What can one person do to help end AIDS, poverty and hunger? As Christians, we know that ONE is a very powerful number. Though called by different names, there is one God. Every person is precious in God’s sight because each one has been created by God. In his dying and rising, Jesus – God’s true One – demonstrates the power of love over evil and death. Through our baptism, we are joined with Christ and welcomed into God’s one family. By God’s Spirit we are empowered to live lives of faith, hope and love in a world beset by fear, hate, despair and indifference.
Bread for the World has joined with other faith-based groups, relief and development agencies, and tens of thousands of individuals to participate in the ONE Campaign. Our goal is to step up the fight against the spreading calamity of global AIDS, extreme poverty, and widespread hunger. We want this generation to be the one to turn the numbers around.
Bread for the World is playing a leadership role in this new campaign. For three decades, this Christian citizens’ movement has helped mobilize congregations and individuals from every major church body – to urge our elected off cials to adopt policies that enable hungry people to feed their families and make a living.
Now, through the ONE Campaign, Bread for the World members and others can take part in an even larger movement to persuade our nation’s leaders to direct an additional 1 percent of the U.S. budget to support the world’s poorest countries as they fight AIDS, poverty, and hunger. For more information about the ONE Campaign and to find out what you can do to help end hunger, call 1-800-82-BREAD or visit www.bread.org