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Bread for the World’s 2009 Offering of Letters will press the new Congress and the new administration to fix U.S. foreign aid to make it more effective in reducing hunger and poverty.

While U.S. assistance today is making a difference in millions of lives around the world, the way we deliver that long-term foreign assistance could be made far more effective.

Currently our government’s global development policies and programs are scattered across 12 departments, 25 different agencies, and nearly 60 government offices. A more efficient foreign assistance system – with better coordination, better accountability, better clarity – means that people get help faster and more effectively.

The increasing hunger around the world is a “silent tsunami” that threatens the lives of millions of people. This should be a wake-up call for the United States to rethink foreign assistance and elevate global development as a national priority. If foreign aid is fixed, more lives can be saved. Fewer children will die of hunger. Parents will be able to feed their families in the years to come. Better foreign aid also means less waste.

In 2009, a new U.S. president and Congress present a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make U.S. foreign assistance more effective in reducing hunger and poverty.

Please join us. Order your 2009 Offering of Letters kit so you can learn how to get your church, campus, or community to take action.