Big IF campaign to end global hunger

Ekkleisa reports that 45,000 people joined the Big IF anti-hunger rally from 2pm-5pm in London's Hyde Park on Saturday 8 June. Its aim was to press for global action, and it starts ten days of campaigning action targeted at the G8 and other world leaders. There has also been a rally in Belfast, and Big IF actions have been developing across the country. Two million petals were arranged in the shape of the campaign petition in London, to symbolise children dying of hunger every year.

Meanwhile, in a small but helpful boost to the campaign, the the UK has committed an additional £375 million of core funding to help feed the world's poorest children, as part of a £2.7 billion global agreement. Participants at the G8 summit, who signed a Global Nutrition for Growth deal this week, committed their countries and organisations to:

• Improving the nutrition of 500 million pregnant women and young children.
• Reducing by an additional 20 million the number of children under five who are stunted.
• Saving the lives of at least 1.7 million children by preventing stunting, increasing breastfeeding and better treatment of severe and acute malnutrition.
  

'Enough Food For Everyone IF' is a joint coalition of over 200 UK organisations campaigning for action to eliminate the causes of hunger. Its key message is: "There is enough food for everyone, yet one in eight people do not have enough food. This year, world leaders must tackle hunger and save millions of lives."