Help Cut Global Hunger in Half by 2015!

Our country is not on track to keep the promises we made to the world's poorest people.

In 2000, the United States joined with 188 other nations to endorse the Millennium Development Goals that aim to cut global poverty in half by 2015. To uphold this commitment, an additional $5 billion of our $2.7 trillion national budget must go towards poverty-focused development assistance this year to reduce hunger, poverty, and disease. An extra 1 percent of our budget would save millions of lives and provide hope and opportunity to families around the world.

More than 852 million people around the world go hungry and 6 million children die each year mostly from hunger-related causes. The United States is blessed with abundant resources and a strong spirit. We can afford to keep our promises to the world's hungry and poor people.

Please urge the Senate to meet our commitments to hungry and poor people around the world as they continue to work on the State Department/Foreign Operations bill!
Dear [Senator],

As your constituent, I urge you to allocate an additional $5 billion to poverty-focused programs in the FY 2007 State Department/foreign operations bill. Poverty-focused development assistance gives hope and opportunity to some of the poorest people in the world. The United States has promised to double assistance to Africa and the developing world by 2010. This will help meet our commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

In 2000, the United States endorsed the Millennium Development Goals that aim to cut global poverty in half by 2015. To be on track to meet our commitments, an additional 1 percent of our federal budget, or an annual increase of $5 billion through 2010, needs to be directed towards poverty-focused programs. These programs provide food, education, clean water and job training to the billions of people around the world who live on less than $1 a day.

[Your comment]

Too much is at stake for hungry and poor people around the world to fail to meet our country's commitments. Thank you for supporting an additional $5 billion for poverty-focused development assistance in the State Dept/Foreign Operations bill.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
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