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Letter Signed by Democrats and Republicans Calling for Increased McGovern-Dole Funding

Letter Signed by Democrats and Republicans Calling for Increased McGovern-Dole Funding

A group House members recently signed a letter recently calling for increased funding for McGovern-Dole global school lunch program. This is critical especially with the number of hunger emergencies around the world.

Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Stee Watkings (R-KS) led the initiative which includes about 100 members including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Hopefully the w whole…

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Newsweek Oped on Halloween and Feeding the Hungry

Newsweek Oped on Halloween and Feeding the Hungry

The National Retail Federation says Halloween spending on candy and costumes will reach 9.1 billion this year. To put that in perspective, the U.S. Food for Peace program, which fights world hunger, normally gets around 1.5 billion in funding a year. The U.S. McGovern-Dole program, which feeds hungry school children overseas, might get 200 million a year from Congress. Now imagine if even just a…

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McGovern-Dole helping children in Guatemala

A program named after former senators Bob Dole and George McGovern is feeding children all around the globe.

Read the full article at Examiner.

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Special delivery of food for children in Guatemala

Many families are struggling in Guatemala. Poverty has worsened because of the coffee rust. This is a fungus which infects and destroys coffee leaves. Small farmers are not able to grow as much of the staple crop. Their incomes are lower, and this is very difficult considering the already existing poverty levels.

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USDA kicks off drive for school meals worldwide

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) just announced a series of grants for school feeding in ten different countries. It’s part of an effort inspired by former Senators George McGovern and Bob Dole.

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USDA announces McGovern-Dole school lunch grants

Tom Vilsack, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), today announced grants that will provide school meals around the world. These grants are from the McGovern-Dole international school meals program.

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Haiti losing key funding for school meals

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said today that it’s losing funding for its school meals program in Haiti. WFP is the leading organization fighting hunger in Haiti and almost 70 other countries.

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You Can Help McGovern-Dole School Meals Campaign

The presidential campaigns of former senators George McGovern (1972) and Bob Dole (1996) have long taken residence in the history books. However, one campaign they started continues even after McGovern’s passing. It’s fighting world hunger by providing…

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