qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-04-02T05:00:00The United States spent about $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2010 on emergency food aid that reached about 46.5 million beneficiaries.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-03-26T05:00:00The first 1,000 days--from pregnancy to age 2--is the “window of opportunity” to prevent malnutrition from causing largely irreversible damage.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-03-19T05:00:00Out of the world’s 130 million out-of-school youth, 70 percent are girls.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-03-12T05:00:00When women and girls earn income, they reinvest 90 percent of it into their families, as compared to only 30 to 40 percent for a man.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-03-05T05:00:00According to the FAO, on average, women comprise 43% of the labor force the developing world, but they do not have the same access that men have to productive resources. If they did, they could increase yields on their farms by 20-30%, help raise their country’s agricultural output 2.5-4%, which in turn can reduce the number of hungry people 12-17%. (State of Food and Agriculture Report, 2010-2011, FAO)http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-02-27T05:00:00In 2011, ELCA Lutherans generously gave more that 30 million dollars to the ELCA World Hunger and Disaster Appeal and to the ELCA Malaria Campaign.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-02-20T05:00:00Due to a combination of smart policies and aid, increased trade, and investments in agriculture, 87% of people in the world today have enough food to eat and lead healthy lives - up from just 76% in 1970.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-02-13T05:00:0080% of maternal deaths could be prevented if women had access to basic maternal and health services.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-02-06T05:00:00The G7 has delivered 61% of their commitment to increase development assistance to sub-Saharan Africa by 2010.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-01-30T05:00:00About 75% of the world’s poor people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihood.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-01-23T05:00:00Debt relief is an important tool for ending hunger and poverty. 3.1 million more Tanzanian children enrolled in school after the government used its savings from debt relief to eliminate school fees in 2001.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-01-16T05:00:00SNAP (formerly food stamps) participation has increased 44.3 percent above pre-recession levels, an increase of 12.1 million people.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-01-09T05:00:00Growth in agriculture is twice as effective in reducing poverty as growth in other sectors.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2012-01-02T05:00:00Child survival rates jump 40% if girls are educated for five years.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2011-12-26T05:00:00In Northern Africa as well as in Western Asia, fewer than one in five paid jobs outside the agricultural sector are held by women (2011 Millennium Development Goals report). Offer a microloan to a woman starting a new business at https://community.elca.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=642&nccsm=21&__nccspID=921.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2011-12-19T05:00:00According to the 2011 Millennium Development Goals report, 90 per cent of all deaths from malaria still occur in sub-Saharan Africa, and most of these deaths are among children under age five. Give a net at https://community.elca.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=640&nccsm=21&__nccspID=939.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2011-12-12T05:00:00In urban areas, the poorest households are 12 times less likely than the richest households to enjoy the convenience and associated health benefits of having a piped drinking water supply on premises (2011 Millennium Development Goals report). Find out how you can provide life-giving water at www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Responding-to-the-World/ELCA-World-Hunger/Stories/By-Category/Life-Giving-Water.aspx.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2011-12-05T05:00:00In 2009, evidence pointed to an increase in malaria cases in three countries that had previously reported reductions (Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, and Zambia). The reasons behind these resurgences are uncertain, but they highlight the fragility of progress in malaria control and the need to maintain control programs rigorously, even when cases have been reduced substantially (2011 Millennium Development Goals report). Join the effort to contain malaria with the ELCA Malaria campaign. Learn more at www.elca.org/malaria.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx2011-11-28T05:00:00In 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) revised its guidelines for treatment of adults and adolescents with HIV, including pregnant women. As a result, the number of people defined as needing antiretroviral therapy grew—from 10.1 million to 14.6 million at the end of 2009. December 1 is World AIDS Day: find out how you can participate at www.elca.org/aids.http://webapps.elca.org/hunger/RSSFeeds/FastFacts.ashx