A Workshop on the 2019 Offering of Letters

I recently traveled to a mountain village in Guatemala called El Paraiso. In this country of great natural beauty, I saw the impact of hunger with my own eyes. Nearly all the children in this village are underweight for their age; they are chronically malnourished. In some parts of the highlands of Guatemala, as many as 7 in 10 children suffer from chronic malnutrition. It does not have to be this way. God has made it possible for us to end hunger in our lifetime.    -David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World       (See USAID Nutrition Profile for Guatemala)

Join us at our Offering of Letters workshop in Albuquerque

Saturday, March 16, 2019
9:30-Noon
La Mesa Presbyterian Church (conference room)
7401 Copper, NE

We will hold a conversation on the topic of letters for 2019, entitled "Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow." The discussion will led by Carlos Navarro, volunteer state coordinator for Bread for the World in New Mexico. Here is a brief dscription of the campaign:

"Better nutrition today means a better tomorrow for millions of women and children around the world," said David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World "That's why, beginning in 2019, Bread for the World will work with you to mobilize the political will to make this a policy priority and to take a new approach to scale up what we know works in helping improve the nutrition of women and children — including making global nutrition the focus of our 2019 Offering of Letters."

Photo from NACA website

Special Guest
Our special guest at the meeting is Kara Bobroff, founding principal of the Native American Community Academy and a new member on the national board of directors of Bread for the World. Kara--who would have just returned from her first board meeting in early March--will offer additional information about the OL as well us tell us about her work to promote education among Native youth in New Mexico and elsewhere. She will also discuss her overall vision of how we can come together to address hunger within tribal communities, our state of New Mexico, and our nation.